 These officers have police powers through private employers on public and contract property and may carry firearms.The training is over 100 hours for armed SCOP's and 24 for unarmed.The officers must go through the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, pass a background investigation, drug screen, proof of liability insurance, fingerprints, fees, successful completion of all training and get then be issued a commission with boundaries of jurisdiction specified by a judge in order to be commissioned.