Become Certified.
Build Your Career.
Protect Lives.
A premier training center providing firearms instruction, security officer certification, emergency medical training, fingerprinting, and professional development for civilians, security professionals, first responders, and organizations.
One organization.
Six disciplines.
CDI is positioned as a complete public-safety and professional training center — not a single-purpose firearms school. Come to one organization for career-focused security training, emergency response education, licensing support, and firearms instruction.
Firearms Training
Beginner through instructor-level pistol, rifle, and shotgun programs.
Unarmed & Armed Security Guard
DHS · ICE · FPS · SPO · TWIC · MD/VA/DC guard-card training and endorsements.
Emergency Medical
CPR, AED, First Aid, Stop the Bleed, and Narcan certifications.
Live Scan & Fingerprinting
FBI-channeled, state, employment, and licensing background services — booked online.
Professional Certifications
RSO, instructor development, executive protection, and more.
Corporate & Private Group
Custom curricula for enterprises, churches, and schools.
The CDI Standard
Deliver institutional-grade public-safety training that produces certified, capable, and responsible professionals.
A community where every household and every workplace has direct access to elite, ethical protection education.
Adult-learning theory, evidence-based curriculum, and repeat exposure to reality-based scenarios.
Every course meets or exceeds applicable federal, state, and local requirements for the jurisdiction in which it is offered.
Live Scan & Background Checks — booked in under 90 seconds.
FBI-channeled and state Live Scan services delivered under applicable MD approvals: employment, child-care, nursing, and security-licensing fingerprinting. Same-day appointments, digital receipt, and results routed to your agency.
Institutional standards.
Human coaching.
Certified Instructors
Every CDI instructor holds current credentials from NRA, USCCA, AHA, or state-mandated bodies.
Career Pathways
Programs are structured for progression — unarmed → armed → specialty → instructor.
Community Service
Free quarterly Stop-the-Bleed and Narcan trainings for our host communities.