About
Redwood City Security: steady officers for Redwood City and its neighbors
Redwood City Security is a local guard company for Redwood City and the Peninsula towns around it, putting uniformed officers, night patrols and live camera watching to work for offices, campuses, industrial sites, shops and residential communities.
A guard company rooted in Redwood City
Redwood City Security works in one part of the Peninsula and knows it well. Our officers stand posts and drive patrol routes across Redwood City, from the office towers and waterfront campuses of Redwood Shores to the shops and restaurants Downtown, the commercial strip along Veterans Boulevard and the working yards near the Seaport.
The same crews cover the towns on our borders: San Carlos and Belmont to the north, Menlo Park and Atherton to the south, and Woodside up in the hills. Keeping the area this tight means the officer checking your gate at 2 a.m. already knows the streets, the late traffic on Highway 101 and how a business park empties out once the workday ends.
What a plan with us can include
The usual starting point is a uniformed officer on site. Our security guard services cover front desks, lobbies, gates and roving posts, staffed by unarmed security guards for everyday visibility and visitor-facing work, or by armed security guards where the risk calls for it. Armed officers hold exposed-firearm permits on top of their guard cards.
When a full shift is more than a site needs, mobile patrol sends a marked car past at varied hours through the night, and alarm response gets an officer out to look when a sensor trips. Remote video monitoring puts live eyes on your cameras so trouble is spotted as it begins, not on the next morning’s footage.
Some work follows a moment rather than a schedule. We staff fire watch while a sprinkler or alarm system is down, construction site security for open jobsites, event security for gatherings of any size, temporary security guards for short gaps, executive protection for visiting leaders, and school crossing guards at the curb before and after classes. A temporary officer or a fire watch post can often be in place within 24 hours.
The full list sits on our security services page, and a single plan can mix two or three of these into one schedule.
How every post is run
Every officer we post clears a background check first and carries a BSIS guard card. Before the first shift, we write post orders with you: the doors that matter, who may come in, what to do when something looks wrong and who on your side should hear about it.
On duty, officers keep a timed log of rounds and incidents, and an emailed report reaches you after each shift or patrol visit. Supervisors stop by for quality inspections too. They read back through the log, walk part of the route and compare what they see with the written orders, so small slips get corrected early.
Behind the officers, Redwood City Security holds insurance and a bond, and everyone on our payroll is protected by workers’ compensation. A certificate of insurance goes to every client, so your landlord or property manager has it on file before anyone is posted. Contracts are month to month, our office is reachable 24/7, and any request you send gets an answer within one business day.
The kinds of property we guard
Redwood City mixes tech campuses, a busy downtown and working industrial land, and each raises its own security questions. We staff lobbies and garages at offices and corporate campuses, shifts at industrial and manufacturing sites, gates and docks at warehouses and distribution buildings, storefront hours at retail and shopping centers, overnight rounds at apartments and HOAs, and quiet front-desk coverage at medical offices.
Our security by industry overview goes further, with pages for hotels, schools, banks, data centers, parking garages, self-storage, vacant buildings and more, each describing what an officer actually does on that kind of site.
Getting started
Tell us about the property through the request a quote form: where it is, which hours concern you and anything that has happened lately. Next comes a free walkthrough, where we look over the site together, and afterward a written quote arrives listing the posts, hours and services we’d suggest. If you agree, officers begin on the date you choose.
To read ahead, our guide to what happens on a free walkthrough explains the visit, and the security guard cost calculator gives you a budget figure to bring to it.
A few useful answers
Common questions
Which areas does Redwood City Security serve?
All of Redwood City, including Redwood Shores, Downtown and the Seaport area, plus San Carlos, Belmont, Menlo Park, Atherton and Woodside. If your property sits just past those towns, send us a note through the contact page and we’ll tell you whether we can cover it.
What security services do you offer?
On-site officers, armed or unarmed, mobile patrol, alarm response, remote video monitoring, fire watch, construction site security, event security, temporary guards, executive protection and school crossing guards. Many properties combine two or more in one plan.
Are your officers screened, and is the company insured?
Yes. Every officer clears a background check before posting and holds a BSIS guard card, and armed officers also hold exposed-firearm permits. Redwood City Security is insured, bonded and carries workers’ compensation, and each client receives a certificate of insurance.
How does a new security plan get started?
Send a request through the contact page. We arrange a free walkthrough, follow it with a written quote, and officers start on the date you approve. Contracts run month to month, so the plan can grow or shrink with the property.
How do we stay in touch once service begins?
Shift reports arrive by email after every shift or patrol visit, and supervisors check the post during their quality inspections. Our office is reachable 24/7, and anything sent through the contact form gets a reply within one business day.
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