Security Guards in Orlando You Can Actually Rely On
Private Security Orlando provides licensed armed and unarmed security guards to businesses, construction sites, events and residential communities across Orlando and Central Florida, backed by leadership with over 14 years of law enforcement experience.
- Florida licensed officers, agency license B 1900066
- 24 hour dispatch, same day coverage when it is urgent
- Background checked, drug screened, fully insured
- Written daily activity reports on every post
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Security Services We Provide Across Orlando
Every property carries a different kind of risk. A downtown office tower needs access control and a professional front desk presence. A construction site off the 408 needs deterrence against copper and equipment theft. A ticketed event at a venue needs crowd management and a clear evacuation plan. We staff each of these differently, and we will tell you which one you actually need.
Armed Security Guards
Class G licensed armed officers for cash handling environments, high value inventory and documented threat situations.
View service →Unarmed Security Guards
Class D licensed officers for access control, deterrence, patrol rounds and professional day to day site presence.
View service →Executive Protection
Close protection and secure transport for executives, visiting dignitaries, physicians and high profile individuals.
View service →Event Security
Crowd management, entry screening and incident response for concerts, festivals, weddings and corporate events.
View service →Mobile Patrol & Alarm Response
Marked vehicle patrols on randomized schedules, plus after hours alarm response so your staff never respond alone.
View service →Fire Watch
NFPA compliant fire watch for impaired sprinkler and alarm systems, hot work operations and code enforcement orders.
View service →Loss Prevention
Shrink reduction for retail and warehouse operations, covering external theft, internal theft and process failures.
View service →Security Consulting
Independent risk assessments, post order development and security program design, with no obligation to staff through us.
View service →Concierge & Front Desk Security
Officers trained to handle visitors, deliveries and access logs while representing your brand at the door.
View service →Construction Site Security
Overnight and weekend coverage for active job sites, protecting copper, tools, equipment and stored materials.
View service →Retail Security
Uniformed deterrence and customer facing officers for stores, shopping centers and mixed use retail properties.
View service →Hotel & Hospitality Security
Overnight lobby coverage, guest incident handling and property patrols for hotels and short term rental operations.
View service →School & Campus Security
Access control, visitor screening and campus patrol for private schools, training centers and educational facilities.
View service →Off-Duty Police Officers
Sworn officers with full arrest authority for events and properties where that level of authority is warranted.
View service →Undercover & Plain-Clothes
Discreet officers who blend into your environment to identify theft patterns without changing behavior on the floor.
View service →Bike Patrol
High visibility, high mobility patrol for large properties, apartment communities and outdoor venues.
View service →Why Orlando Businesses Choose Private Security Orlando
There are a lot of guard companies in Central Florida. Most of them will quote you a number and send whoever is available. Here is what makes this different.
Law Enforcement Leadership, Not Just a Dispatcher
Our operation is led by a former law enforcement officer with over 14 years of sworn and supervisory experience. That matters when something actually happens on your property. Post orders are written by someone who has handled real incidents, testified about them, and understands what documentation holds up later. Instructor credentials include Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, the National Rifle Association and Glock Red Dot certification.
Every Officer Verified Before They Reach Your Site
Florida requires a Class D license for unarmed work and a Class G license for armed work, each issued by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services after mandated training and a state and federal background check. We treat that as the floor, not the finish line. We verify license status, run our own screening, and confirm every officer is current before assignment. Our agency license is B 1900066 and is publicly verifiable.
Documentation You Can Hand to an Insurer
Officers file daily activity reports covering patrol rounds, access events, and anything unusual on site. Significant incidents are escalated to your contact immediately, not buried in a weekly summary. This matters more than most clients expect: when a claim, a dispute or a code enforcement question comes up months later, contemporaneous written records are what settle it. We provide a certificate of insurance naming your entity before the first shift.
Need Coverage This Week? Tell Us the Situation.
Most standard posts are staffed within 24 to 48 hours of a signed agreement. Emergency fire watch and urgent post-incident coverage can often start the same day. Send the details and we will respond within 2 business hours with an honest answer about what we can cover and when.
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What Types of Security Problems Do We Solve?
Most clients call us after something happened, not before. These are the situations that bring Orlando businesses to a guard company, and what actually works against each one.
Break-Ins and After-Hours Burglary
Commercial burglary tends to concentrate in the hours a property sits empty. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting data has consistently shown burglary to be one of the most commonly reported property crimes nationally, with a meaningful share occurring at non-residential structures. A visible officer or a marked patrol vehicle on a randomized schedule removes the predictability a burglar depends on. Fixed cameras record what happened; a physical presence changes whether it happens at all.
Construction Material and Copper Theft
Active job sites are among the highest risk properties in Central Florida because the valuable material is exposed, the site is unoccupied overnight, and the loss is not only the copper or the tool but the schedule delay behind it. The National Equipment Register and industry insurers have long estimated annual equipment theft losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars nationally. Overnight and weekend coverage during the framing and mechanical phases is where the return is highest.
Retail Shrink and Organized Theft
The National Retail Federation's annual security survey has reported retail shrink at roughly 1.6 percent of total sales in recent years, representing tens of billions of dollars across the industry. Not all of it is shoplifting: internal theft and process failure account for a large share. That is why we treat loss prevention as three separate problems, external theft, internal theft and paperwork error, and staff accordingly rather than just posting someone at the door.
Impaired Fire Systems and Code Violations
When a sprinkler or fire alarm system goes out of service, NFPA 25 and the Florida Fire Prevention Code require a fire watch until the system is restored. This is not optional and it is not a formality: the local authority having jurisdiction can halt occupancy without it. We staff fire watch with officers who understand the logging requirements, because the log is the evidence that the watch was actually performed.
Workplace Threats and Terminations
Employee terminations, restraining order situations and escalating customer disputes are among the most common triggers for workplace violence incidents. The presence of a professional officer during a high risk termination changes the dynamic in the room and gives the employer a witness. These are usually short assignments, sometimes a single afternoon, and they are among the most consequential hours we staff.
Crowd Incidents at Events
Event risk is rarely the dramatic scenario people imagine. It is intoxicated guests, unauthorized access to restricted areas, medical emergencies and disputes at entry points. The controllable variables are staffing ratio, clear entry procedure and a written plan everyone has actually read. Venues and municipalities in Central Florida frequently require documented security staffing as a permit condition, and we prepare that documentation as part of the booking.
Vacant and Transitional Properties
A building between tenants attracts squatting, vandalism, copper stripping and illegal dumping, and the damage often is not discovered until a leasing agent walks the space weeks later. Insurers frequently apply vacancy clauses that reduce or void coverage on unoccupied buildings, which makes documented patrol coverage a financial decision as much as a security one. Randomized mobile patrol is usually the most cost effective posture here.
Alarm Response and False Alarm Costs
Municipal false alarm ordinances across Florida commonly impose escalating fines on properties that generate repeat police responses, and many jurisdictions eventually reduce priority on chronic offenders. Having a private officer respond first verifies whether an alarm is real before law enforcement is dispatched, protects your staff from responding alone at 3 a.m., and creates a written record of each activation.
What Types of Security Services Do We Offer?
Different properties need different postures. Here is how the main service categories differ and where each one earns its cost.
Standing Guard Posts
A dedicated officer assigned to your property for a set shift, whether that is overnight coverage, business hours access control or 24 hour rotation. This is the highest deterrence option because the presence is constant and predictable to the people who belong there while remaining a hard barrier to those who do not. Florida requires a Class D license for this work, which carries 40 hours of state mandated training. Standing posts suit sites with continuous foot traffic, valuable inventory or a documented incident history.
Mobile Patrol Coverage
A marked vehicle checks your property multiple times per night on a randomized schedule, with each visit logged and timestamped. For properties that do not justify a full time post, this delivers a meaningful share of the deterrent value at a fraction of standing guard cost, because the offender cannot predict the gap. It works particularly well across multi-property portfolios, vacant buildings, apartment communities and industrial parks where one officer can cover several sites in a rotation.
Armed Coverage
Officers holding a Florida Class G license, which requires 28 hours of firearms instruction plus annual requalification on top of the Class D requirement. Armed coverage is appropriate where there is cash handling, pharmaceutical or high value inventory, a documented threat, or a history of violent incidents on site. It is not automatically better. It carries higher liability exposure and higher cost, and we will tell you when your risk profile does not call for it rather than selling you the upgrade.
Event and Crowd Staffing
Short term teams scaled to attendance, covering entry screening, credential checks, restricted area control, crowd flow and incident response. Staffing ratios drive nearly everything about how an event runs, and under-staffing to save money is the single most common cause of an event security failure. We build the ratio around attendance, alcohol service, venue layout and whether the event is ticketed, then document it for the venue or permitting authority.
Executive and Close Protection
Protective detail for individuals rather than properties, covering secure transport, advance work on venues and routes, and discreet accompaniment. Most executive protection work is quiet logistics rather than confrontation: knowing the route, the exits, the hospital and the contingency before anyone gets in the vehicle. Assignments range from a single airport transfer or one evening appearance to sustained coverage during a litigation, a labor dispute or a public controversy.
Compliance Driven Coverage
Fire watch under NFPA 25 and the Florida Fire Prevention Code, plus coverage required by insurers, permitting authorities, lenders or municipal conditions. The defining feature of this category is that the documentation is as important as the presence, because you are proving compliance to a third party after the fact. We log to the standard the authority having jurisdiction expects and provide records in a form you can hand over directly.
Plain-Clothes and Covert Work
Officers who present as customers, staff or visitors in order to observe behavior that changes the moment a uniform walks in. This is the right tool for identifying internal theft, verifying suspected process abuse, or establishing a pattern before confronting it. It is deliberately slower than uniformed deterrence because the objective is evidence rather than immediate prevention, and it pairs well with a uniformed presence rather than replacing it.
Assessment and Consulting
An independent walk of your property producing a written risk assessment, recommended post orders, camera and lighting placement guidance and a staffing recommendation. Lighting and sightline corrections are frequently the highest return security investments on a property and cost far less than the guard hours they can offset. You are not obligated to staff through us afterward, and we would rather give you an honest assessment than manufacture a need for our own services.
What Central Florida Clients Say
Feedback from property managers, business owners and event organizers we have worked with.
Great company! They are very professional. They do great work and are affordable.J. DiazVerified client
Their customer service and attention to detail is second to none.Phil KennedyVerified client
An excellent company and one that you can trust.Robert FelixVerified client
The officers were very professional and provided weekly reports of duties.Jacques LaFrance Jr.Verified client
Built by Someone Who Did the Job First
Private Security Orlando exists because too many guard companies treat this work as a staffing exercise. Bodies get assigned to posts, nobody writes real post orders, and when an incident happens there is no useful record of it.
Our leadership brings more than 14 years of sworn law enforcement and supervisory experience, and the company carries over 15 years in protective services. That background shapes how we write post orders, how we train officers to document what they see, and how we escalate when something goes wrong at 2 a.m. on a Saturday.
We hold Florida agency license B 1900066, and our instructor credentials include the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, the National Rifle Association, Glock Red Dot instruction and Centrifuge Training.
More About UsSecurity Guard Service Areas Around Orlando
We staff posts and run patrol routes throughout Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties. If your property sits just outside this list, call us and we will give you a straight answer about whether we can cover it.
- Orlando
- Winter Park
- Kissimmee
- Sanford
- Altamonte Springs
- Lake Mary
- Apopka
- Windermere
- Ocoee
- Winter Garden
- Maitland
- Oviedo
- Lake Nona
- Dr. Phillips
- Casselberry
- Longwood
Frequently Asked Questions
Are your security guards licensed in Florida?
Yes. Every officer we deploy holds a current license issued by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Unarmed officers hold a Class D license and armed officers hold both a Class D and a Class G firearms license. Our agency operates under Florida agency license B 1900066, and license status can be verified through the state licensing portal at any time.
How quickly can you place a security guard at my property?
For standard scheduled coverage we typically deploy within 24 to 48 hours of a signed agreement. For urgent situations such as an emergency fire watch, a sudden staffing gap or a post-incident response, we can often place an officer the same day. Our dispatch line is staffed 24 hours a day, so call (407) 863-8338 and we will tell you honestly what we can cover and when.
What training do your officers receive?
All officers complete the state-mandated training required for their license class, which is 40 hours of instruction for a Class D license and 28 hours of firearms instruction for a Class G license in Florida. Our leadership brings over 14 years of sworn law enforcement and supervisory experience, and our instructor credentials include Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, NRA and Glock Red Dot instructor certifications.
Do you provide armed or unarmed guards?
We provide both. Unarmed officers are the right fit for access control, front desk coverage, hospitality and general deterrence. Armed officers are appropriate where there is cash handling, high value inventory, a documented threat, or a history of violent incidents. We will walk your property and recommend the posture that actually matches your risk rather than upselling you into armed coverage you do not need.
Are you insured, and what are your coverage limits?
Yes. We carry general liability and workers compensation coverage, and we can provide a certificate of insurance naming your entity as an additional insured before the first shift begins. Many property managers and general contractors require this documentation, so we prepare it as part of onboarding rather than making you chase it.
What areas around Orlando do you cover?
We cover Orlando and the surrounding Central Florida metro, including Winter Park, Kissimmee, Sanford, Altamonte Springs, Lake Mary, Apopka, Windermere, Ocoee, Winter Garden, Maitland and Oviedo. If your site sits just outside that footprint, call us anyway. We will either cover it or tell you plainly that we are not the right fit.
Do you offer short term or one time security coverage?
Yes. We staff single events, short term fire watch assignments, temporary construction coverage and interim posts while an in house team is being hired. There is no requirement to sign a long term contract to get professional coverage, though ongoing posts are usually priced better per hour than one off assignments.
Will I receive reports on what the officer did during a shift?
Yes. Officers file a daily activity report covering patrol rounds, access control activity, incidents and anything unusual observed on site. Clients receive these on a schedule that suits them, commonly weekly, and any significant incident is escalated to your point of contact immediately rather than held for the next report.
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Tell us what you need covered and we will respond within 2 business hours with a straight answer on staffing and cost. No pressure, no long term contract required.