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BSIS licensed officers across your branch network, placed where your risk assessment actually points rather than evenly across every location.
Most institutions do not have a security budget problem. They have a distribution problem. The same spend placed across every branch equally protects nothing in particular, while one branch with a robbery history, a difficult location and a heavy cash operation carries most of the real risk.
We Guard Now provides bank security services in Los Angeles for branch networks, credit unions, wealth offices and cash handling operations. Our officers are BSIS licensed and briefed on your robbery response procedures before their first shift. We work from your own risk assessment, the one your designated security officer already maintains under federal rules, and we help you concentrate coverage where it does the most good: the branches with history, the ATM servicing windows, and the cash movements that happen on a predictable schedule.
Federal rules require a designated security officer, a written security program and at least annual reporting to the board. They do not require guards. Where officers belong is a risk decision, and we would rather help you make it well than sell you the same post at every address. Whether you need coverage at one branch or across a regional network, we can usually have officers on post within 24 hours.
Tell us about your network, your incident history and your cash operations. We will give you a written quote, usually the same day.
Our bank security services are built to be distributed across a network rather than applied uniformly. Most institutions start where their own data points and extend from there.
A visible officer during business hours at the branches your risk assessment flags, deterring robbery and supporting staff with difficult customers.
Officers present at unlock and lockup, the two windows when staff are alone and most exposed to ambush.
Protection during replenishment and servicing, when cash is outside the vault and exposed, plus after hours vestibule coverage.
Officers covering internal cash movements, armored pickups and deposits, including armed coverage where volumes justify it.
Support for dual control procedures during vault access, counts and deliveries.
Escorts to vehicles after closing, particularly at branches with difficult parking or a history of incidents.
Consistent logs and incident reports that feed directly into your records and the annual report to your board.
Every network distributes risk differently. Share your branch list and incident history and we will recommend where coverage belongs.
A bank security officer is there to make a branch a harder target and to keep people safe if something happens. The best are calm, observant and entirely predictable in following your procedures.
On a typical shift, one of our Los Angeles bank security officers will:
What a bank officer must never do is act against the training your staff have received. Your people are trained to comply and protect life. An officer who improvises during a robbery puts everyone at risk.
With a fixed budget, the question is not whether to have security but where to put it. These are the two approaches we see, and one of them consistently works better.
Comparison point | Even Coverage Everywhere | Risk Weighted Coverage |
Approach | The same post at every branch | Heavier coverage where history and exposure are highest |
Strength | Simple to administer and explain | Protects the branches that actually carry the risk |
Weakness | Thin everywhere, strong nowhere | Requires honest use of your own incident data |
Typical result | High cost, modest effect | Lower cost, concentrated effect |
Best for | Small networks with uniform branches | Networks with varied locations and histories |
What we recommend | Rarely | Usually, and we will show the reasoning |
Concentrate full day coverage at branches with a robbery history, high cash volumes, difficult locations or staff safety concerns raised by your own teams.
Use short posts across the rest of the network for opening and closing, ATM servicing windows and scheduled cash movements, which covers the highest risk minutes at a fraction of full day cost.
Whether any of those officers should be armed is a separate decision driven by cash volumes, location and history. We answer it honestly on our armed security page rather than defaulting to armed because it bills higher.
Internal link: “See our armed security guard services in Los Angeles.”
Branches across the county, from Downtown and Koreatown to the Valley and South Bay.
Member focused branches needing a welcoming manner alongside real deterrence.
Standalone and vestibule machines, covered during servicing and after hours.
Back office operations where dual control and supervision matter most.
Offices where clients expect discretion and visitors should be verified.
Cash intensive storefronts with long hours and high exposure.
Operations holding foreign and domestic currency with public traffic.
Corporate offices holding client data and handling escalated customer issues.
Branch offices dealing with distressed customers face to face.
The handoff points where cash moves between parties.
We provide bank and financial institution security across Los Angeles County, including:
A branch network needs a provider who can cover every location to the same standard, including the ones furthest from your head office. If you are comparing security companies in Los Angeles, ask whether they can staff your whole footprint or only the convenient parts of it.
We staff from the surrounding area wherever possible, which keeps the same officers at the same branches and means they recognise regular customers and notice the person who keeps appearing without doing any banking.
Do not see your neighborhood? We cover all of Los Angeles County. Call +1 714-760-5385 and ask.
Coverage is placed using your own data rather than a flat recommendation applied to every branch.
Our officers follow your robbery and escalation procedures, so they strengthen your controls rather than adding a competing set.
Consistent logs and incident reports that feed into your records and the annual board report.
Opening, closing, ATM servicing and cash movements covered without funding a full day post at every branch.
Every officer holds a current BSIS guard card, verified before assignment. We operate under PPO # 121614 with general liability and workers compensation coverage.
Branches, ATMs, cash rooms and headquarters under one contract, one supervisor and one invoice.
We do not publish a single hourly figure. A short opening post and a full day armed officer at a high volume branch are very different assignments. Here is what moves the rate.
Short posts at opening, closing and servicing windows cost a fraction of full day coverage.
Armed officers add a firearms permit, range qualification and higher insurance, typically 30 to 50 percent above unarmed.
Network coverage prices better per hour because supervision and scheduling are shared.
Robbery history, cash volume and location decide the officer profile each branch needs.
Extended hours, weekends and holidays carry a premium.
Covering scheduled movements and armored interfaces adds targeted hours at high risk moments.
What we do commit to: one flat hourly rate quoted in writing before you sign, no administrative add ons, and no rate change mid contract without your agreement. We will also tell you when a branch does not need the coverage it currently has, which is a conversation most providers avoid.
Call +1 714-760-5385 or request a quote online. We review your branch list, incident history, cash operations and existing security program.
You receive a branch by branch recommendation, post orders aligned to your robbery procedures and a flat hourly rate.
We brief officers on your procedures and coverage begins, typically within 24 hours.
No long term contract is required. Whether you need coverage at one branch after an incident or across a full network, both are fine.
No. Federal rules require banks to designate a security officer, maintain a written security program, train staff and report to the board at least annually. They do not require guards. Where officers are deployed is a risk decision for your institution and should be documented in your program.
Use your own data. Robbery history, cash volumes, location, staff concerns and incident reports usually point clearly at a small number of branches carrying most of the risk. Concentrating full day coverage there and using short posts elsewhere is more effective than spreading coverage evenly.
Yes. These are short, scheduled, high risk windows and they are among the most cost effective places to put an officer.
Yes. Credit union branches need officers who balance a member friendly manner with genuine deterrence, and we select accordingly.
It depends on the branch. Armed officers suit high cash volumes and locations with a documented violent threat. Many branches are better served by unarmed officers or by short posts at opening and closing.
It depends on the coverage model, armed or unarmed, number of branches, risk profile, hours and cash movement schedules. We quote one flat hourly rate in writing.
Yes. Every officer holds a current BSIS guard card, and armed officers also hold a California firearms permit. We operate under PPO # 121614.
Yes. Officers produce consistent daily and incident reports designed to feed into your security program records and the annual report to your board.
Share your branch list and incident history. We will recommend where coverage belongs, quote a flat hourly rate in writing and tell you how fast we can start. Free assessment, no obligation.