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BSIS licensed officers across the whole supply chain, protecting product, cash and the one thing you cannot replace, which is your licence.
Cannabis operators tend to think about security as protection against robbery. That risk is real, but it is not the one that ends businesses. A burglary costs you inventory and a claim. A sale to someone underage, a visitor log that does not reconcile, or footage that was not retained for the required period can cost you the licence that the whole operation sits on.
We Guard Now provides cannabis security services in Los Angeles across the supply chain: retail dispensaries, cultivation sites, manufacturing and extraction facilities, distribution warehouses and delivery operations. Our officers are BSIS licensed, at least 21 years old, and trained to work inside your compliance framework rather than alongside it. Under California cannabis regulations, licensed retailers must have licensed security personnel on site during hours of operation, and surveillance footage must be retained for at least 90 days. Local jurisdictions frequently add their own conditions.
Whether you run a single storefront or a licence portfolio covering cultivation through to retail, we can usually have officers on post within 24 hours.
Tell us your licence types and premises. We will give you a written quote, usually the same day.
Our cannabis security services cover every licence type, not just the retail floor. Most Los Angeles operators start where their product and cash are most exposed and expand across the licence portfolio.
Identification and age checks for every customer before entry, queue management, and a visible presence on the sales floor.
Keeping vaults, storage and back of house areas restricted to authorised staff, and supporting the visitor logging your records depend on.
Access control, perimeter patrols and harvest period coverage for indoor grows and warehouses holding high value plants.
Controlled access for facilities holding concentrated product and hazardous processes.
Gate and dock control for sites moving large volumes, including verification of drivers and shipments.
Supervision of loading and departure, when drivers leave carrying both product and cash.
Officers present during counts, safe access and cash runs, which remain high risk while banking stays difficult for the industry.
Every licence type carries different obligations and different risk. Tell us what you hold and we will build coverage and post orders around it.
A cannabis security officer protects product, people and compliance at the same time. The procedural parts of the job are not bureaucracy, they are the parts a regulator can check later.
On a typical shift, one of our Los Angeles cannabis security officers will:
What a cannabis officer must never do is make an exception for someone they recognise. Every check applies to everyone, every time, because the one that gets skipped is the one that appears in an inspection.
Different licence types face different threats and different obligations. Coverage that suits a storefront is wrong for a grow, and the other way round.
Comparison point | Retail Dispensaries | Cultivation, Manufacturing and Distribution |
Public access | Open to customers daily | Closed to the public entirely |
Main risk | Robbery, underage sales, disruptive customers | Burglary, internal diversion, shipment theft |
Security personnel | Licensed security on site during hours of operation is required for retailers | Driven by your licence conditions and security plan |
Officer focus | Door checks, floor presence, cash protection | Access control, perimeter patrols, shipment supervision |
Peak exposure | Opening hours, cash counts, closing | Nights, weekends, harvest and shipment days |
Typical coverage | Door and floor officers, armed for cash movements | Gate posts, patrols and remote monitoring |
Retail sites need officers at the door and on the floor throughout opening hours, running identification checks and protecting cash, because the licence depends on what happens at the entrance.
Cultivation, manufacturing and distribution sites need tight access control, perimeter patrols and supervision of shipments, with the heaviest coverage around harvest and distribution days.
Check your local jurisdiction as well as state rules, because cities and counties publish their own cannabis security conditions on top of the state framework. Whether coverage should be armed depends on cash volumes, location and history, and we answer that honestly rather than defaulting to armed.
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Storefront retail with daily customer traffic and cash on site.
Patient focused retail where a calm, respectful environment matters.
Warehouses holding high value plants, lighting and equipment.
Facilities with concentrated product and restricted process areas.
Sites moving volume between licensees, with gate and dock exposure.
Dispatch operations where drivers leave loaded with product and cash.
Labs holding samples and sensitive compliance records.
Licensees combining cultivation, manufacturing and retail on one site.
Licensed events requiring identification checks and controlled areas.
Portfolios needing consistent procedure across several sites.
We provide cannabis security services across Los Angeles County, including:
Cannabis sites benefit from officers who return, because recognising a repeat visitor casing a storefront or a vehicle that has circled the block twice depends on familiarity. If you are comparing security companies in Los Angeles, ask whether you will get consistent officers or whoever is available that day.
We staff from the surrounding area wherever possible, and for multi licence operators we run every site under one account so procedure, reporting and supervision are identical across the portfolio.
Do not see your neighborhood? We cover all of Los Angeles County. Call +1 714-760-5385 and ask.
Officers are trained on the procedural steps that appear in inspections, because that is where the real exposure sits.
Including regulars and including staff. Consistency is the only version of this that works.
Retail, cultivation, manufacturing, distribution and delivery under one contract and one supervisor.
Every officer assigned to cannabis premises is at least 21 and holds a current BSIS guard card, verified before assignment.
We operate under PPO # 121614 with general liability and workers compensation coverage, and armed officers hold a California firearms permit.
Consistent daily logs and incident reports kept in a format you can produce if asked.
We do not publish a single hourly figure. A single storefront and a licence portfolio spanning cultivation through retail are very different assignments. Here is what moves the rate.
Retail needs coverage throughout operating hours, so longer trading hours mean more officer time.
Busy stores often need a door officer and a floor officer at peak times.
Armed coverage adds a firearms permit, range qualification and higher insurance, typically 30 to 50 percent above unarmed.
Cultivation and distribution sites are usually priced on patrols and gate posts rather than floor coverage.
Officers for cash counts, collections and delivery departures add coverage at the highest risk moments.
Multi site operators price better per hour because supervision and scheduling are shared.
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. If a cannabis quote is much lower, ask whether the officers are at least 21, whether they hold current guard cards, and how they are trained on your limited access and logging procedures.
Call +1 714-760-5385 or request a quote online. We review your licence types, premises, cash handling and transport operations, and any local conditions you work under.
You receive post orders covering identification checks, limited access areas, cash and shipment procedures, plus a flat hourly rate.
We brief officers on your compliance framework and coverage begins, typically within 24 hours.
No long term contract is required. Whether you need cannabis security in Los Angeles for a new store opening or ongoing coverage across several licences, both are fine.
Licensed cannabis retailers must have licensed security personnel on site during hours of operation under the state’s cannabis regulations, and officers must hold a BSIS guard card and be at least 21. Local jurisdictions often add further conditions. Confirm the current requirements for your licence type with the Department of Cannabis Control and your city or county.
State regulations require video surveillance footage to be retained for at least 90 days, alongside requirements covering camera placement and quality. Your camera and alarm provider maintains the system, and our officers work alongside it.
Yes. We provide access control, perimeter patrols, harvest period coverage and shipment supervision for cultivation, manufacturing, distribution and delivery operations.
It depends on cash volumes, location and incident history. Many operators use unarmed officers on the floor with armed coverage for cash counts, collections and delivery departures.
Yes. Officers follow your procedures for identification checks, limited access areas and visitor logging, and produce consistent daily and incident reports you can file.
It depends on opening hours, officer numbers, armed or unarmed coverage, site type, cash and transport needs and how many licences you hold. We quote one flat hourly rate in writing.
Yes. Every officer assigned to cannabis premises is at least 21 and holds a current BSIS guard card, verified before assignment. We operate under PPO # 121614.
Yes. We provide additional officers for openings, events, harvest periods and distribution surges, as well as ongoing coverage.
Tell us what licences you hold and where your product and cash are most exposed. We will recommend coverage, quote a flat hourly rate in writing and tell you how fast we can start. Free assessment, no obligation.