Unarmed, state-licensed officers for distribution centers, third-party logistics (3PL) cross-docks, cold storage, trucking yards, plants and self-storage across Southern California, posted around how your freight, trailers and people move.
A container off the Port of Long Beach can pass through a trucking yard, a cross-dock, an Inland Empire distribution building and a cold storage room before it reaches a store. Each of those sites loses freight in a different place, so one copied post order misses the real gap.
CAL Security Group posts unarmed officers licensed by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services (BSIS) at all of them. The gate, dock and cage duties are on our warehouse security service page; this page covers fitting that post to your operation.
The weak point moves with the operation.
Most sites start with a warehouse post and add one or two of these.
The core post: carrier check-in, trailer and seal logs, dock doors and the cage.
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Visits at varied times to drop yards and storage rows with no night staff.
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Inside work for when counts come up short but every trailer left sealed.
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Closing rounds and alarm calls for buildings with no night shift.
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Coverage while sprinklers over racked product are down, or during plant hot work.
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Extra officers for peak season or a building opening.
↗Call before the first trucks roll in. Gate rules are easier to set on day one than to change after drivers learn the old way.
Post orders start from your operating hours and shipping paperwork, then add what the site type needs.
A truck-gate officer every hour the building ships or receives, with break relief, plus a rover for yard and docks once the yard outgrows the view from the shack.
Freight dwells for hours, not days, so the check must be quick and identical every time. Post orders list each customer's release rules and approved carriers.
Exposure starts after the last departure. Staff it from last truck out to first appointment and all weekend, or use patrol visits for a small lot with kingpin locks.
Reefer displays read on yard rounds and a written alarm plan. On an ammonia alarm the officer stays out, moves people upwind, and calls 911 and the refrigeration contact.
Badge checks at the employee gate, contractor sign-in, the personal protective equipment (PPE) the plant requires, and rounds kept off the line unless safety rules allow.
Row-by-row lock checks, after-hours visitors logged, and signs of someone living in a unit reported that night. Officers do not remove tenants.
The quote and the post orders both come out of the site walk. These answers decide how many posts you need and where they stand:
Hours: first appointment, last departure, weekends.
Trailers: how many stay overnight, loaded and empty.
Release rules: who approves a pickup when paperwork is off.
Controlled rooms: cages, cold rooms, scrap bins.
Headcount: staff per shift, contractors and visitors per day.
Loss history: yard, dock or inventory count.
Most of the region's warehouse space sits in two belts: Ontario, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga and Chino in San Bernardino County, and the run from Commerce and Vernon down through Carson to Long Beach. Buildings are large, yards larger, and many run two or three shifts.
Peak season, late summer through the holidays, brings temporary workers, extra shifts and trailers in overflow lots. Add officers before the seasonal hires start, if your building staffs up each fall.
Each shift closes with a written report: officer name and guard card number, time on and off, rounds with times, incidents with the action taken, and the truck log where the post needs one.
From Ventura to San Bernardino, our licensed officers and 24/7 dispatch protect five Southern California regions. Click a pin or county on the map to see every city we cover.
Your appointment schedule, a sample bill of lading (BOL), the yard map, your release rules and the after-hours call list.
Tell us the site type, operating hours and how many trailers sit overnight. We walk the building and yard, then send a written quote for each post.
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