Security guard services in Colton for distribution centers and trailer yards along the I-10 and I-15, industrial sites off Slover and Cherry avenues, and the shopping centers and HOA neighborhoods north of the 210. Officers hold guard cards from California's Bureau of Security and Investigative Services (BSIS) and work unarmed.
Colton is where the railroads cross. Union Pacific and BNSF meet here, and the bottleneck was serious enough that an 8,150-foot flyover was built in 2013 to separate the two railways. Add the 10 and the 215, and a small city ends up carrying a large share of the region's freight movement.
Around that sit the pieces that keep their own hours: Arrowhead Regional Medical Center on North Pepper Avenue, running through the night, retail along Mount Vernon Avenue, and industrial yards that empty after the last shift.
We hold a Private Patrol Operator (PPO) licence through California's Bureau of Security and Investigative Services (BSIS), and our officers work unarmed.
The City Council passed it after finding that converter thefts had climbed sharply in Colton, causing financial hardship and public safety problems. Cities do not write their own ordinance for a problem they are not seeing.
For a property owner, that changes what a patrol is worth. A converter theft takes a couple of minutes under a parked car, usually in a lot nobody is watching.
Container and equipment yards along the rail corridor, with long fence lines and few neighbours. Gate control at closing, rounds between rows, and a written log of trailers and equipment left out.
Warehouse security →A hospital on North Pepper Avenue that never closes, with medical offices around it. Staff crossing lots at shift change, visitors at odd hours, and after-hours entrances are the standing problems.
Healthcare security →The city's retail spine, with shops, restaurants and service businesses along it. Lock-up rounds and shared patrol stops cover most of these addresses without a standing officer.
Retail security →Warehousing, truck services and contractor yards near the freeway junction. Equipment, copper and fuel are what go missing, and they go between midnight and dawn.
Shared parking, carports and gates that no longer latch. Officers walk the levels, watch gates close behind cars and log the entry point anyone used to get in.
Apartment security →Open ground near the freeways collects dumping, stripped vehicles and camps. Logged patrol stops at varied times stop a parcel from becoming a regular destination.
Vacant property →Colton is about 56 miles east of our office at 1208 W Jefferson Blvd in Los Angeles. Other city pages close by, by straight-line distance:
The open-market range for unarmed guards in California runs roughly $22 to $40 an hour, a published figure rather than our own rate. Colton has no city minimum wage of its own, so the wage floor is California's $16.90 an hour in 2026.
A patrol route shared between several Colton properties bills per visit rather than per hour, which is how most owners here start. If it turns out one site needs more, a standing post gets added to that address alone. Our cost guide breaks the ranges down property by property.
Where cars sit overnight tells us where the rounds belong. Bring a site plan with the parking marked.
Send the address, the hours you need covered and the problem you are trying to solve, whether that is a trailer yard, a job site off Sierra Avenue or an HOA pool. We walk the site for free and price it post by post.
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