Security guard services in Redlands 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.
Redlands is not built like the rest of the Inland Empire. It has a walkable historic downtown, a university, a major software employer and citrus groves still standing between subdivisions. The city has been deliberate about how much of that turns into warehouse space, going as far as a temporary ban on new warehouses in 2022 over truck traffic near residential streets.
Since October 2022 the Arrow passenger rail line has run through the city as well, with stations at Esri, downtown and the university on a nine-mile route to San Bernardino. Stations bring foot traffic at hours a small downtown is not used to.
CAL Security Group is a BSIS-licensed Private Patrol Operator (PPO). Every officer on a post is unarmed, and we say so before quoting.
Historic storefronts, restaurants and event nights in a compact grid with alleys behind. A walking officer covers several businesses at once, and merchants on one block often share the cost.
Retail security →Rail stations at Esri, downtown and the university bring people in and out past nearby businesses and parking. Lock-up rounds and patrol stops timed around the last trains cover most of what comes up.
Lock-up rounds →Student housing, small retail and parking around the University of Redlands, busy at hours the rest of the city is quiet. Bicycle theft, package theft and after-hours access are the usual calls.
Apartment security →Large centres with big surface lots on the freeway side of the city. Floor presence in trading hours, lot and perimeter rounds after closing, and written reports police can act on.
Distribution and industrial buildings north of the 10 near California Street. Gate control, yard rounds after dark, and logged checks of trailers and equipment left overnight.
Warehouse security →Large lots, older homes and land between developments, where fences are long and neighbours are far apart. Patrol at varied times, with a walk of outbuildings rather than a drive past the gate.
Mobile patrol →Redlands is about 64 miles east of our office at 1208 W Jefferson Blvd in Los Angeles. Other city pages close by, by straight-line distance:
Redlands regulates alarms through Chapter 5.12 of its municipal code, which licenses alarm businesses, requires police-issued identification cards for alarm agents, and sets false alarm response fees by council resolution rather than in the code text. Alarm businesses have to keep a 24-hour emergency service capability, and an emergency contact has to be posted at the premises or filed with police.
What that means in practice is simple: somebody has to be reachable and able to attend, at any hour, for every alarmed property. Where the owner lives out of town or the manager sleeps through the phone, private alarm response is what fills that role. An officer with your keys and codes attends, walks the doors and windows, cancels a faulty activation and calls Redlands Police when the entry is real.
On rates, the open-market range for unarmed guards in California runs roughly $22 to $40 an hour, a published figure rather than our own rate. Redlands has no city minimum wage, so the floor is California's $16.90 an hour in 2026. Downtown posts are bought by the evening, retail by trading hours, industrial by the block between shifts, and patrol routes per visit. See the cost guide for ranges by property type.
Every alarmed property needs a reachable contact. If that is currently nobody, start there rather than with more sensors.
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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