Security guard services in Encino for aviation businesses around Encino Airport, car dealers and shops on Encino Boulevard, the industrial blocks along the rail line and the 405, and the neighborhood's large stock of apartment buildings. Our officers are unarmed, and the company is licensed by California's Bureau of Security and Investigative Services (BSIS) as a patrol operator.
Encino spent 2025 in the news for the wrong reason. Organised burglary crews worked the western San Fernando Valley, and LAPD described tactics that make an ordinary home alarm much less useful: multiple vehicles, multiple people, and Wi-Fi jammers used to knock out wireless cameras and sensors before entry. The department stepped up suppression in Encino through the summer, and the Mayor's office said more resources were going into preventing burglaries.
A jammer does not care how good the app is. What it cannot do is make a marked vehicle or a uniformed officer on the street disappear, which is why residential patrol demand here is what it is.
CAL Security Group holds a Private Patrol Operator (PPO) licence from the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services (BSIS) and staffs unarmed officers only.
Most household security now runs on wireless sensors, a wireless doorbell camera and a phone app. LAPD has described crews defeating exactly that setup. Once the signal is gone, the system that was supposed to tell you is silent, and the first you hear is when you come home.
Officers observe, document and call police. They do not chase, detain or enter a house where someone may be inside. On these streets the arrangement that works is several neighbours sharing one patrol, which brings the cost per home down and puts a vehicle on the block far more often.
Large lots, long driveways, mature hedges and gates that hide the house from the road. Patrol rounds with a walk of the gate line, plus standing cover during renovations or an extended trip.
Professional buildings with structured parking that empties in the evening. Lobby and visitor control by day, garage and perimeter rounds at night, contractors signed in and out.
Office security →Clinics and specialist suites with patients arriving all day and staff leaving after dark. Reception cover, escorts to the structure and after-hours door checks.
Medical security →Shops and restaurants trading into the evening with shared parking behind them. Closing-time cover and shared patrol stops for the blocks that only need a look after dark.
Retail security →Subterranean garages, package rooms and vehicle gates. Officers walk the levels, watch gates close behind cars, and log the entry point anyone used.
Apartment security →Remodels leave scaffolding, materials and open structures for months, and a house on the market sits empty at exactly the wrong time. Logged checks at irregular hours, or a night officer while the building is open.
Vacant property →Encino is about 15 miles northwest of our office at 1208 W Jefferson Blvd in Los Angeles. Other city pages close by, by straight-line distance:
Encino is part of the City of Los Angeles, so an alarm permit is required and, after two false alarms in a 365-day period, the address moves to broadcast-and-file, where LAPD expects verification of an actual entry before committing a unit. Large properties with sensors covering gardens and pool areas reach that point quickly, and a permit holder can clear only one false alarm charge a year through the city's Alarm School.
A patrol officer who holds your codes can attend and verify, which keeps the account in good standing and means a real entry gets a real response.
On rates, the published market range for unarmed guards in California is roughly $22 to $40 an hour, which is the market rather than a CAL Security Group figure. The City of Los Angeles wage floor of $18.42 an hour applies here rather than the state's $16.90. A shared residential patrol bills per visit, so four houses on one street pay a fraction each of what a dedicated officer would cost. Our cost guide sets out what each kind of property tends to run.
If every sensor and camera on the property is wireless, ask what happens when the signal drops. That answer decides what patrol is worth to you.
Tell us what you have: a dealer lot, an apartment building, a hangar office near the airport or a shop on one of the industrial blocks. We walk it at no charge and send a quote with every post listed.
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