Security guard services in Studio City for aviation businesses around Studio City Airport, car dealers and shops on Studio City 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.
Studio City took its name from the lot on Radford Avenue, now the Radford Studio Center. That lot has been through a rough two years: its owner defaulted on a $1.1 billion mortgage in January 2026 and handed it to a lender group, and a sale has been under negotiation since. Plenty of competitor pages still call it CBS Studio Center.
For the neighbourhood, production work carries on regardless, on the lot and on residential streets. Add the canyon roads climbing toward Mulholland, the Ventura Boulevard strip and dense apartment blocks, and the security work splits three ways: homes, businesses and shoots.
We hold a Private Patrol Operator (PPO) licence through California's Bureau of Security and Investigative Services (BSIS), and our officers work unarmed.
A location shoot on a residential street is a temporary business with no walls. Trucks, generators, catering and equipment sit in the open, crew come and go all day, and the neighbours did not ask for any of it. The officer's job is to keep both sides calm and write down what happened.
Filming inside the City of Los Angeles is permitted through FilmLA, and conditions vary by location and size of production. We work to what your permit and your location manager require, with the officer count on the quote matching it.
Laurel Canyon, Fryman Canyon and the streets climbing toward Mulholland: narrow roads, long driveways and houses that cannot be seen from the street. Patrol at varied times, with a walk of the gate line where the layout allows.
Residential patrol →Restaurants, shops and offices trading into the evening. Door presence for the venues that need it, closing-time cover, and shared patrol stops for blocks that only need a look after dark.
Restaurant security →Production traffic, crew parking and vendor deliveries on the surrounding streets. Officers work access points and keep resident driveways clear, which is what keeps a neighbourhood tolerant of filming.
Subterranean garages, package rooms and vehicle gates that close too slowly. Officers walk the levels, watch gates shut behind cars and log how anyone got in.
Apartment security →Hillside remodels and homes standing empty during a sale or a trip. Logged checks at irregular hours covering gates, doors, mail and anything that has moved.
Vacant property →Parties and functions at hillside houses bring parking problems, uninvited arrivals and neighbours who will call the city. Event officers handle the guest list, the street and the noise complaint before it becomes a citation.
Event security →Studio City is about 10 miles northwest of our office at 1208 W Jefferson Blvd in Los Angeles. Other city pages close by, by straight-line distance:
Studio City sits inside the City of Los Angeles, so the city alarm ordinance applies: after two false alarms in a 365-day period an address goes to broadcast-and-file, where verification of an actual entry is expected before a unit is committed. On a canyon property with motion sensors covering hillside brush, that threshold arrives quickly.
An officer holding your codes can attend, check the property and tell wildlife from a person. A permit holder can clear one false alarm charge every 365 days through the city's Alarm School.
On rates, unarmed guards in California bill at about $22 to $40 an hour on the open market, published market data rather than CAL Security Group's rate. The wage floor is the City of Los Angeles rate of $18.42 an hour since July 1, 2026, above the state's $16.90. Production work is quoted by shoot day, residential patrol per visit when neighbours share a route, and venue posts by the evening. The security guard cost guide lists what each property type usually runs.
For a shoot, the call sheet and permit conditions decide the posts. For a house, the hours it sits empty do.
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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