Security guard services in Van Nuys for aviation businesses around Van Nuys Airport, car dealers and shops on Van Nuys 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.
Van Nuys has a vehicle problem more than a building problem. LAPD's Van Nuys Division has told residents plainly which cars go: older Toyotas and Hondas, and Kias and Hyundais from roughly 2011 to 2021 built without immobilisers. Catalytic converters come off the same lots. Car thefts across the San Fernando Valley rose sharply in early 2024, and the pattern has not changed much since.
The other Van Nuys headline is the boulevard itself, where unsanctioned Cruiser Night gatherings turn into street takeovers and LAPD runs zero-tolerance enforcement against participants and spectators alike. If your lot sits on that stretch, those nights are your problem too.
CAL Security Group carries a BSIS Private Patrol Operator (PPO) licence, and unarmed officers are the only kind we put on a post.
Vehicle crime is fast and quiet. A converter comes off in minutes with a battery saw. A car without an immobiliser leaves in under one. Neither needs a broken window or a forced door, which is why alarms and cameras alone rarely stop it.
On takeover nights the officer's job is narrower and safer: stay on your property, keep the entrance controlled, record what happens outside it, and call LAPD. Nobody confronts a crowd in the street, and a company promising otherwise is selling you a problem.
Vehicle inventory sitting under lights all night, plus service bays and key boxes. A patrol or standing officer across the lot line, with rows walked and anything unfamiliar logged.
Dealership security →Retail, restaurants and service businesses along the spine of the district, with takeover nights layered on top. Door presence where it is needed, plus lock-up rounds for the rest.
Retail security →Hangars, aviation services and industrial operations around one of the world's busiest general aviation airports. Gate control, after-hours access checks and logged rounds.
Industrial security →Government buildings, offices and the businesses serving them, busy by day and empty by evening. Lobby cover during business hours, patrol stops after.
Office security →Subterranean parking, carports and gates that close slowly. Officers walk the levels, watch gates shut behind cars and log how anyone got in.
Apartment security →Equipment, trailers and materials behind chain-link across the district's working blocks. Gate checks at closing and rounds between the rows after dark.
Construction security →Van Nuys is about 14 miles northwest of our office at 1208 W Jefferson Blvd in Los Angeles. Other city pages close by, by straight-line distance:
Van Nuys is part of the City of Los Angeles, so an alarm permit is required and operating without one is a misdemeanour, punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 or up to a year in county jail. After two false alarms in a 365-day period the address goes to broadcast-and-file: LAPD looks for verification of an actual entry, and without it the call is broadcast and answered only if a unit is free.
On a fenced lot with motion sensors covering open ground, that threshold arrives quickly. An officer with your keys and codes attends, walks the rows, cancels the faulty ones and calls LAPD when there is a real entry to report.
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 here is the City of Los Angeles rate of $18.42 an hour since July 1, 2026, not the state's $16.90, which is why a Van Nuys post quotes above the same post in Burbank. Lot patrol bills per visit, standing posts by the hour, and takeover-night cover by the date. See the cost guide for ranges by property type.
For a lot, an inventory list and the rows it sits in makes the officer's round useful rather than decorative.
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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