01 / Armed
Armed security guards
Armed officers for high-value inventory, cash or repeat targets.
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Guide
Armed or unarmed guards?
Most SSF sites go unarmed. Here’s when armed makes sense.
It’s about the risk.
Don’t start with armed or unarmed. Start with what’s at stake. A lab lobby needs someone approachable. A warehouse full of electronics that’s been hit twice might need more.
Where unarmed fits.
Most of our SSF posts are unarmed: campuses, offices, hotels, apartments, clinics. People need to be comfortable walking up to the officer, and a sharp, visible guard deters most trouble on their own.
Where armed fits.
High-value inventory, equipment yards, cash handled late, isolated sites, repeat targets. An armed officer changes the calculation for anyone thinking about coming back.
Same daily duties: gate, rounds, check-ins, reports.
Splitting shifts.
Common in SSF: unarmed on day shift, armed overnight at the gate. Or armed for a few weeks after an incident, then back to unarmed. Month to month makes that easy.
Get a straight answer.
Tell us at the walkthrough what’s on site and what’s happened. We’ll put an honest recommendation in the proposal and won’t sell armed where it isn’t needed.
Services
Services this guide covers
02 / Unarmed
Unarmed security guards
Professional, approachable officers for lobbies, campuses and residential sites.
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