Service areas
Security Guard Service Areas
Security guards and patrols from San Francisco and the Peninsula to the Monterey Bay and South Santa Clara County, planned around the way each city works.
Bay Area
San Francisco and the Peninsula
Office towers and lobbies in the city, hotels near the airport, Peninsula campuses and the downtown shops between them.
Burlingame · Foster City · Menlo Park · Palo Alto · Redwood City · San Francisco · San Francisco SoMa · San Mateo
Monterey Bay & South Bay
The Coast and the South County
Waterfront hotels and venues on the coast, and growers, packers and distribution yards inland and along Highway 101.
Gilroy · Monterey · Morgan Hill · Salinas · Santa Cruz · Watsonville
One Request for Several Sites
Managing buildings in more than one city? List each address with its own hours and contacts in a single quote request.
Coverage From San Francisco to Monterey
In San Francisco, plans start at office lobbies, lab buildings, venues and the shelters and supportive housing that need a calm presence at the door. On the Peninsula, they start at hotel lobbies, office and research campuses, and downtown offices and medical buildings in San Mateo and Palo Alto.
Farther south, plans start with growers, packers and cold storage buildings, food processing plants and distribution yards, plus coastal hotels, shops and event venues from Salinas to Santa Cruz. The security guard services page explains each option.
Lobbies Up North, Gates Down South
In San Francisco and on the Peninsula, a plan usually starts at the lobby: an office tower’s front desk, a hotel entrance near the airport, a campus reception point or a medical office waiting room. A guard there handles visitors and deliveries, and a patrol picks up the garage and lot after hours. Residential towers and condo communities add a gatehouse post or evening patrol.
Farther south the gate takes over. Packing sheds, cold storage buildings and distribution yards in Salinas, Watsonville, Gilroy and Morgan Hill put the guard where trucks and crews arrive, with patrols of the yard and fence line once the loading stops.
Seasons and Busy Hours
Summer weekends fill Monterey and Santa Cruz hotels and shops, and harvest season can stretch gate hours at packing sites. Peninsula campuses and San Francisco towers stay steadier, with arrivals in the morning and a quieter building after dark.
Posts and patrol visits follow those patterns, so the plan for August can look quite different from the plan for February, and hours can change as the season turns. Send your busiest months with the quote request, and the schedule is built around them from the first week.
The Same Standards in Every City
Wherever the property sits, officers carry BSIS guard cards and clear a background check before the first shift, and every visit or shift ends with a photo patrol or incident report. Supervisors make quality inspections at posts and along routes, and each client receives a certificate of insurance before coverage starts.
Rates follow local guard pay, so San Francisco sits at the top of each range and Watsonville at the bottom, with the Peninsula, Gilroy and Morgan Hill close behind the city. Our security guard rates guide works through common schedules for posts, patrols, events and fire watch.
A few useful answers
Common questions.
Do you cover cities between the ones listed here?
Send the address with your quote request, and we will confirm coverage and plan the site from there.
Can coverage change with the season?
Yes. Gate hours, posts and patrol visits can grow for harvest, summer or holiday peaks and drop back when they pass.
Do coastal and inland sites get the same reports?
Yes. Every site gets the same photo patrol and incident reports, sent to the people you name in the order you set.
What does a Monterey County property usually need?
A visitor or hospitality site suits a guest-entrance post, food processing and cold storage a gate guard, and agricultural and distribution yards gate posts plus yard patrols.
Can a guard start before the busy season begins?
Yes. Booking a few weeks ahead of harvest or summer settles the post instructions and routes before the first busy day.