Regardless of what type of security you’d prefer at your building or property, you can rest assured that you’re getting the professional protection you need when you work with us. Whether you need security services for your construction site, office, or your residence, we put your best interests first and strive to exceed your expectations.
Our Security Guards
All guards at Strongbox Security Services must meet our exacting standards to be considered for their positions. Almost all of our guards come from a law enforcement or military background and enter the role with a considerable level of experience.
Our guards must undergo extensive background checks and a rigorous interview process, and each of them must hold a Class A License to Carry (LTC) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Because every job is unique and every one of our guards has their own background and experience in providing security services, we take careful measures to ensure a perfect match between the two. Every guard is hand selected to provide your armed or unarmed security services based on their specific qualifications.
Our Unarmed and Armed Security Services
At Strongbox Security Services, we offer a range of top-quality, professional security services to both businesses and individuals. Let us protect what matters most by choosing from any of our specialized options:
Uniformed or Plain-Clothes Security
The appearance of uniformed security officers on the premises can be all your building or property requires to avoid becoming a target for crime, regardless of whether you opt for armed or unarmed security.
We can help you determine the best option for your property based on your specific needs.
Monitoring and Patrols
Whether you’ve got a construction site, a warehouse, a residential property, or a commercial building to look after, there will always be times when it’s either difficult or impossible for you to be there to keep an eye on it.
Our unarmed or armed security guards can perform regular patrols during these times, monitoring the area, observing and reporting damage, and notifying you of any issues.
Fire Watch
When you’re taking on a construction project, you already have your hands full. Between deadlines and budget concerns, monitoring your property for fires can come last on your list. But fire damage can be serious and costly, and it can even derail your entire project.
Strongbox Security Services offers fire watch and hot works fire watch services, so you can focus on finishing your project — while we protect it.
Vehicle Patrols
Whether your property or construction site is too large to be effectively patrolled on foot, or you only need your armed or unarmed security to regularly check on your business after hours, we’ve got the vehicle patrol services that can help you do just that.
Our security guards can patrol parking lots, vacant buildings, construction sites, and other areas in a marked car to deter crime and mischief and report any issues that may arise.
Access Control
Our unarmed or armed security guards can be stationed at key access points to your property or building in order to monitor and control who enters and exits the premises. They can also be stationed at front desk areas or be given their own stationary posts. Our guards can even stand by during employee terminations.
These services will not only heighten security, but they’ll also offer a sense of comfort to your guests. Your guests or employees can better enjoy their time or concentrate more on their work when they feel safe on your property.
Unarmed or Armed Security Services: Which is Best for Me?
When you choose our security services to protect your property and ensure the safety of all its occupants, you’ll be given the option of either armed or unarmed guards. Both of these forms of security have their own sets of advantages, and the best option for you will depend on the exact kind of protection you believe you’re in need of.
Looking for a strong visual deterrent to crime and mischief in a high-risk area? Armed security services could be the option for you. Need a comforting presence that can keep watch over a low-risk area? Unarmed security services may be your best bet.
In order to get a better idea of which type of security is best for you, take a look at the key advantages of each one.
Unarmed Security Services
What unarmed means is that your security guards will not be carrying firearms on the job. They will, however, bring with them a wealth of experience in identifying threats and deescalating potentially dangerous situations, along with extensive knowledge of emergency preparedness and situational awareness.
Our unarmed security guards provide the following benefits:
Calmer Presence
While there are situations in which an armed security guard can make people feel more comfortable, there are other instances where the notion that they are somewhere in which situations involving deadly force might occur can actually have the opposite effect.
In these cases, it’s likely best to have the calming presence of an unarmed guard instead.
Lower Risk
There can be liability considerations when it comes to armed security. And while there are cases where the risk of not having armed security outweighs its liability concerns, there are also times when it is simply not necessary. Unarmed security is the easy choice in such situations.
More Affordable
Budget is often an important concern for any property or business owner’s decision-making processes. If your property is low-risk, opting for unarmed security can provide an extra layer of protection at a lower cost compared to armed security.
Armed Security Services
Armed guards carry firearms that they are licensed and trained to use in the event of an emergency. Because of this, they bring a higher level of protection to your building or property.
When you choose armed security services, you will be provided with a team of guards who are licensed to carry, have proven their proficiency on the firing range, and have displayed an exemplary understanding and execution of proper gun safety protocol.
They also offer the following advantages:
Stronger Visual Deterrent
While an unarmed guard can visually deter plenty of crime and mischief, the presence of a firearm elevates the potential risk for would-be criminals to another level, providing an even stronger visual deterrent and helping to stop crime before it ever even happens.
Better Protection in High-Risk Areas
For the most part, unarmed guards can meet just about all security needs with ease. However, when it comes to high-risk areas and buildings or properties that contain valuable assets, armed security may be a necessity. In a high-risk area, it can also be a greater comfort to your guests, knowing that there is armed security present.
Faster Response Time
Unarmed guards are trained to identify suspicious activity and inform the authorities in emergency situations. While this provides much more protection than a property would have with no security, you may prefer for your security presence to be able to handle a threat immediately.
Armed security services can provide even faster response times than unarmed services.
Armed or Unarmed Guards from Strongbox Security Services
Security services can protect your assets, lower your liability risk, and most importantly, save lives.
Whether you choose armed or unarmed guards, by trusting Strongbox Security Services with the safety of your property, you can enjoy the peace of mind that your building or residence is protected by a highly trained team dedicated to exceeding industry standards and ensuring all of our clients receive high-quality service.
We proudly serve clients throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. If you’re interested in learning more about our armed and unarmed guard services, contact us online or request a quote today.
