Security for government & municipal sites.
Public-sector work has a different bar. The service itself is often the same, but the documentation, accountability and procurement process around it are not — and a provider who cannot meet those does not get past the first stage regardless of how good the guarding is.
Built around your sector's risks, not a template.
What actually goes wrong in government & municipal.
The distinguishing risks here are as much procedural as physical: what gets recorded, who can answer for it, and whether it survives scrutiny.
Public access with controlled interiors
Civic buildings, libraries, community centres and municipal offices must stay open to the public while keeping staff areas, records and equipment genuinely controlled.
Front-counter escalation
Public-facing counters deal with people who are frustrated with a process, a decision or a bill. Staff are trained for the service, not for what happens when someone stops accepting the answer.
Accountability after the fact
Public bodies must be able to account for what happened, to a council, a complainant or a freedom-of-information request. Verbal assurance from a security provider is not a record.
Procurement and compliance requirements
Licensing, insurance, WorkSafeBC standing, documented procedures and the ability to respond to a formal RFP are threshold requirements, not differentiators.
The right mix for this sector.
For public-sector sites the service is standard; the documentation and the accountability around it are what has to be built deliberately.
Licensed guards with documented procedures
Guards working to written, site-specific post orders — so what a guard is expected to do is a record that predates the incident rather than a judgement call defended afterwards.
Learn more →De-escalation for public-facing posts
NVCI de-escalation training for counter and reception postings, where the recurring situation is a member of the public who is angry with a process rather than a security threat.
Learn more →Access control and audit trails
Credentialled access to staff areas and records storage with an audit trail — the part that matters when a public body has to demonstrate who had access and when.
Learn more →Patrol and coverage across multiple sites
Mobile patrol across dispersed municipal properties, GPS-verified so the coverage delivered is evidenced rather than invoiced on trust.
Learn more →Why government & municipal clients choose us.
Our supportive and social housing work is delivered for housing societies and non-profits operating under public programs across BC. The reporting discipline and the de-escalation-first posture that requires are the same ones municipal work needs.
Patrol logs and incident reports written knowing they may end up in front of a council, a complainant or an FOI request — not internal shorthand that has to be rewritten first.
Licensing under the BC Security Services Act, insurance, WorkSafeBC standing and documented procedures — the threshold requirements for a public RFP, ready rather than assembled on request.
Government & Municipal security — common questions
Can you respond to a formal RFP or tender?
Yes. We hold a BC Security Services Act business licence, carry insurance, are in good standing with WorkSafeBC, and work to documented site-specific procedures — the threshold requirements for public procurement. We are set up to respond to a formal process rather than assembling the paperwork after the fact.
Do you have experience with public-sector or publicly-funded work?
Yes, through our supportive and social housing work, which is delivered for housing societies and non-profits operating under public programs across BC. That work carries the same reporting discipline and the same de-escalation-first expectations that municipal sites need.
How do you handle members of the public who become aggressive at a counter?
With de-escalation first. Our guards are trained in-house in Non-Violent Crisis Intervention, and for public-facing postings that is the primary skill — most counter incidents are someone frustrated with a process, not a security threat, and they resolve verbally when handled properly.
What reporting do we get?
GPS-verified patrol logs and written incident reports, prepared to be read by people outside the security relationship — a council, a complainant, or a records request. That is a deliberate choice in how we write them.
We work across ten sectors.
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Built around your sector's risks, not a template.