34 security guard and private security companies in Thousand Oaks, California. Ranked by license status, profile views and recommendations.
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805 SECURITY SYSTEMS
B&B MENSCH SECURITY, INC.
CALIFORNIA SECURITY CONCEPTS
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COASTLINE SECURITY INC
COBALT SECURITY SERVICES
CREATIVE SECURITY SYSTEMS
GATES SECURITY
GATES SECURITY SYSTEMS
HILLCREST SECURITY INC
ITAC INC
OAKS SECURITY, INC.
SALIENT OPERATIONS GROUP
TAURUS PROTECTION, INC.
VIP SYSTEMS
WEAPON X SECURITY, INC
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Thousand Oaks is an affluent Ventura County city known for corporate headquarters — including Amgen — master-planned residential communities, and one of the region's lowest crime rates. Security demand skews toward corporate campus and office coverage, access control, and HOA and residential patrol, with a premium, service-quality-focused buyer profile.
The providers below are ranked on merit, but the final check is yours. Work through these four steps before you sign anything in Thousand Oaks:
Private security in California is licensed at the state level by the California Bureau of Security and Investigative Services (BSIS), Department of Consumer Affairs. A legitimate company operating in Thousand Oaks holds a Private Patrol Operator (PPO) license, which means it has cleared California BSIS's ownership, background-check and insurance requirements. Ask for that license number in writing and verify it yourself — a certificate on the wall tells you nothing about current standing, since a license can be suspended or revoked.
Hiring an unlicensed company is a risk you carry. In California, operating without a license is misdemeanor (Cal. Business & Professions Code §7582.3). Operating as an unlicensed private patrol operator (or knowingly engaging a non-exempt unlicensed one) is a misdemeanor punishable by a $5,000 fine, up to one year in county jail, or both; falsely holding oneself out as licensed (badge, ID/business card, letterhead, or advertising) is a separate misdemeanor with a fine up to $10,000, and a conviction bars BSIS licensure for one year (five years on a second offense).
Thousand Oaks scores 87/100 on our Crime Index (grade B), which makes it safer than 86% of the 759 US cities we track. The index is built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports for a population of 123,592.
Crime Index
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