6 security guard and private security companies in Anderson, Indiana. Ranked by license status, profile views and recommendations.
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6 companies
American Tactical Protection LLC
Bair Deception Examinations & Investigations LLC (DEI)
Bradberry Investigations LLC (Assumed business name: Bradberry Process Services)
Defense Grid LLC
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Anderson is the seat of Madison County in East Central Indiana, a former automotive-manufacturing center northeast of Indianapolis now diversifying into logistics, healthcare, and light manufacturing. Industrial and distribution sites, regional hospitals, retail corridors, and Anderson University drive demand for site guards, gate access, healthcare officers, and retail and mobile patrol. As a smaller Indiana market within the Indianapolis orbit, Anderson bills at cost-competitive Midwest rates well below coastal markets.
The providers below are ranked on merit, but the final check is yours. Work through these four steps before you sign anything in Anderson:
Private security in Indiana is licensed at the state level by the the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency, Private Investigator and Security Guard Licensing Board. A legitimate company operating in Anderson holds a Security Guard Agency license, which means it has cleared Indiana PLA'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 Indiana, operating without a license is class a misdemeanor (per unlicensed transaction), plus mandatory disgorgement fine (IC 25-30-1.3-23). Recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally engaging in business as, soliciting/advertising as, or holding out as a security guard agency without a license is a Class A misdemeanor, and the court must additionally fine the offender the full compensation earned in committing the offense — a mandatory disgorgement that can push the total fine above Indiana's normal $10,000 misdemeanor cap; each unlicensed transaction is a separate chargeable offense.
Anderson scores 64/100 on our Crime Index (grade C), which makes it safer than 31% of the 759 US cities we track. The index is built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports for a population of 56,112.
Crime Index
Crime rates describe a city, not a specific address — the right level of coverage depends on your block, your hours and what you're protecting. Use the neighborhood breakdown to see how Anderson varies internally before you scope a contract.
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