9 security guard and private security companies in Lafayette, Indiana. Ranked by license status, profile views and recommendations.
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9 companies
Alexander Global Strategies, Inc
Industrial System Solutions
Omni Investigative Services, LLC
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Lafayette, with adjoining West Lafayette, forms the Greater Lafayette metro built around Purdue University, a growing advanced-manufacturing and life-sciences base — including Subaru's US assembly plant — and regional healthcare. The university and its football and event calendar, manufacturing plants, research and tech campuses, and downtown commercial districts drive demand for campus-adjacent and event security, industrial site guards, corporate and R&D coverage, and retail and mobile patrol. Frankfort and Crawfordsville add manufacturing and commercial work. As an Indiana metro, Greater Lafayette bills at cost-competitive Midwest rates.
The providers below are ranked on merit, but the final check is yours. Work through these four steps before you sign anything in Lafayette:
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 Lafayette 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.
Lafayette scores 67/100 on our Crime Index (grade C), which makes it safer than 39% of the 759 US cities we track. The index is built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports for a population of 72,009.
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 Lafayette varies internally before you scope a contract.
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