28 security guard and private security companies in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Ranked by license status, profile views and recommendations.
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28 companies
AJ Squared Security
Ark CONSULTING LLC
Aziel Protection LLC
BMack Investigations, LLC
Cavalry Protective Service LLC
Colbert Strategic Concepts
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CPS Security LLC
CSM Security, LLC
Eagle Eye Vigilance Group
Edge Security and Investigations
Manning Enterprise
Maximal Protection Services LLC
Metro One Loss Prevention Services Group (Guard Division)
MJake Security LLC
Prestige Private Security
Priority Security
Protective Services & Security Solutions
Raven Security Agency LLC
Safeguard Services LLC
Security On Point Inc
SPQR Protection Services
StarPoint Protective Services
State Corporate Intelligence, LLC.
SUS Global Enterprises LLC
Tactical Response Security Consulting Inc
TASK FORCE I&I LLC
TrueArms Security Solutions LLC
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Elizabeth, the Union County seat, sits at the heart of the Port of New York and New Jersey — home to the region's largest container terminal — surrounded by intensive industrial and logistics activity plus The Mills at Jersey Gardens outlet mall. Port and warehouse guards, cargo-theft prevention, and retail loss prevention lead demand, with Union, Linden, and Plainfield adding industrial, commercial, and residential work.
The providers below are ranked on merit, but the final check is yours. Work through these four steps before you sign anything in Elizabeth:
Private security in New Jersey is licensed at the state level by the New Jersey State Police, Private Detective Unit (SORA). A legitimate company operating in Elizabeth holds a Security Officer Company license (SORA), which means it has cleared New Jersey State Police'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 New Jersey, operating without a license is fourth-degree crime (indictable) (N.J.S.A. 45:19A-3 and 45:19A-4). Working as, or performing the functions of, a security officer without SORA registration is a fourth-degree crime (up to 18 months imprisonment, up to $10,000 fine), and a company owner/operator who employs an unregistered officer is separately guilty of a fourth-degree crime per officer employed, with civil penalties of $1,000 (first offense) to $2,500 (subsequent) also recoverable.
Elizabeth scores 65/100 on our Crime Index (grade C), which makes it safer than 34% of the 759 US cities we track. The index is built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports for a population of 141,194.
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 Elizabeth varies internally before you scope a contract.
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