33 security guard and private security companies in Appleton, Wisconsin. Ranked by license status, profile views and recommendations.
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33 companies
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Appleton Private Detective Agency LLC
Assured Private Investigations LLC
B and M Security Holdings LLC
BATTLE TESTED SECURITY LLC
Dark Matter Investigations
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Diversified Investigations Llc
DyOmni Welch Security Group LLC
Eagle Eye Private Investigation LLC
Employers Investigative Services LLC
Executive Security Services, LLC
Eye On You Investigations
Fastguard Service
GDI Security Services LLC
Gerlach Investigations, LLC
Guardian Consulting and Investigations, LLC
Keck Private Investigations
Kubitz & Associates Inc
Magpie Private Investigation, LLC
Midwest Consulting & Associates LLC
NEW Security Services LLC
Petit Investigations LLC
Professional Investigative Services LLC
Providentia Investigations, Inc
Rivera Investigations LLC
SAKOM Services WI, LLC
Secure Options Consulting, LLC
Security Extension Group
Star Protection and Patrol
Strategic Security Corp
TOTAL SECURITY AND SAFETY INC
Vorpahl Legal LLC
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Appleton anchors the Fox Valley of northeast Wisconsin, a manufacturing and paper-industry stronghold that with neighboring Oshkosh, Neenah, and Kaukauna forms one of the state's densest industrial corridors. Paper mills, advanced manufacturing, insurance and corporate employment, and regional healthcare drive demand for industrial site guards, gate and dock access control, corporate coverage, and retail and mobile patrol. As a Wisconsin market, the Fox Cities bill at cost-competitive Midwest rates well below the coasts.
The providers below are ranked on merit, but the final check is yours. Work through these four steps before you sign anything in Appleton:
Private security in Wisconsin is licensed at the state level by the the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS). A legitimate company operating in Appleton holds a Private Detective/Security Agency license, which means it has cleared Wisconsin DSPS'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 Wisconsin, operating without a license is misdemeanor (Wis. Stat. § 440.26(8)). Operating unlicensed, or knowingly employing someone who advertises or works unlicensed as a private detective/security person, is fined $100-$500, imprisoned 3-6 months, or both; conviction also makes the offender ineligible for a license for one year and can trigger revocation or suspension of the employing agency's license.
Appleton scores 84/100 on our Crime Index (grade B), which makes it safer than 78% of the 759 US cities we track. The index is built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports for a population of 75,283.
Crime Index
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