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Typically from $37 USD per guard/hour. See prices →
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BGS Security Division LLC
cavalier guards company, inc
EXECUTIVE PROTECTION SECURITY SERVICES
Garden State Protection Group Inc
Global Security LLC
LAD Dectective Agency
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National Secure Transport LLC
Odom Private Detective and Security Services
Quality Security Services LLC
Special Operations Security Services, LLC
Starboard Security Services LLC
U.S. Security Care of New Jersey, Inc.
Event security in Edison is planned backward from the crowd: entry screening, credentialing, alcohol-service management and a staffing ratio matched to attendance and venue type.
In Edison, demand for event security is driven by central New Jersey's logistics and warehousing belt on the Turnpike and corporate and pharmaceutical office parks. The sectors that most rely on this service include logistics and warehousing, pharmaceutical and life sciences, corporate and R&D, with specific needs in areas such as the Turnpike distribution and warehouse belt, the corporate and pharma office parks, the retail centers. The city's main security concerns — warehouse and cargo theft and corporate campus and IP protection — make working with a licensed, professional provider a priority investment for businesses and homeowners.
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Estimated range per guard/hour in Edison:
$37 — $63 USD
That puts Edison about 6% above the US national range ($35 — $60) — local wage floors, cost of living and competition for licensed officers all push rates up.
Armed officers typically run about 35% more than unarmed coverage for the same post — the premium covers the firearm permit, range requalification and the higher insurance the provider carries. In Edison that puts an armed post around $50 — $85 USD per guard/hour.
Per guard per hour. Venue type, crowd size, alcohol service, insurance requirements and minimum-hour policies (usually 4–6h) move the rate. Armed or supervisor positions bill higher.
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Read the event security buyer's guidePrivate 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 Edison 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.
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