Straight answers.

It is the standard we hold our officers to. A Public Safety Officer is a licensed, uniformed security professional trained beyond the state minimum — in de-escalation, Verbal Judo, nonviolent crisis intervention and OSHA fire watch — and expected to protect the people on a site, not just observe and report. Our officers are private security professionals, not police officers.

Call (360) 421-3282 — a real person answers 24/7. Urgent coverage can often start the same day, depending on where the site is and how many officers you need. We give you an honest start time on the call, before we hang up.

Every site is quoted individually. Price depends on the number of officers, the hours and days covered, how long the contract runs, and what the post requires (for example gatehouse access control or combined fire watch). Quotes are free — call or send a request and we will scope it honestly, without padding the post.

Tell us what you need — one night, a few weeks during a vacancy or project phase, or an ongoing contract. We will tell you on the call what we can staff and when.

Written shift logs and incident reports covering patrols, who came and went, and anything that happened on site. They are written to stand up for property owners, fire marshals and insurers.

Yes. Our officers are licensed under Washington State’s private security requirements and trained on RCW use-of-force guidelines and the legal limits of private authority. We are insured, and we can send a certificate of insurance with your quote.

Yes. On construction and industrial sites we can combine security patrols with code-required fire watch in a single deployment, with one set of logs. Fire watch is handled by our dedicated division, Skagit Fire Safety (skagitfiresafety.com).

We are headquartered in Skagit County and serve all of Washington State — from Mount Vernon, Burlington, Anacortes and Bellingham to Everett, Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Spokane, Yakima, the Tri-Cities and Vancouver.

Yes. Knowingly entering or remaining unlawfully in a building is criminal trespass in the first degree, a gross misdemeanor (RCW 9A.52.070). Knowingly entering or remaining unlawfully on other premises is criminal trespass in the second degree, a misdemeanor (RCW 9A.52.080).

Only in narrow situations. RCW 9A.16.020(4) allows reasonable force to detain someone who is unlawfully in a building or on property, for a reasonable time and in a reasonable manner, only where the premises did not reasonably appear to be open to the public. Most apartment security work — including ours — relies on asking people to leave and calling the police instead.

When the fire code official or the site safety plan requires it — and during nonworking hours for new construction over 40 feet tall or multistory construction over 50,000 square feet per story (WAC 51-54A-3303). Houses built under the International Residential Code are excepted.

On residential property, yes — an unauthorized vehicle can be impounded immediately with the property’s written authorization (RCW 46.55.010, 46.55.070). A signed impound authorization is required at the time of the tow (RCW 46.55.080).

Washington provides a defense to lawsuits when a store owner, employee or agent with reasonable grounds detains a suspected shoplifter in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time for investigation or questioning (RCW 4.24.220). It is a narrow protection; follow your store’s policy and call police.

Use the Washington Department of Licensing professional license lookup and search the company name or license number. Washington requires security companies to hold a company license (RCW 18.170.160).

Washington prohibits flashing lights except as allowed by statute or authorized by the State Patrol (RCW 46.37.280). The State Patrol’s rule lists the vehicles that may use flashing amber warning lamps, and private security patrol vehicles are not among them (WAC 204-21-130). Check with the State Patrol before installing warning lights.

At MTSA-regulated facilities, yes: personnel with security duties must maintain a TWIC (33 CFR 105.210), and anyone needing unescorted access to secure areas must hold one (33 CFR 101.514). In Washington, contract security officers also need a state security guard license.

It can be. Stealing — or getting by fraud or deception — goods that are part of an interstate or foreign shipment from a truck, trailer, container, warehouse, terminal or vessel is a federal crime with a maximum of 10 years in prison, or 3 years if the value is under $1,000 (18 U.S.C. 659).

It can be. Packages delivered by the Postal Service or a commercial carrier and addressed to a named person count as “mail” until the person receives them (RCW 9A.56.010). Stealing at least ten pieces of mail addressed to three or more addresses is mail theft, a class C felony (RCW 9A.56.370). Smaller thefts are charged as ordinary theft based on value.