Security Services in Orlando, FL
Security services in Orlando from a licensed Florida agency, covering armed and unarmed posts, mobile patrol, fire watch and industry specific coverage across Central Florida.
- Class D and Class G licensed officers on every post
- Florida security agency license B 1900066, verifiable through FDACS
- Written report after every shift, with timestamped patrol checks
- Dispatch staffed 24 hours, including weekends and holidays
Security services we cover in Orlando
Twenty two areas of coverage, organised around the kind of property being protected as well as the kind of officer standing on it. If your situation is not listed, call and describe it.
Armed Security Officers
Class G licensed officers for sites where a visible armed presence is the deterrent.
Learn more →Unarmed Security Officers
Class D licensed officers for access control, observation and reporting.
Learn more →24 Hour Security Guards
Round the clock coverage with relief planned in advance rather than improvised.
Learn more →Mobile Patrol Services
Marked vehicle patrols with timestamped checks across the night.
Learn more →Fire Watch Services
Code compliant patrols when an alarm or sprinkler system is impaired.
Learn more →Access Control and Front Desk
Credential checks, visitor logs and lobby coverage that stays courteous.
Learn more →Emergency Security Coverage
Short notice posts after a break in, a termination or a failed vendor.
Learn more →Warehouse and Distribution Security
Gate control, trailer checks and dock oversight for logistics sites.
Learn more →Apartment and Multifamily Security
Courtesy patrol and incident documentation for residential communities.
Learn more →HOA and Gated Community Security
Gatehouse staffing and patrol coverage boards can actually budget.
Learn more →Healthcare and Medical Facility Security
De-escalation trained officers for clinics, hospitals and medical offices.
Learn more →Bank and Financial Institution Security
Lobby and ATM coverage for branches, credit unions and cash operations.
Learn more →Parking Lot and Garage Security
Deck by deck patrols targeting break ins and after hours loitering.
Learn more →Car Dealership Security
Overnight lot coverage for catalytic converter and key theft exposure.
Learn more →Industrial and Manufacturing Security
Plant gate, yard and shift change coverage for production facilities.
Learn more →Church and House of Worship Security
Discreet coverage for services, counting rooms and campus events.
Learn more →Dispensary Security
Licensed coverage built around Florida medical marijuana compliance.
Learn more →Convention and Trade Show Security
Credential checks, exhibit watch and move in coverage at OCCC scale.
Learn more →Shopping Center and Retail Security
Uniformed deterrence and organized retail crime documentation.
Learn more →Senior Living and Assisted Living Security
Overnight door coverage and wander response for care communities.
Learn more →Restaurant and Nightlife Security
Door coverage and closing escorts for bars, clubs and late night dining.
Learn more →Vacation Rental Security
Party response and property checks for short term rental operators.
Learn more →What types of security problems do we cover?
Most calls we take in Orlando fall into a handful of recognisable patterns. Knowing which one you are in usually determines the coverage that will actually fix it.
Theft of opportunity after hours
The largest category by volume. An unlocked door found on a walk past, a catalytic converter taken from a quiet corner of a lot, tools out of a work vehicle. These depend entirely on nobody being present and nobody noticing, which is why irregular patrol timing works better against them than any hardware. Construction and equipment theft alone runs to over 11,000 reported incidents a year nationally, averaging around $30,000 per incident according to the National Equipment Register, with under 25% of stolen equipment ever recovered.
Trespassing, loitering and vagrancy
The problem commercial property owners raise most often in Central Florida. People settling in stairwells, breezeways, parking decks and behind buildings, with the associated damage, waste and effect on customers and residents. It is rarely solved by confrontation. What works is consistent presence, formal trespass warnings documented through law enforcement, and lighting the areas people choose because they are dark.
Organised retail crime
Distinct from opportunistic shoplifting and requiring a different response. The National Retail Federation reported a combined 19% increase in shoplifting and merchandise theft incidents from 2024, with 66% of retailers reporting transnational organised groups operating against them. Groups work in teams, move between locations, and clear shelves in minutes. What actually breaks them is documentation across sites rather than confrontation in one.
Cash handling exposure
Any business handling cash on a schedule anyone can observe carries this. Deposit runs at a fixed time, counts done by one person, closing routines that never vary. It affects banks and dispensaries most sharply, and restaurants, retailers and houses of worship more than they expect. The countermeasure is procedural more than physical, and it starts with making the timing unpredictable.
Compliance driven requirements
Coverage that exists because a code or a regulator requires it rather than because of a specific threat. Fire watch is the common one: under NFPA 72 an alarm system out of service beyond four cumulative hours in a 24 hour period requires notifying the authority having jurisdiction, which then decides between a fire watch and evacuation. Florida adopts NFPA 1 and NFPA 101 through the Florida Fire Prevention Code under Chapter 633.
Vendor failure and coverage gaps
A category that should not exist and generates a steady stream of calls. A previous security company stops filling shifts, and the property discovers it after the fact. Industry turnover reached 77% in 2024 according to ASIS International, up from 69.3% in 2019, with some contract firms reporting several times that. Understaffed contracts fail at the relief line, and the client inherits the gap.
What types of security coverage do we offer?
Coverage models differ in cost by an order of magnitude, and choosing the wrong one is the most common way a security budget gets wasted. These are the realistic options.
Staffed posts
An officer present continuously for a defined period, controlling access, patrolling and documenting. The most protective and the most expensive option, running roughly $24 to $34 per hour unarmed in Central Florida. A round the clock post needs four to five officers on a roster to cover 168 hours a week sustainably, which is the arithmetic that catches most buyers out.
Mobile patrol checks
A marked vehicle attends a set number of times per night at varied intervals, with the officer leaving the vehicle to walk the property, test doors and sweep the lot. Priced per check rather than hourly, which puts it within reach of properties that could never fund a staffed post. It lowers the odds of an incident starting and creates a record, without putting anyone on site at the moment something happens.
Armed coverage
Class G licensed officers, running roughly a third above unarmed rates at $32 to $46 per hour in Central Florida. Justified by cash, controlled substances, high value portable goods or a specific identified threat. Arming a post because of general unease usually buys liability rather than protection, and we will say so when we think that is what is happening.
Fire watch
A dedicated attendant walking a designated route continuously while an alarm or sprinkler system is impaired, keeping the log the fire marshal will ask for. It is a compliance function rather than a security one, and the attendant cannot be doing another job at the same time. Large buildings often need more than one attendant to walk the route at the required interval.
Access control and front desk
Credential verification, visitor registration and lobby coverage, where security and hospitality meet. Card readers and turnstiles handle the routine and cannot handle the exception, and tailgating in particular is a human problem that only a person reliably catches. The value rises with visitor and contractor volume.
Short notice and event coverage
Posts that did not exist yesterday: a break in leaving a building open, a vendor who stopped turning up, a termination, storm damage, or a convention move out. Priced at the top of the range because filling a shift at a few hours notice means paying an officer a premium to take it. Dispatch is staffed 24 hours for exactly this.
Why Orlando chooses Nexus Security Firm
Credentials you can verify without asking us
Most Orlando security companies say they are licensed and stop there. Nexus Security Firm operates under Florida security agency license B 1900066, and every officer holds a current Class D, with Class G on armed posts. All of it is checkable through the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services public lookup, and we would rather you checked than took our word.
Rates published before you call
No security company in this market publishes what it charges, which makes comparison impossible and puts every buyer at a disadvantage. Our Central Florida bands are $24 to $34 per hour unarmed and $32 to $46 armed, with the estimators on our service pages showing how hours and pattern move the figure. You will know roughly where you stand before you speak to anybody.
The same officers, deliberately
Industry turnover hit 77% in 2024 according to ASIS International, and it is the single thing behind most complaints about security vendors: the officer who does not know the site, the shift nobody covered, the stranger every fortnight. We price posts to hold officers on them and build a named roster per account including relief, because that is the part a low bid gives up first.
Find out what your site would actually cost
Give us the property type and the hours you are thinking about. You will get a written rate rather than a sales visit, and if we think a cheaper coverage model would serve you better, we will tell you that instead.
What clients say about Nexus Security Firm
Every assignment booked through this site is fulfilled by Nexus Security Firm. These are comments from their clients.
I recently had the privilege of experiencing the exceptional executive protection services provided by Nexus Security Firm.Ioan BarsanExecutive protection client
At Nexus Security Firm, prioritizing exceptional customer service is ingrained in their approach.Scherry ThompsonVerified client
The owner of this company, James Franklin, has over 14 years of experience as a law enforcement officer and supervisor.Carlos EstradaVerified client
The Orlando Security Contract Checklist
Most people hiring security in Orlando are doing it for the first time, under pressure, after something has already happened. This is the list of questions worth putting to any company in writing before you sign anything.
- The license and insurance details to ask for, and how to verify them yourself
- What to ask about supervision, relief cover and what happens when an officer calls out
- The reporting and documentation to require in the contract
- How rates are actually built, and what an unusually low bid is funded by
- The terms that quietly matter: holiday rates, overtime, minimum shifts and notice periods
Areas we cover around Orlando
Nexus Security Firm covers Orlando and the surrounding Central Florida market from an Orlando base at 3203 Lawton Rd, including the following communities.
- Orlando
- Winter Park
- Kissimmee
- Sanford
- Altamonte Springs
- Lake Mary
- Apopka
- Windermere
- Ocoee
- Winter Garden
- Maitland
- Oviedo
- Celebration
- St. Cloud
- Longwood
- Casselberry
Common questions about security services in Orlando
What does security cost in Orlando?
Our Central Florida rates generally run $24 to $34 per hour for unarmed officers and $32 to $46 for armed. Overnight hours, holidays, short notice bookings and single short shifts sit at the top of those ranges, and a longer weekly commitment sits toward the bottom. Mobile patrol is priced per check rather than hourly, which makes it considerably cheaper for properties that need presence rather than continuous staffing.
Are your officers licensed?
Yes. Every unarmed officer holds a current Florida Class D security officer license, which requires 40 hours of state approved training. Armed officers additionally hold a Class G statewide firearm license, which requires at least four hours of firearms requalification during each year of the two year license period. Nexus Security Firm operates under Florida security agency license B 1900066, and both officer and agency licenses can be checked through the FDACS public lookup.
Do I need armed or unarmed officers?
Most commercial properties need unarmed coverage. If the problem is trespassing, loitering, theft of opportunity or after hours access, an unarmed officer with a reliable patrol pattern handles it for meaningfully less money. Armed coverage earns its cost where cash, controlled substances or high value goods are held on site, or where a specific threat has been identified.
How quickly can you put an officer on site?
It depends on the hour, the location and whether the post is armed or unarmed. Dispatch is staffed 24 hours a day, and we give a realistic time on the call rather than a standard promise, because armed posts take longer to fill than unarmed ones and overnight requests take longer than weekday afternoons.
Can a security officer detain or arrest someone?
No. A security officer in Florida holds no police powers beyond those of any private citizen. Officers work to observe and report protocol, use verbal direction, and call law enforcement. Any company promising that their officers will physically remove, restrain or handcuff people is describing something that creates liability for you as much as for them.
What areas do you cover?
Orlando and the surrounding Central Florida market, including Winter Park, Kissimmee, Sanford, Altamonte Springs, Lake Mary, Apopka, Windermere, Ocoee, Winter Garden, Maitland, Oviedo, Celebration, St. Cloud, Longwood and Casselberry.
Will I get the same officers each time?
That is what we build for. Industry turnover reached 77% in 2024 according to ASIS International, which is why most clients experience a different stranger every few weeks. We build a small named roster per account, relief officers included, because an officer who knows your site is worth several who do not.
What documentation do I receive?
A written report after every shift covering patrol times, anything unusual and any fault found on the property, plus a full incident report whenever something happens. That record is what supports an insurance claim, a lease enforcement action or a police pattern, and it is the single thing clients most often tell us a previous vendor did not provide.
Tell us what needs covering
A property type, an area of Orlando and the hours you are considering is enough for us to come back with a written rate. Dispatch is staffed 24 hours if the need is immediate.