Buying security, explained
Plain answers on choosing coverage, contracting through GSA, and city licensing in Colorado.
- Who covers the post when an officer calls out?Every security roster runs short sometimes. What to arrange before a call-out, an inspection, or a contract change leaves a post empty.
- Armed or unarmed security: how to decide.Most sites need unarmed officers. Some need armed ones. The difference is what the officer may have to stop, and what the contract, the insurer, and the law require.
- What a post order is, and why every site needs one.A post order is the written instruction set for one security post. It is how a site gets the same coverage on every shift, whoever is standing the post.
- Construction site security: what to cover during a build.An active build is open in ways a finished building is not. What to cover at the gate, on the perimeter, and after hours, and how coverage should change as the site does.
- How agencies can buy security services through a GSA Schedule.The GSA Multiple Award Schedule lets agencies order security services at pre-negotiated ceiling prices through streamlined procedures. How it works, and how to check a vendor.
- Security licensing in Colorado: why the city matters.Colorado has no statewide license for security companies or officers. Cities license them instead, so the right license depends on where your site is.