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Florida City Security Guard Services

We put licensed Florida Class D (unarmed) and Class G (armed) security officers on Florida City sites, farms, packing houses, warehouses, construction sites, hotels and events across 33034. Unarmed officers are $32 per hour, armed $40, with a six-hour minimum. We dispatch from our Homestead office next door, respond within 2 hours and are on site within 4.

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Security Guard Services in Florida City

Our Main Security guard services in Florida City, FL.

Commercial and business security

Offices, retail, airport-area warehouses

Events Security

Crowd management & access control.

Construction site security

Equipment, materials & after-hours protection.

Agriculture Security

Site, equipment, property & product, 70+ yrs.

Cannabis Security

Licensed site security & secure transport.

VIP & Executive

Discreet bodyguard & close protection services for individuals.

How fast can you get an officer to a Florida City address?

Faster than we can get one anywhere else we serve. Our office is in Homestead, the city Florida City runs straight into, which makes 33034 the shortest run we make, and it’s the reason to call us before you call a Miami or Broward agency about a South Dade site.

We respond within 2 hours and have a licensed officer on site within 4, day or night, holidays included. Because we’re starting from next door rather than from the city, that window sits comfortable here rather than tight, even when US-1 backs up.

We’ll be blunt about the comparison. An agency headquartered in Miami or Fort Lauderdale quotes you the same 24/7 coverage for Florida City that it quotes for Doral. You find out the difference on the third emergency call at 2 AM, not on the website.

Do you need armed officers?

Which parts of Florida City do you cover?

Florida City is one stop on a route we run from the Redland down to Key West. We dispatch from the same Homestead office to Homestead, Leisure City, Naranja, Princeton, Cutler Bay, Palmetto Bay, Kendall and the Redland agricultural belt, then south through Key Largo, Islamorada, Marathon and Key West.

Our full coverage sits on the service area page, and we keep separate pages for Miami and Homestead.

What kinds of sites do you guard Florida City?

We guard what Florida City actually runs on: agriculture, logistics, retail and Keys-corridor hospitality. These are the posts we’re asked for most in South Dade.

Farms, groves and packing houses

This is our oldest work, and the reason we’re headquartered where we are. Our agriculture security covers four things, the site, the equipment, the property and the product, and we keep them separate on purpose, because a fence that stops trespassers does nothing about produce walking off a loading dock at 4 AM.

Warehouses, yards and distribution

We cover equipment yards and storage sites where the nearest neighbour is often a field. For most of them we’ll recommend overnight patrol with GPS-verified checkpoints over a standing post โ€” at $44 an hour on a multi-day contract it costs less than a fixed officer and covers the whole property instead of one gate.

Construction sites security

South Dade builds, and copper, fuel and tools go missing between the last trade leaving and the first one arriving. Our construction site security here is mostly overnight and weekend coverage rather than a full-time post.

Hotels and motels on the US-1 corridor

Florida City lodging serves through-traffic, which means a guest population that turns over nightly and a parking lot visible from the highway. We staff the lot and the lobby with hotel and hospitality officers who don’t change how the property feels.

Retail and commercial security

We handle storefronts, plazas and offices along Palm Drive and US-1, opening and closing coverage, loss-prevention presence, and after-hours commercial and business security.

Apartments, condos and HOAs

We work gate, lobby and grounds posts for residential and HOA sites, including the access problems that come with a complex having more than one unsecured way in.

Event security

Community festivals, church and school functions, quinceaรฑeras and private parties. We price event security in a small city as the job it is, not as a Miami Beach gala.

Fire watch security

When your fire alarm or sprinkler system goes down, the fire marshal generally requires a watch until it’s restored. We deploy fire watch officers inside the same 4-hour window, log rounds hourly, and hand you a written log your insurer can file.

We’ll staff any of our fourteen service lines at a Florida City site, including cannabis site security and transport and executive protection. The list above is what gets asked for here, not the limit of what we do.

Executive Protection bodyguard built around your actual exposure

Need Guard at a Flordia City site?

Call us on (786) 368-9905 during office hours or (305) 216-1818 after hours. Tell us the address, the site type and the shift, and we’ll come back with a written quote and a confirmed officer inside the 4-hour window.
Professional Security Backed By Real Credentials

Why Choose us

Why We're Among The Top Security Companies In Florida City

2-Hour Response, 4-Hour Deployment

The fastest commitment in the Florida market.

Former Police Leadership

Chief of Police, SRT, K-9 and FTO experience on every strategic plan.

Trained, Licensed Officers

Florida D & G licenses, 40-hour field training, annual de-escalation refreshers.

Veteran Preference Certified

Founded by a Vietnam combat veteran. Certified by the State of Florida.

Local & Accountable

Homestead-based. Your calls reach decision-makers, not call centers.

When we're the wrong call

If your site sits inside Everglades National Park boundaries or on federal land, we’re not who you need, and we’ll tell you that on the phone. If what you actually want is an investigator rather than a uniformed officer, that’s our Investigative Division, not this service.

And if you need someone standing at a Florida City door for two hours next Tuesday, our six-hour minimum makes that an expensive way to buy it. We’d rather put a patrol through your site four times overnight for less money. We’ll say so on the call, not after you’ve seen the invoice.

Night time patrol vehicle

Leadership

125+ Years Of Combined Command Experience

Steve Garrison, founder of Almond Tree Security Services

Steve Garrison

Founder ยท Senior Partner
Vietnam combat veteran, former Chief of Police, and member of a generational South Florida farming family. 50+ years of security and law-enforcement experience.
Brian Kennedy, Chief Executive Officer of Almond Tree Security Services

Brian Kennedy

Chief Executive Officer
35-year police veteran โ€” supervisor, Special Response Team operative, K-9 officer, and Field Training Officer. Leads every engagement under one motto: Safety Before All.

Florida City security FAQs

The questions homeowners ask on the first call, answered the way we answer them on the phone.

How much does a security guard cost in Florida City?

Unarmed Class D officers are $32 per hour and armed Class G officers $40, with a six-hour minimum booking. A vehicle is billed separately: $10 an hour parked on site, $14 running or on patrol, dropping to $8 and $12 on multi-day contracts. We put the rate in writing and fix it before the first shift.
Six hours. It applies to one-off bookings and to the first shift of a new contract. We won’t quote shorter, because travel and setup don’t shrink with the shift โ€” you’d pay more per hour for less protection. For genuinely short needs, a scheduled patrol usually works out better and we’ll tell you so.
Only if the post needs one, though in Florida City it usually does because sites are spread out. It’s $14 an hour with the engine running or on patrol, $10 parked on site, and $12 or $8 on a multi-day contract. A fixed indoor post needs no vehicle and you pay the officer rate alone.
We respond within 2 hours and have a licensed officer on site within 4. Florida City is the shortest run we make, because our office sits in Homestead just north of the city line, so we’re comfortable inside that window here rather than stretched โ€” nights and holidays included.

Every officer holds a Florida Class D licence, plus Class G for armed posts, and completes 40 hours of field training before working alone. Verify us in the FDACS licence database, Security Agency Licence B 3500420 and PI Agency Licence A 3500419. Check any company you’re considering the same way.

Yes, and it’s the work we’ve done longest. We cover the site, the equipment, the property and the product, which are four separate problems. Our office sits inside the Redland belt, so a grove, nursery or packing house in South Dade is about as close to us as a job gets.

Most Florida City sites we staff run unarmed Class D officers, gate, lobby, yard and patrol work where visible presence does the job. We recommend armed Class G where there’s cash on site, high-value inventory, a documented threat, or an insurer requiring it. Our supervisor advises during the free site assessment.
Yes. When a fire alarm or sprinkler system is impaired, the fire code generally requires a watch until it’s restored, and the fire marshal can close the building without one. We deploy within 4 hours, log rounds hourly, and hand over a written log you and your insurer can keep on file.

Which nearby areas do you also cover?

Florida City is one stop on a route we run from the Redland down to Key West. We dispatch from the same Homestead office to Homestead, Leisure City, Naranja, Princeton, Cutler Bay, Palmetto Bay, Kendall and the Redland agricultural belt, then south through Key Largo, Islamorada, Marathon and Key West. Our full coverage sits on the service area page, and we keep separate pages for Miami and Homestead.

Need Security Guards at a Florida City site?

Call (786) 368-9905 during office hours, or (305) 216-1818 after hours. Tell us the site type, the address and the shift, and you will have a written quote and a confirmed officer within the 4-hour window.