Warehouse & Truck Yard Security in Southern California

What you get with APS

Warehouses, distribution centers and truck yards are busy all day and wide open at night. Trailers sit loaded in the yard, fuel and equipment are easy to reach, and a fence alone does not stop someone who knows the shift change schedule. APS Security provides licensed guards for logistics properties across Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, including freight terminals in Pico Rivera and Compton. Our officers know how a yard works: where the blind spots are, when drivers come and go, and which gates get left open. We also cover cross-dock buildings, cold storage, container yards and equipment lots.

Gate control is usually the heart of the job. An APS officer at the gate checks drivers in and out, writes down truck and trailer numbers, confirms seal numbers when you want them recorded, and turns away anyone without a reason to be there. Those entries go into the shift report, so when a carrier or customer asks what time a trailer left the yard, you have a written answer instead of a guess. If your team uses its own gate sheet or log, our officers can follow it. At shift change, the outgoing officer passes notes to the next one so nothing gets lost between shifts.

When the yard is quiet, the officer patrols. That means walking the fence line, checking trailer doors and landing gear, looking at dock doors and parking areas, and watching for people cutting through or sitting in vehicles nearby. Cargo theft, catalytic converter theft, fuel theft and stripped equipment are the losses we hear about most from logistics managers. Every round is logged with GPS check-ins and time-stamped photos, so you can see the yard was actually walked and not just passed through. If the officer finds a cut fence, an open trailer or someone hiding in the yard, they call police and then call you.

Every shift ends with a Daily Activity Report emailed to you, listing gate activity, patrol rounds, photos and anything unusual. Our officers are bilingual in English and Spanish, which helps at gates where many drivers and yard workers speak Spanish. We cover nights, weekends, holidays and 24/7 posts, and we can often start the same day or the next day when a yard has a sudden problem. Call for a free quote and we will walk the property with you first. Before the first shift, we agree on post orders, gate rules and who to call after hours.