Owl Sight Security Services (PPO# 121762) provides licensed security guard services in Encino and throughout the San Fernando Valley. With over 10 years of experience, our BSIS-licensed security guards protect residential communities, commercial properties, office buildings, retail centers, construction sites, and other properties with unarmed security, armed security, and marked vehicle patrol services.
Encino is a mix of residential neighborhoods, commercial corridors along Ventura Boulevard, medical offices, retail centers, and multi-family apartment buildings, each requiring a different type of security coverage. Owl Sight Security Services provides unarmed guards, armed guards, marked vehicle patrols, lobby security, parking enforcement, event security, fire watch, and fumigation security to properties across Encino and the surrounding San Fernando Valley.
Whether you manage an apartment complex off Balboa Boulevard, a medical office near Encino Hospital, a retail storefront on Ventura, or a construction project in a residential neighborhood, our guards are briefed on your property’s specific layout, access points, and security concerns before their first shift. Every assignment is managed by a dedicated account manager who oversees guard performance, reviews shift reports, and is reachable by phone when something needs to be addressed.
Encino sits along one of the busiest commercial corridors in the San Fernando Valley. Ventura Boulevard runs directly through the center of the community, bringing constant vehicle and foot traffic past retail storefronts, restaurants, medical offices, and professional buildings from early morning through late at night. That level of daily traffic creates opportunities for theft, vandalism, unauthorized access, and vehicle break-ins at properties that do not have a visible security presence managing who enters and what happens on the premises after business hours.
The residential side of Encino presents its own security challenges. Multi-family apartment buildings, condominium complexes, and gated communities deal with package theft, parking disputes, unauthorized visitors, and overnight trespassing on a regular basis. Single-family neighborhoods with high property values attract property crime during evening hours when homeowners are away or traveling. A licensed security guard provides the consistent visible presence that deters these problems before they escalate into incidents that cost property owners significantly more than the coverage itself.
Businesses & Residential Properties
Day, Night, or 24-Hour Coverage
$25 - $32.50/Hr
Higher Risk Properties
Day, Night, or 24-Hour Coverage
$30 - $40/Hr
As Needed
Scheduled or Random Patrol Visits
$50/Visit
Security guard services in Encino typically range from $25 to $40 per hour depending on the type of service, level of risk, scheduling requirements, and whether you need unarmed guards, armed guards, or marked vehicle patrols. Marked vehicle patrol services are also available starting at $50 per visit.
Hiring a security guard company headquartered in your city gives you faster response times, local accountability, and a team that understands the specific security landscape of your neighborhood.
Our office is on Ventura Boulevard in Encino. If a guard needs to be replaced it happens the same day because we are minutes from your property, not dispatching a replacement from across the city that takes hours to arrive.
Being based in Encino means we can deploy guards to your property faster than companies operating from outside the San Fernando Valley. Site assessments, guard briefings, and first-shift deployments happen on a shorter timeline because everything is local.
Your dedicated account manager works out of our Encino office and can visit your property in person when issues need to be addressed. You are not dealing with a remote manager who has never seen your building or walked your parking lot.
Our team knows Encino. We understand which streets have higher foot traffic, which commercial blocks experience more property crime, and which residential neighborhoods face specific security challenges. That local knowledge shapes every security plan we build.
Detailed shift reports submitted after every assignment give Encino property owners a complete and defensible record of all access activity, patrol observations, and incidents to support insurance claims, tenant disputes, and liability inquiries.
Every Encino assignment is backed by our written service policies including the Two Strike Policy, No Ghost Shift Policy, and 20-Minute Policy. If we do not meet the standard, the policy tells you exactly what happens next.
Our office is located at 16400 Ventura Blvd #310 in Encino, which means your property is not being serviced by a company dispatching guards from across the city. When you call us, your account manager is local, your guards are local, and if a replacement is needed, it happens the same day because we are minutes from your property, not hours. That proximity is the difference between a security company that responds to problems quickly and one that takes a full shift cycle to address an issue you reported that morning.
Owl Sight Security Services has protected properties in Encino and throughout the San Fernando Valley for over 10 years. Every assignment is managed by a dedicated account manager who reviews shift reports after each patrol, conducts scheduled and unannounced site inspections, and is reachable by phone when issues need to be addressed. We enforce written service policies on every assignment, including the Two Strike Policy, No Ghost Shift Policy, and 20-Minute Policy, so the guard protecting your property in Encino is held to the same enforceable standard as every other property we protect across Southern California.
Owl Sight Security Services actively protects properties throughout the San Fernando Valley. Here are two examples of assignments in neighborhoods directly adjacent to Encino.
Case Study
Apartment Community, Sherman Oaks
20 vehicles broken into across the parking structure with the previous security company failing to prevent it
A property manager at an apartment community in Sherman Oaks contacted Owl Sight Security Services after 20 vehicles were broken into in the parking structure while the previous security company was under contract. The existing provider had failed to prevent the incidents and the property manager needed a company that could deliver real coverage and stop the break-ins from continuing.
Guard deployed after a 30-day contract wait period with immediate impact on parking structure security
Due to contractual obligations with the previous provider there was a 30-day wait before Owl Sight Security Services could begin coverage. Once deployed our guard was stationed in the parking structure with regular patrols of every level, stairwell, and entry point. The visible presence of a uniformed guard actively patrolling the structure eliminated the conditions that allowed the break-ins to occur under the previous company.
Consistent guard presence in the parking structure removed the opportunity criminals were exploiting
The break-ins occurred because the previous security company was not actively patrolling the parking structure. Once Owl Sight Security Services placed a guard who consistently walked every level and monitored entry points, the criminals who had been targeting the structure stopped coming. The pattern was broken because the opportunity no longer existed.
Zero vehicle break-ins since coverage began
Since Owl Sight Security Services took over security at the property there have been zero vehicle break-ins in the parking structure. The property manager confirmed the improvement in a verified Google review. Coverage is ongoing and the relationship continues.
Case Study
High-Rise Loft, Van Nuys
Previous security company had hours of reports missing and a dangerous rooftop access issue was unaddressed
A high-rise loft property in Van Nuys contacted Owl Sight Security Services after becoming frustrated with their existing security provider. The previous company was failing to submit consistent reports with hours of documentation missing. The building also had a serious rooftop safety concern where residents were accessing the roof to smoke despite it having no railings and the alarm on the rooftop door could be bypassed.
Guard stationed at the front with hourly photo patrols of the exterior and rooftop
Owl Sight Security Services deployed a guard to the front of the property to secure the building exterior and manage access. The guard conducts hourly patrols with photo documentation of all high risk areas. Rooftop checks are conducted every hour and any resident found on the roof is directed to leave immediately. Every patrol is documented with timestamped photos and submitted to property management.
Photo patrol reporting eliminated the documentation gaps and rooftop access was brought under control
The reporting gaps that plagued the previous provider were eliminated from the first shift. Property management now receives complete photo patrol reports after every assignment with zero hours unaccounted for. The rooftop access issue has been consistently managed with hourly checks and resident removal documented in every report.
2+ years of continuous coverage with full reporting transparency restored
Owl Sight Security Services has maintained coverage at the property for over two years. Reporting is complete after every assignment, the rooftop issue is consistently managed, and a building resident left a verified Google review confirming the improvement over the previous company.
These 5 steps walk you through everything that happens between your first call and your guard's first shift protecting your Encino property.
In addition to Encino, Owl Sight Security Services provides licensed security guards throughout the San Fernando Valley.
Our office is located on Ventura Boulevard in Encino. Call us or send an email and our team will respond within the hour with a customized quote for your property.
Security guard services in Encino typically range from $25 to $40 per hour, depending on the type of coverage, property size, and whether armed or unarmed guards are required. On-call site visits are available at $50 per visit.
In most cases we can deploy a licensed guard to your Encino property within 48 to 72 hours of signing a contract. For urgent situations we can discuss expedited deployment. Our office is located on Ventura Boulevard in Encino so guard replacements and emergency dispatches are handled locally rather than from across the city.
Yes. Our armed guards hold a BSIS Guard Card plus an additional BSIS Firearms Permit with annual range qualification. Armed coverage is recommended for properties that have experienced violent incidents, store high value assets, or face elevated threats that unarmed coverage cannot address. Our team will assess your property and recommend armed coverage only when the risk profile justifies it.
Owl Sight Security Services protects apartments, condominiums, office buildings, medical facilities, retail centers, construction sites, hotels, lobbies, parking lots, and commercial properties across Encino. Every assignment is customized around your property's specific layout, hours of operation, and security concerns.
Yes. Every shift ends with a detailed report documenting all access activity, patrol observations, safety concerns, and incidents. Your dedicated account manager reviews every report and contacts you immediately if anything requires attention.
Yes. We offer flexible month-to-month contracts so you are never locked into coverage that no longer fits your needs. We also offer a Rate Lock Guarantee that locks your hourly rate for 24 months on two-year service agreements.
In addition to Encino, we provide security guard services throughout the San Fernando Valley, including Sherman Oaks, Woodland Hills, Tarzana, Reseda, Van Nuys, North Hollywood, Chatsworth, and Calabasas.