Arizona security guard software
for agencies licensed by AZDPS
CGuardPro is security guard management software for Arizona agencies: scheduling and relief coverage, GPS and selfie clock-in, QR and NFC guard tours, incident reports, gatehouse and visitor logs, AZDPS registration and firearms-qualification tracking and a client portal, with guard, supervisor and client apps for iOS and Android. It costs $5 per user per month with a 7-day free trial. The Department of Public Safety licenses your agency and registers your guards; the software keeps the records behind them.
What running guards in Arizona actually involves
The state police runs the licensing
Arizona security agencies and guards are licensed by the Department of Public Safety’s Security Guard and Private Investigator Licensing Unit. The agency license is issued to a Qualifying Party, a named individual, whatever the company’s legal structure.
Name first, company second
AZDPS has its own say over the agency’s name. Owners who form the LLC, print the trucks and only then apply can find the name is not approvable, so confirm it with the Licensing Unit before anything is final.
Insurance on file: $100,000 and $300,000
The Licensing Unit asks agencies for a certificate of liability insurance of at least $100,000 for any one person and $300,000 for any one event, plus workers’ compensation once there are employees. An expired certificate is a licensing problem, not just an insurance one.
8 hours before the post, 8 before renewal
Under A.R.S. § 32-2632, every guard completes eight hours of preassignment training before working, and eight hours of refresher training within ninety days before the renewal application. Registration certificates are valid for four years.
Armed: 16 hours, then 8 every year
An armed guard adds at least sixteen hours of initial firearms instruction and eight hours of continuing firearms instruction every year. On a four-year card that is four separate dates to watch, not one.
Fab construction and data centers
Semiconductor plants and data center campuses rising around the Phoenix metro run large construction sites with gates, contractor badges and equipment yards that need patrols and a record of every vehicle in and out.
Communities, resorts and the heat
Master-planned and retirement communities, golf resorts and spring training crowds keep gatehouses busy. In the summer heat, a tour route that lives in the app is easier to adjust than one printed on paper.
Tucson, Flagstaff and the border
Beyond Phoenix, university campuses, hospitals, distribution centers along I-10 and border-area logistics add posts across long distances, where geofences and timestamps replace the supervisor’s drive.
What an Arizona guard operation runs on
Every module stands on its own, and together they are the operations picture your dispatcher works from.
License tracking
AZDPS registration and the annual firearms date on the officer record, with alerts.
Training records
Preassignment, refresher and firearms hours kept against each officer.
Guard scheduling
Rotations, relief coverage and the post you see uncovered before the client does.
Gatehouse and vehicles
Contractor trucks and resident guests logged with the plate from a phone photo.
Visitor pre-authorization
Residents approve a guest ahead of time; the officer scans a QR code at the gate.
Construction site patrols
Tours of yards and laydown areas with photo incidents for the general contractor.
QR and NFC guard tours
Checkpoints scanned with time and position, verified on the server.
Client portal
HOA boards and site managers see their own patrols and incidents.
The rules behind an Arizona roster
Statute references are to Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 32, Chapter 26. Confirm current requirements with the AZDPS Security Guard and Private Investigator Licensing Unit.
Arizona guard company license
Why AZDPS name approval has to come before the company is formed.
A.R.S. § 32-2632, training
The statute setting preassignment, refresher and firearms hours.
Security guard licenses by state
The regulator and the officer credential in each state, side by side.
Payroll with Gusto
Approved hours to Gusto as time sheets, with weekly overtime already classified.
Arizona questions, answered plainly
Who licenses security guards in Arizona? +
The Arizona Department of Public Safety, through its Security Guard and Private Investigator Licensing Unit. The agency license is issued to the Qualifying Party, and every guard holds a registration certificate valid for four years under A.R.S. § 32-2624. A guard may only work for an agency licensed under the same chapter.
How many training hours does an Arizona guard need? +
A.R.S. § 32-2632 requires eight hours of preassignment training and eight hours of refresher training within ninety days before each renewal. Armed guards add at least sixteen hours of initial firearms instruction and eight hours of continuing firearms instruction every year. Confirm details with AZDPS.
Can CGuardPro remind us about the yearly firearms refresher? +
Yes. Each officer record can hold the registration and the firearms qualification as separate credentials with their own expiry dates, and a daily check warns the office on a window you choose. It warns rather than blocks, and it does not verify anything with AZDPS.
Does Arizona have its own overtime rule? +
No. Arizona has no state overtime law; the federal rule of time and a half over 40 hours in the workweek applies, and overtime claims go to the U.S. Department of Labor rather than the Industrial Commission of Arizona. CGuardPro tracks weekly hours against that threshold.
How is it priced? +
It is $5 per user per month, one plan with every feature, plus an optional one-time implementation package of $299.99. A user is anyone with a login, including client logins. There is a 7-day free trial.
See it against your own Arizona roster
Bring one site and one week of posts, a community gatehouse or a fab construction gate, and we will set it up the way you run it.