Security Guard Software
for Louisville Companies
CGuardPro is security guard management software for companies running posts in Louisville Metro and across the river in Southern Indiana: scheduling and relief coverage, GPS and selfie clock-in, QR or NFC guard tours, incident and daily activity reports and a client portal, in one web command center with guard, supervisor and client apps for iOS and Android. It costs $5 per user per month, with a 7-day free trial. Kentucky has no state guard license, but Louisville Metro licenses armed security across all of Jefferson County, so every armed officer here carries a Metro license and a concealed carry license with dates of their own.
What does guard work in Louisville look like?
Worldport
The UPS Worldport air hub at the airport runs all night, and the logistics buildings around it in the south end and Bullitt County want gate control and yard rounds to match.
Derby week
The Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, and the festival weeks before it, add gates, parking, hospitality and nearby-property posts in a short, intense burst.
Bourbon warehouses
Distilleries and the rickhouses where barrels age, in the city and out along the Bourbon Trail, are high-value inventory behind long perimeters, rounds that suit checkpoint tours.
Assembly plants
Ford’s two Louisville assembly plants and GE Appliance Park bring shift-change gates, contractor entries and suppliers that run on the plants’ clock.
Downtown and the medical center
The arena, convention center and the downtown hospital campus share the central business district with office towers and hotels.
Across the bridges
Jeffersonville, Clarksville and New Albany are Indiana posts on the same roster, with Indiana’s agency rules instead of Louisville’s.
Who licenses armed security in Louisville?
Not the state: Kentucky has no statewide license for security guard companies or unarmed officers, and KRS Chapter 329A licenses private investigators only. Louisville Metro fills the gap for armed work. Chapter 124 of the Louisville Metro Code, administered by Louisville Metro Alcoholic Beverage Control, covers all of Jefferson County: an agency that provides armed officers to others must be licensed and renew every year, a company with in-house armed guards must register, and every armed security officer must be licensed.
An armed officer must be a US citizen, at least 21, without a dishonorable discharge or disqualifying convictions, and complete an approved course covering legal basis, criminal law, report writing, crowd control, first aid, defensive tactics and firearms qualification. Kentucky residents must hold a concealed deadly weapon license (CCDW) under KRS 237.110 at all times while licensed; permitless carry is not enough for an armed post here. Uniforms and badges need the city’s approval. The chapter covers armed security; as far as we can tell, unarmed licensing proposed in 2024 has not been enacted, so check the current code before assuming unarmed work is unregulated.
Kentucky also pays time and a half for hours on the seventh day when an employee works all seven days of a workweek; CGuardPro tracks a weekly threshold and does not apply that premium for you. On the Indiana side, the state licenses the agency, not each officer. CGuardPro keeps the Metro license and the CCDW as separate dated credentials on each profile and warns before either lapses. See our Kentucky and Indiana pages and the Kentucky licensing guide.
What CGuardPro gives a Louisville operation
Armed rosters under Chapter 124
Metro license and CCDW per armed officer, each with its own alert.
Derby week rosters
Temporary event shifts built beside the regular schedule.
Rickhouse and plant tours
QR or NFC checkpoints, each scan verified with time and position, photo optional.
Hours before the week is worked
Regular and overtime hours per officer from your threshold.
Hub and plant gates
Trucks and visitors logged, plates read from a phone photo.
Client portal
Each distillery, plant or venue sees its own reports.
Posts Louisville guard companies staff
Louisville Security Software Questions
Does Louisville license unarmed security officers?
Not under the current code as far as we can tell. Chapter 124 covers armed agencies and armed officers; a 2024 proposal to extend licensing to unarmed work had not been enacted when we checked. Ordinances change, so check the current Louisville Metro Code.
Is permitless carry enough for an armed post in Louisville?
No. The ordinance requires Kentucky residents licensed as armed security officers to hold a CCDW at all times. Track the CCDW and the Metro license as two separate credentials with two dates.
Does the ordinance apply in the suburbs?
Yes, anywhere in Jefferson County, because Louisville Metro covers the whole county. Posts in Oldham, Bullitt or Shelby counties are outside it; ask those local governments about their own rules.
How do we staff Derby week without losing the regular posts?
Build the Churchill Downs and festival shifts as their own roster, check armed credentials before assigning armed posts, and keep the weekly schedule as it is. A seven-day stretch shows up in each officer’s weekly hours.
Can the same roster include posts in Jeffersonville or New Albany?
Yes. Indiana licenses the agency rather than each officer, so the Indiana posts sit on the same schedule; credentials that matter only in Louisville stay on the profile without blocking Indiana shifts.
Keep exploring from Louisville
The Kentucky overview
No state license, Chapter 124 and the seventh-day rule.
Kentucky licensing guide
Louisville Metro in detail.
Indiana security guard software
For Southern Indiana posts.
Security guard software in Cincinnati
Northern Kentucky and Ohio.
Armed security company software
Firearms credentials and armed posts.
Event security software
Race-day and festival rosters.
See it on a Louisville post
Bring one site, a week of shifts and your armed officers’ Metro and CCDW dates, and we will set it up the way you run it. 7-day free trial, no credit card.
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