Maryland security guard software
for agencies licensed by the Maryland State Police
CGuardPro is security guard management software for Maryland security guard agencies: scheduling and relief coverage, GPS and selfie clock-in, QR and NFC guard tours, gate and vehicle logs, post orders, incident reports and tracking of every guard’s certification and continuing training, with guard, supervisor and client apps for iOS and Android. It costs $5 per user per month with a 7-day free trial. Agencies and guards are licensed by the Maryland State Police Licensing Division; the software keeps the records around them.
What running guards in Maryland actually involves
The State Police Licensing Division
Maryland licenses security guard agencies and certifies individual guards through the Department of State Police Licensing Division, the same office that handles handgun permits. Applications and renewals run through its online licensing portal.
An agency license with a 25-year floor
The agency applicant must be at least 25 and meet one of a short list of experience paths, such as five years as a licensed private detective in Maryland or five years as a full-time police officer. Years on post as a guard are not on that list.
An office in Maryland, and 90 days
The license requires an office in the State, proof of commercial general liability insurance and Livescan fingerprints. The Division asks applicants to allow 90 days, and the license then runs for three years.
12 hours to start, 8 to renew
Each guard needs 12 hours of initial training approved by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, holds a certification for three years and renews with 8 hours of approved continuing training, filed at least 90 days before expiry.
Contract agency or in-house employer
A company that sells guard services holds the agency license. An organization that employs its own in-house guards registers as a security guard employer instead. Either way, a guard’s certification is tied to that employment.
The Port of Baltimore and BWI
Marine terminals, the airport and the distribution centers between Baltimore and Washington put officers on gates and yards where access is controlled and every truck is logged.
Federal campuses and contractors
Military installations, federal research campuses and the contractors around them, from Fort Meade to Aberdeen and Bethesda, add their own clearance and access rules on top of the state certification.
Hospitals, universities and casinos
Baltimore’s academic medical centers and universities, and the large casino resorts near Baltimore and Washington, run around-the-clock posts with incident reports that a risk office files.
What a Maryland guard operation runs on
Every module stands on its own, and together they are the operations picture your dispatcher works from.
License tracking
Guard certifications on the officer record, with alerts well before the 90-day renewal deadline.
Training records
The 12-hour initial course and the 8 hours of continuing training, filed per officer.
Guard scheduling
Rosters for federal, port and hospital posts, with relief coverage built in.
Gate and vehicle logs
Trucks and visitors at a terminal or campus gate, with the plate read from a phone photo.
Post orders
A client’s own access rules written into each post.
QR and NFC guard tours
Perimeter and building checkpoints verified with time and position.
Incident reporting
Photographed, timestamped reports for the client’s risk office.
Client portal
Clients see their own posts, tours and incidents.
The rules behind a Maryland roster
Licensing facts are from the Maryland State Police Licensing Division. Confirm current requirements and fees with the Division before you apply or hire.
Maryland security guard agency license
The 25-year age floor, the experience paths and the 90-day review.
MDSP: security guard certification
Training hours, term and renewal for individual guards.
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 overtime already classified.
The accounts Maryland guard companies hold
Maryland questions, answered plainly
Who certifies security guards in Maryland? +
The Maryland Department of State Police, Licensing Division. It licenses security guard agencies, registers in-house security guard employers and certifies individual guards, who must work for, or be applying to, a licensed agency or registered employer. CGuardPro has no role in that process.
How much training does a Maryland guard need? +
According to the Licensing Division, 12 hours of initial security training approved by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission. The certification lasts three years and renews with 8 hours of approved continuing training, with the renewal due at least 90 days before expiry.
Can CGuardPro warn us before the 90-day renewal deadline? +
Yes. Set the alert window wider than 90 days, up to 120, and the office is warned before the renewal deadline as well as before expiry. Each certification sits on the officer record with its number, dates and a photo. It warns rather than blocks and does not connect to the MDSP Licensing Portal.
Does Maryland have daily overtime? +
No. The Maryland Department of Labor requires time and a half after 40 hours per week. Montgomery and Howard Counties set their own minimum wage rates, so check the rate for each post’s county. CGuardPro tracks hours against the weekly threshold, and approved hours can go to Gusto as time sheets.
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 Maryland roster
Bring one site and one week of posts, a port gate or a hospital, and we will set it up the way you run it.