Nebraska security guard software
for uniformed guard companies, with or without plainclothes work
CGuardPro is security guard management software for Nebraska security companies: scheduling and relief coverage, GPS and selfie clock-in, QR and NFC guard tours, incident reports, gate and visitor logs, event staffing, credential 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. Nebraska’s Secretary of State licenses detectives and plain clothes investigators rather than uniformed guards, so the software keeps the records; any licenses stay yours.
What running guards in Nebraska actually involves
The uniform is where the line falls
Nebraska’s licensing law, Neb. Rev. Stat. 71-3201 to 71-3213, covers private detectives, detective agencies and plain clothes investigators. A plain clothes investigator works “without any identifying uniform”. Uniformed guarding falls outside those definitions, and there is no state guard card.
Plainclothes work brings in the Secretary of State
If your company sells investigative work by staff out of uniform, the Secretary of State’s Licensing Division licenses the agency, and each investigator needs a plain clothes investigator license with a voucher of employment completed by the agency.
An exam, a bond and a State Patrol check
According to the Secretary of State, all three license types require a written exam held monthly in Lincoln, and a detective agency needs a $10,000 surety bond. The Nebraska State Patrol investigates every applicant, which can take up to 90 days.
Every license renews in the same June
All private detective, agency and plain clothes investigator licenses must be renewed by June 30 of each even-numbered year, so a company with plainclothes staff has one statewide deadline every two years.
No state overtime rule of its own
The Nebraska Department of Labor’s FAQ says overtime can be claimed under the state Wage Payment and Collection Act only if it was agreed in advance; otherwise it comes from the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, for hours over 40 in a week.
Omaha: rail, finance and an air base
Omaha hosts a major railroad headquarters, insurance and financial offices, a large academic medical center and Offutt Air Force Base nearby, so contract posts range from lobby access control to rail property and hospital campuses.
Meatpacking and the I-80 corridor
Meat processing plants in central and eastern Nebraska and the distribution centers along Interstate 80 bring gate control, truck logs and shift-change crowds on large rural sites.
Game days and the College World Series
University of Nebraska football in Lincoln and the College World Series in Omaha each June mean short, crowded deployments on top of the year-round roster.
What a Nebraska guard operation runs on
Every module stands on its own, and together they are the operations picture your dispatcher works from.
Event staffing
Stadium and tournament shifts built from the same roster as your fixed posts.
Guard scheduling
Rotations, relief coverage and the open shift you see before the client does.
Gatehouse and vehicles
Truck entries and exits at plant gates, with the plate read from a phone photo.
QR and NFC guard tours
Rounds on yards and campuses, verified on the server with time and position.
Credential tracking
Plain clothes investigator licenses and client-required certificates, with expiry alerts.
Incident reporting
Photographed, timestamped reports in front of the account manager and the client.
Time and attendance
Geofenced clock-in with a selfie at the post, totaled against 40 hours.
Client portal
Facility managers see their own sites, patrols and incidents.
The rules behind a Nebraska roster
Statute references are to Neb. Rev. Stat. 71-3201 to 71-3213, administered by the Nebraska Secretary of State’s Licensing Division. Confirm current requirements with the Secretary of State and with the city where each post sits.
Nebraska Secretary of State: private detectives (official)
Applications, exam dates and requirements for agencies and plain clothes investigators.
Neb. Rev. Stat. 71-3201 (official)
The definitions that separate plain clothes investigators from uniformed 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 Nebraska guard companies hold
Nebraska questions, answered plainly
Do security guards need a state license in Nebraska? +
Not for uniformed guarding, as far as the state law reads. Neb. Rev. Stat. 71-3201 to 71-3213 license private detectives, detective agencies and plain clothes investigators, who work without an identifying uniform. Cities can add their own rules, so confirm with the city clerk where each post sits, and with the Secretary of State if any of your work is investigative or out of uniform.
We also do plainclothes investigations. What does that change? +
That work falls under the Secretary of State’s licensing: an agency license, a plain clothes investigator license for each investigator, a written exam and a Nebraska State Patrol background investigation. All of those licenses renew by June 30 of each even-numbered year. CGuardPro can hold each license with its dates and warn the office before the deadline; it does not file anything with the state.
Nebraska has no state overtime threshold. How does CGuardPro handle overtime? +
Unless you agreed otherwise with the employee, overtime for Nebraska guards comes from the federal FLSA: time and a half after 40 hours in a workweek. CGuardPro totals hours against a weekly threshold and shows who is heading into overtime while you build the schedule, and approved hours can go to Gusto as time sheets.
Can we staff a College World Series week without breaking the regular roster? +
Yes. Event shifts and fixed posts live in the same schedule, so you can see who is free, who is already near 40 hours and which regular posts still need relief before you confirm the event crew. Officers get post orders and the venue’s instructions on their phones.
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, and the guard app runs in English and Spanish.
See it against your own Nebraska roster
Bring one plant or one stadium and a week of posts, and we will set it up the way you run it.