Ohio security guard software
for companies licensed by the Ohio PISGS
CGuardPro is security guard management software for Ohio security companies: scheduling and relief coverage, GPS and selfie clock-in, QR and NFC guard tours, incident reports, gatehouse logs, state registration and firearm-bearer tracking, training records 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. Licensing runs through PISGS in Ohio Homeland Security, so the software keeps the records; the license stays yours.
What running guards in Ohio actually involves
PISGS, inside Ohio Homeland Security
Ohio licenses guard companies through Private Investigator Security Guard Services (PISGS), part of Ohio Homeland Security in the Department of Public Safety, under Chapter 4749 of the Ohio Revised Code.
Class C for guards, Class A for both
There are three license classes: Class A for private investigation and security services, Class B for private investigation only, and Class C for security services only. A company that adds investigations later has to move to the right class; a Class C does not stretch to cover it.
A qualifying agent who passes the exam
Each licensed company needs a qualifying agent with at least two continuous years of investigatory or security experience, who passes a criminal background check and the PISGS exam. The company also carries general liability insurance of at least $100,000 per person and $300,000 per occurrence for bodily injury, plus $100,000 for property damage.
Register every hire within 3 to 7 days
Licensed companies must register each security guard employee with the state no sooner than three and no later than seven calendar days after hire. The registered officer receives a state identification card with a photo.
Annual licenses and anniversary-date registrations
Company licenses expire every year on March 1. Each officer’s registration expires annually on the anniversary of its first issue, so a company with steady hiring has registrations coming due every month of the year.
Firearm-bearer: 20 hours and yearly requalification
An armed officer needs a firearms basic training program with 20 hours of handgun training, and 5 more hours for any other firearm, plus range requalification every twelve months. PISGS notes the firearm-bearer status on the officer’s ID card.
Rapback: the state hears about arrests
Registered employees are enrolled in Ohio’s Rapback system, which notifies PISGS if a guard is arrested. Your own officer records should be at least as current as what the state already knows.
Logistics, hospitals, manufacturing and a big build
Columbus’s distribution corridor, the major hospital systems of Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, manufacturing plants across the state and large construction sites such as the semiconductor project east of Columbus shape most Ohio guard contracts.
What an Ohio guard operation runs on
Every module stands on its own, and together they are the operations picture your dispatcher works from.
License tracking
State registrations and firearm-bearer status on each officer record, with alerts before they expire.
Training records
Firearms basic training and yearly requalification logged per officer.
Guard scheduling
Rotations and relief coverage across hospitals, plants and distribution centers.
Time and attendance
Geofenced clock-in with a selfie at the post, consolidated for payroll.
Construction site security
Patrols, gate logs and incident photos for large build sites.
QR and NFC guard tours
Checkpoints scanned from the officer’s phone, verified with time and position.
Incident reporting
Photographed, timestamped and in front of the account manager and the client.
Client portal
Clients see their own sites, patrols and incidents.
The rules behind an Ohio roster
Section references are to Chapter 4749 of the Ohio Revised Code and to PISGS’s published licensing pages; overtime to ORC 4111.03. Confirm current requirements with PISGS.
Ohio guard company license classes
Why picking the wrong class stalls an Ohio application.
PISGS, Ohio Homeland Security
The official licensing pages, fees and firearm-bearer endorsement.
Security guard licenses by state
The regulator and the officer credential in each state, side by side.
Payroll with Gusto
Approved hours sent to Gusto as time sheets for payroll.
Cities in Ohio
Columbus
State government, Ohio State, Rickenbacker logistics and data-center construction; register new hires within seven days.
Cleveland
Hospital campuses, Lake Erie port, steel along the Cuyahoga, lake-effect call-offs; Ohio registrations renew yearly.
Cincinnati
Two states on one roster: Ohio registrations, no Kentucky state license, CVG cargo hubs in Kentucky.
The accounts Ohio guard companies hold
Ohio questions, answered plainly
Which Ohio license class does a guard company need? +
A company that only provides security services applies for a Class C license; one that also does private investigation needs a Class A. Class B covers investigation only. Applications go to PISGS in Ohio Homeland Security, and the company needs a qualifying agent who passes the exam. CGuard Pro LLC has no role in that process.
How fast must we register a new officer in Ohio? +
ORC 4749.06 requires the application no sooner than three and no later than seven calendar days after the hire date, and the registration then expires every year on its anniversary. Adding the registration number and dates to the officer record in CGuardPro lets the office get a warning from 7 to 120 days before each one expires. It warns rather than blocks.
What training does an armed officer need in Ohio? +
A firearms basic training program with 20 hours of handgun training, 5 more hours for any other firearm, and requalification on a range within each twelve-month period. We did not find a state hour count for unarmed officers in Chapter 4749; confirm current requirements with PISGS.
Does Ohio have daily overtime? +
No. ORC 4111.03 requires time and a half for hours over 40 in one workweek, following the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. CGuardPro tracks each officer’s hours against that weekly threshold so overtime shows up before you approve another shift.
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 Ohio roster
Bring one site and one week of posts, a hospital or a distribution center, and we will set it up the way you run it.