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The security guard app for people who need coverage, not software

Most "security guard apps" are workforce tools built for agencies to manage their own officers. Tectus is the other kind: the app you use to actually book a licensed security company.

The distinction

Two very different things are called a security guard app

Search that phrase and most results are guard-management platforms — scheduling, timekeeping, and tour software that security companies buy to run their own workforce. Useful products, but only if you already employ guards.

Tectus is the customer-side app. You do not manage officers in it; you describe what you need, and licensed, insured security companies in the network respond. If you are an operations manager, event producer, property manager, or business owner who needs coverage, this is the side of the market you are looking for.

What you do in it

From request to confirmed coverage on your phone

Open the app and enter the service, address, date, hours, and whether you need armed or unarmed coverage where it is legally permitted. The request goes to licensed companies serving that area rather than to a single agency’s voicemail.

You see pricing before committing, get confirmation once a company accepts, and follow the engagement as it moves from assigned to on site to completed. Shift documentation lands in the same place, so the record of what happened lives with the booking.

Both sides

A second app on the provider side

Tectus GO is the vendor-side operations app that licensed security companies in the network use to review incoming job requests, assign their personnel, and keep schedules and status current. That is what makes the live status you see real workflow data rather than a phone call to a dispatcher.

In the app

What the Tectus app does

Book from anywhere

Submit a full request — service, site, timing, requirements — in a few taps.

See pricing first

Rates are confirmed before deployment rather than quoted after the fact.

Vetted companies only

Licensing and insurance are verified before a company can accept work.

Live shift status

Assigned, en route, on site, completed — visible as it happens.

One thread per job

Coordination and updates stay attached to the engagement.

Shift documentation

Reports and logs for the record, not a verbal recap.

FAQ

Security guard app questions

Yes. The Tectus app is available for iPhone and Android and lets you request licensed, insured security coverage directly — event security, mobile patrol, fire watch, retail, corporate, alarm response, and executive protection.

You pay for the security coverage you book, at a rate confirmed before anyone deploys — the estimator shows a live range for your configuration first. Ask a coordinator about any current platform terms when you book.

No. Tectus is a marketplace. The officers are employed by licensed, insured security companies that Tectus vets before they can accept work — the app coordinates the booking between you and those companies.

Urgent and same-day requests are supported, and availability depends on your location and which companies have officers free. For time-sensitive situations, calling 970-793-7700 reaches a coordinator who can work it live.

Licensed security companies can apply to join the network as a partner, and officers working through it use the Tectus GO app for shift details and check-ins.

Get the app

Book your first shift from your phone

Available on the App Store and Google Play — or start the request here and finish it in the app.

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