So I sat outside this CrossFit place in Boca at 6 AM last month, drinking gas station coffee that tastes like motor oil. Waiting for this guy who’s supposedly so hurt from work that he can barely get out of bed. Insurance company’s been paying

The business owner called me last week, furious. Hired a security guard from some company in Tallahassee. The guy showed up drunk on his second day. No background check, no proper licensing, the company disappeared when she tried to complain. “What questions should I have

Three weeks after Milton hit, I’m driving through downtown Sarasota checking on clients’ businesses. Half the street lights still don’t work, piles of debris everywhere, lots of places still boarded up. Pull up to a restaurant on Main Street – owner hired armed guards right

The store manager at a clothing shop on International Drive called me a couple months back. Had an armed guard for two years, customers complained he was intimidating, made the place feel unsafe instead of safer. “Can you replace him with someone who doesn’t look

My neighbor’s 16-year-old got pulled over last week doing 50 in a 25 mph school zone on Henderson Road. Kid said he was late for first period and “didn’t see the sign.” $100 ticket thanks to those new speed cameras Tampa just put up. But

A private small business owner called me last month, owns an auto repair shop in Port Charlotte. Someone broke in, stole $8,000 worth of tools and damaged another $3,000 trying to get into his parts room. “How much would a security guard have cost me?”

I get this question constantly from Tallahassee business owners. Usually after something’s already happened a break-in, theft, or employee problem they wish they’d prevented. The short answer? It depends on what you’re actually trying to protect and how much you want to spend. The long

Most people think private investigators are for rich people or movie plots. Then they call me. “I feel stupid asking this, but…” is how half my conversations start. People think their problems aren’t serious enough or they should handle things themselves. I’ve been doing security

After what happened to Sarasota last year with Hurricanes Debby, Helene, and Milton, I’m getting calls from homeowners who never thought they’d need to worry about home security during storms. But here’s what I learned after 12+ years in this business: hurricanes don’t just bring

Look, I get it. You’re a business owner in Tampa, and every week there’s another story about break-ins, theft, or worse happening to businesses just like yours. Even though the police department keeps saying crime is down, it doesn’t feel that way when you’re the