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Brisbane-based, serving Brisbane, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast.

Security guard posted at the glazed entry of a Brisbane retail centre

Static guarding · Brisbane

Security Guards Brisbane

Elite Squad Security provides Class 1 licensed security guards across Brisbane, led by a director with police and close-protection credentials.

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Where

Brisbane CBD, Fortitude Valley, Newstead

Licence

Class 1, Queensland. Check the register

Record

Every shift logged digitally and reported to you.

We are a security company in Brisbane with our base in the Eagle Farm and airport precinct, covering the CBD, Fortitude Valley, Newstead, the northside and the southside, with the Gold Coast served from the same operation.

The work is static guarding for retail and commercial sites: officers posted to an entrance, a gatehouse, a loading dock or a trading floor, on a roster that keeps the same people on the same site, with every shift logged digitally and reported to you.

What's included

What our security guards in Brisbane do

  1. 01

    Static guarding

    A licensed officer posted to a fixed position for the shift: entry doors, a control room, a loading dock, a trading floor. Uniformed and visible, or plain-clothed where the site calls for it.

  2. 02

    Security guard hire by the shift

    Cover for a single shift, a week of after-hours protection, a fit-out, a stocktake or an open-ended contract. Same licensing standard whatever the length.

  3. 03

    Concierge and gatehouse

    Front-of-house officers who sign in visitors and contractors, control access to lifts and back-of-house, manage deliveries and keep the register. Presentation matters here and is briefed.

  4. 04

    Loss prevention

    Officers on the floor and at exits trained to observe, approach and record. Incidents are handled under the site's own policy and documented for the centre or store manager.

  5. 05

    Access control

    Keys, swipe cards, contractor permits and after-hours entry handled to a written procedure. Every movement in and out is in the log.

  6. 06

    Incident response and reporting

    Disturbances, trespass, medical events and alarms attended by the officer on site, escalated by protocol and written up the same shift with time, action and outcome.

  7. 07

    Lock-up and open-up

    Perimeter checks, alarm arming and disarming, lighting and roller doors verified and recorded at the start and end of trade. Pairs with mobile patrols overnight.

  8. 08

    Supervision

    A supervisor who visits posts unannounced, reviews the logs and is your single point of contact. Officers are briefed on your site's orders before they start, not after.

Where we work in Brisbane

Brisbane is one operation, not a franchise map. Officers are rostered by precinct so travel is short and the same team can cover a client's second site. These are the areas where we hold posts today:

  1. Brisbane CBD

    Office towers, ground-floor retail, concierge desks and after-hours building access along the Queen Street and riverside precincts.

  2. Fortitude Valley

    Commercial and retail premises with a night-time economy around them: strong emphasis on entry control and incident recording.

  3. Newstead

    Mixed-use developments and showroom retail. Loading-dock and car-park coverage is the usual brief.

  4. Eagle Farm and the airport precinct

    Our base. Industrial estates, large-format retail and logistics sites with gatehouse and after-hours guarding.

  5. Northside

    Chermside to Strathpine: shopping centres, homemaker precincts and trade retail where the brief is trading-hours presence plus lock-up.

  6. Southside

    Mount Gravatt, Carindale, Sunnybank and the Logan corridor: retail centres, medical precincts and commercial car parks.

For centres with sites in more than one region, one roster and one report covers Brisbane, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast (Caloundra to Noosa, served from Brisbane). Multi-site retail is described in detail on the shopping centre security page.

Need cover at a site like this?

Tell us where, the hours and when it starts. The proposal comes back in writing.

  • Class 1 licensed
  • Written proposal
  • Same officers, same site
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Elite Squad officer checking the alarm and services panel at a Brisbane retail centre

What a guarded shift looks like

The officer arrives before the post opens, logs on digitally at the site, and reads the handover from the previous shift.

Site orders set where they stand, what they check and who they call. During the shift they hold the post or walk the pattern, deal with what comes up under the client's policy and Queensland law, and enter every incident at the time it happens: location, observation, action, people involved, outcome.

At the end of the shift the log closes with a written handover. The supervisor reads it against the site orders, follows up anything open, and the client receives the report on the schedule they have chosen. A site that has held the same officers for months has a log that reads like a history of the building, which is what makes the roster and the advice we give evidence-based rather than reactive.

Types of security guards we supply in Brisbane

Every officer we deploy holds a Class 1 licence; what changes from one site to the next is the post, the hours and the brief.

  1. Static or fixed guards: one licensed officer on one post for the shift, at entry doors, a control room, a loading dock or a gatehouse.
  2. Retail security guards and loss prevention officers on the floor and at the exits of stores and centres. Groups of centres are covered on shopping centre security.
  3. Building and office security guards: concierge desks, visitor and contractor sign-in, and after-hours access for office towers in the CBD.
  4. Logistics and industrial guards for estates, docks and gatehouses in the Eagle Farm and airport precinct.
  5. Construction site security guards posted where the tools, materials and plant are after the trades leave: construction site security in Brisbane.
  6. Mobile patrol officers where a fixed post is not justified: mobile patrols in Brisbane, with alarm response, lock-up and unlock.
  7. Close protection officers for people rather than premises: bodyguard hire in Brisbane.

How hiring security guards in Brisbane works

Nothing starts until the site orders are agreed in writing.

  1. 01

    You send the site, the hours and the start date through the quote form or by phone.

  2. 02

    We walk the site with you and write the orders: posts, patterns, escalation contacts and your own policies.

  3. 03

    The written quote states the hourly rate, the roster, the minimum shift for the post and the names and licence numbers of the officers proposed.

  4. 04

    The officers are inducted on site and briefed on the orders before their first shift.

  5. 05

    The first report reaches you on the schedule you chose, in the same format for every site.

  6. 06

    A roster agreed a week ahead and cover needed tonight are both available; the notice changes the price, not the standard.

What you can verify

Licensing and insurance

Static guarding in Queensland is a licensed activity: the officer at your door must hold a Class 1 licence in their own name, and the company deploying them must hold a firm licence.

Licence class

Class 1

Queensland Office of Fair Trading, under the Security Providers Act 1993.

Firm
Security firm licence 4629665 (Class 1)
Held by ESA Group Pty Ltd
Officers
Class 1, in their own name
Insurance
Insured for the work it does. Certificates of currency come with every proposal and on request.
Check the OFT register

Per officer, before a first shift

  • Class 1 licence sighted and recorded
  • Current first aid certificate
  • Police history check as required by the licence
  • Site induction signed off by the supervisor
  • Licence expiry tracked centrally: nobody is rostered on an expired ticket
  • Names and licence numbers of the officers proposed are in every quote

Elite Squad Security is a business name of ESA Group Pty Ltd, which holds security firm licence 4629665 (Class 1): search the register for that number or that company name. Every officer we deploy holds a current Class 1 licence issued by the Queensland Office of Fair Trading, and any licence can be checked on the public register before an officer starts.

What sets the price

How much do security guards cost in Brisbane

Guarding is priced per officer per hour, and the hourly rate moves with the factors below. We quote in writing against your roster so the number you sign is the number you are invoiced. No security company in Brisbane that we compete with publishes a rate card, and neither do we; what we do publish is what sets the price.

Get a written quote

Send the site, the hours and the start date through the quote form and the proposal comes back with the hourly rate, the roster and the licence details of the officers proposed.

  • Hours and days

    Weekday day shifts are the base. Nights, weekends and public holidays carry the award penalties that apply to the officer.

  • Shift length

    Short call-outs cost more per hour than eight- or twelve-hour posts because travel and briefing are the same either way.

  • Licence class and role

    A concierge post and a loss-prevention post are both Class 1 work, but experience, presentation and any additional training change the rate.

  • Single site or portfolio

    Multi-site contracts share supervision and reporting overheads, which brings the per-hour figure down.

  • Notice

    A roster agreed a week ahead is priced differently from cover needed tonight. Both are available.

  • Equipment and reporting

    Radios, body-worn cameras and the digital logging platform are included on standing contracts and itemised on short ones.

Three things you can verify

Why Elite Squad

  1. 01

    Licences you can check

    Every officer holds a Queensland Class 1 licence. We give you the names; you look each one up on the OFT register before they start.

  2. 02

    A written record of every shift

    Every post and patrol is logged in Boomerang, our own reporting app: timestamped check-ins, incident entries and photographs. You receive the report, not a verbal summary.

  3. 03

    The same officers on the same site

    Rosters are built so a site sees the same faces. Officers who know the tenants, the layout and the regulars resolve more and escalate less.

Brisbane clients deal with a Brisbane supervisor, not a national call centre.

Elite Squad officer overlooking the atrium of a Brisbane homemaker centre

Case study · Retail · Brisbane and Gold Coast

Holding one standard across five retail centres

Site orders per centre, a fixed team, one report format, one supervisor. What changed, and why the incumbent lost the contract.

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Frequently asked questions

Are your security guards licensed in Queensland?

Yes. Every officer holds a current Class 1 security licence issued by the Queensland Office of Fair Trading, and the company holds security firm licence 4629665 (Class 1), issued to ESA Group Pty Ltd, which trades as Elite Squad Security. You can check any licence on the OFT public register before an officer starts, and we provide the names and numbers in the proposal.

How many guards do I need for my site?

It depends on the number of entry points, trading hours, the layout and the incident history. A single-entry store may need one officer; a multi-level centre with a car park may need several across a shift. We walk the site with you before quoting and put the reasoning in writing.

Can you start this week?

Often, yes. It depends on the roster, the site induction and whether the post needs specific experience. Tell us the start date you need on the quote form and we will confirm what is possible before you commit to anything.

Do you cover the Gold Coast as well as Brisbane?

Yes, and the Sunshine Coast. The same operation covers all three from a Brisbane base, with officers rostered locally on the Gold Coast. Details are on the security guards Gold Coast and security guards Sunshine Coast pages.

What is the minimum shift?

Minimum shift lengths follow the security industry award, which sets a floor for a single engagement. Short shifts carry a higher hourly rate because travel and briefing are fixed. The minimum for your post is stated in the written quote.

Do your guards carry body-worn cameras?

Body-worn cameras are available and used where the client requests them and the site's signage and privacy obligations allow. Footage is handled under a written procedure. Whether cameras are used or not, every incident is logged digitally with time, action and outcome.

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