911 Sentinel vs. Securitas.
Securitas runs remote guarding from Charlotte, North Carolina, and quotes each site. 911 Sentinel is a western Washington team with a published price from $900/mo and an operator acting within 3 minutes. Here's the side by side, from Securitas's own pages and public records.
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How does 911 Sentinel compare to Securitas?
Securitas provides on-site guards, planned mobile patrols in marked vehicles, and remote guarding from its operations center in Charlotte, North Carolina, with offices in Seattle and SeaTac; prices are quoted per site. 911 Sentinel watches the site through AI cameras from $900/mo: an alert within 30 seconds, an operator acting within 3 minutes, then your team and the police, with camera-vehicle patrol and drones from the same western Washington company. No one is confronted.
Why choose 911 Sentinel over Securitas
Coverage that doesn't depend on filling posts
Guard coverage is only as good as staffing: in 2022, Sound Transit's board recorded that only around 50% of the guard posts it needed were being filled by Securitas. Our cameras are watched by AI and our team every hour of your window.
Western Washington, not Charlotte
Securitas runs remote guarding from Charlotte, North Carolina. 911 Sentinel is a western Washington company based in Lynnwood, working only in this region.
Prices and response times in writing
Securitas quotes every site. Ours is published, from $900 a month, and we commit to an alert in 30 seconds and an operator acting within 3 minutes.
What you pay for
Securitas quotes each site. For a public benchmark, the median unarmed guard rate inside Seattle on Washington's statewide guard contract is $38.55 an hour, about $9,380 a month for 8 hours a night. 911 Sentinel camera monitoring starts at $900 a month with the camera, installation, maintenance, and an 8-hour window included. That's about a tenth of the benchmark guard, with every camera watched at once.
Side by side
- Remote videoAI and our team; a western Washington company based in Lynnwood.Remote guarding from its "Charlotte-based Remote Operations Center".
- PatrolA four-camera roof rig watched live by AI and our team, recording every pass."Planned patrol services at defined times and locations", with GPS tracking.
- PricePublished: from $900/mo; vehicle patrol from $1,500/mo.Quoted per site; not published.
- Response timeAn alert in 30 seconds; an operator acting within 3 minutes.Not published.
- Staffing recordNo posts to fill: cameras watched every hour of your window.Sound Transit, 2022: "only around 50% of needed guard posts are being filled by Securitas."
- If someone staysNo contact: a recorded warning, siren, and spotlights, then your team, then police.A guard can step in or call the police.
Which fits your site
Choose 911 Sentinel for
A western Washington property that wants published prices, stated response times, and a regional company for cameras, patrol, and drones.
Securitas is built for
A large organization that wants one national vendor for guards, patrols, and remote video across many sites and states.
Common questions
Is 911 Sentinel a local alternative to Securitas?
Yes. Securitas runs remote guarding from its operations center in Charlotte, North Carolina. 911 Sentinel is based in Lynnwood and works only in western Washington, with camera monitoring from $900 a month and an operator acting within 3 minutes of an alert.
What happens when someone is detected?
An automated alert reaches our team within 30 seconds. Within 3 minutes a human operator checks it against your site rules and, if the person shouldn't be there, plays a recorded voice warning through the camera with the siren and spotlights. If they stay, we call your team, then police if your team doesn't answer in the time you set. In an emergency we call 911 right away.
What does no-contact mean?
No one from 911 Sentinel approaches, confronts, chases, holds, or removes anyone. We act through recorded warnings, the siren and spotlights, and calls to your team and the police.
How is this different from a traditional guard company?
A guard covers one post for part of one night. 911 Sentinel watches the whole site through cameras, with drones on large sites, and a human operator acts within 3 minutes of every alert: a recorded warning instead of a confrontation, then your team and the police. Every incident is on the record.
Related
Where the Securitas facts come from
Every statement about Securitas on this page comes from the pages below, checked .
- Securitas, Seattle office
- Securitas, SeaTac office
- Securitas, mobile patrol services
- Securitas, remote guarding operations center (August 12, 2025)
- Sound Transit Board, Motion M2018-118 (Securitas security contract)
- Sound Transit Board, Motion M2022-62 (staffing background)
- Washington DES statewide contract 00624, Security Guard Services (contract summary)
- Contract 00624 price sheet, effective August 1, 2026, updated September 25, 2026
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