Security Guard Services in Colleyville, TX
Licensed unarmed and armed officers, mobile patrol, retail center posts, and after-hours coverage for Colleyville businesses, clinics, congregations, and events. Dispatched from Fort Worth under a Texas Class C license.
We don't post warm bodies. We deploy trained officers behind a real threat assessment.
One Highway Carries the Risk
Colleyville reported 102 thefts in 2025, 19 burglaries, 4 auto thefts, 1 robbery, and no murders. The city crime index landed at 38.6, down from 40.3 the year before, against a national figure above 228. Over five years the violent numbers fell and the property numbers rose. Theft is the crime here, and theft is the crime a post stops.
What the city does for a living explains the pattern. Grapevine-Colleyville ISD employs 611 people. Market Street employs 345. Life Time Fitness employs 250. The City of Colleyville employs 206. Covenant Christian Academy employs 130, Whole Foods Market 125, and Albertsons 118. Four of those seven are a grocer, a market, or a club. Colleyville does not run on office towers. It runs on retail floor, and retail floor is where product walks out.
The 2020 census counted 26,057 residents across 13.22 square miles in Tarrant County. State Highway 26, which the city calls Colleyville Boulevard, cuts the place southwest to northeast and carries about 30,533 vehicles a day. Hall Johnson Road adds another 12,637. State Highway 121 runs the eastern edge, and TxDOT sets 45 miles per hour on the boulevard while most city streets hold 30 or 35. Every one of those drivers passes your storefront, and a few stop for the wrong reason.
Police posture. Colleyville Police earned Recognized Agency status from the Texas Police Chiefs Association Best Practices Recognition Program, and the department describes its own approach as intelligence led. Michael Miller runs it. The city reaches 817-503-1000. Police non-emergency dispatch reaches 817-743-4522, a regional desk shared across northeast Tarrant County rather than a Colleyville switchboard.
Read the staffing number. The department carried 47 full-time law enforcement employees in 2025, 40 of them sworn officers. That works out to 1.54 officers per 1,000 residents. The Texas average sits at 2.25. Colleyville runs a safe city on a thin roster. Forty officers cover 13 square miles, every school zone, every call, and the boulevard. They do not stand on your dock at 3 a.m.
New square footage coming. The council approved a Shoal Creek Capital Partners business park off Ross Downs Drive near Colleyville Boulevard: three buildings, 23 suites, each about 3,600 square feet, completion targeted inside 2026. Suites that size turn over tenants, hold tools and inventory, and sit dark most nights.
The commercial base sorts into five blocks. Retail leads, anchored by Town Center Colleyville at 5065 Colleyville Boulevard: roughly 200,000 square feet and more than 35 restaurants, shops, and services, Market Street and Studio Movie Grill among them. Colleyville Towne Square sits up the boulevard at 5600 Colleyville Boulevard. Medical and professional offices fill the pad sites and second floors along the same corridor. Schools make the third block: seven Grapevine-Colleyville ISD campuses inside the city plus Covenant Christian Academy, with Colleyville Heritage High School and two middle schools releasing onto local streets at the same hour. Houses of worship make the fourth. Residential makes the fifth, and it reaches the boulevard from both sides.
Public space supplies the rest. The Cotton Belt Trail runs 3.4 miles through the city on the old rail route the Grapevine Vintage Railroad still uses. The Concert in the Plaza series fills City Hall Plaza with free shows, tribute bands on the 2026 bill, parked around The Village and behind City Hall. Free parking helps a crowd arrive. It helps a bicycle leave too.
What We Post in Colleyville
Seven lines cover what Colleyville has on the ground, staffed off the roster behind our DFW security coverage. Full post types live on the security guard services page.
Retail Center Posts
Uniformed presence for Town Center and the Colleyville Boulevard strips. Closing escorts, lot rounds, and theft documentation a manager can send corporate.
Grocery & Big-Format Coverage
Front-of-house and lot posts for the market and grocery anchors. Cart corrals, exit watch, and a written record on every contact.
Medical & Office Suites
Lobby and after-hours coverage for clinic and professional space along the boulevard. Controlled access and staff escorts after late appointments.
Mobile Patrol
Scheduled rounds across multiple sites on one route. Randomized arrival times, door and gate checks, and a time-stamped log per stop.
Houses of Worship
Service-hours coverage for Colleyville congregations. Parking direction, entry watch, and coordination with a volunteer safety team.
Event Security
City Hall Plaza concerts, school-adjacent functions, and private events. Access points, crowd flow, and a documented incident chain.
Vacant Suite & Jobsite Patrol
Empty tenant space, new business-park shells, and material laydown. Copper, tools, and appliances draw the same crews every time.
Four Steps From Call to Coverage
No contract starts with a headcount. It starts with a walk of the property.
We walk the site with you. Entry points, sightlines, lighting, camera coverage, and what a person on foot reaches without passing anything that records it.
Post orders name the tasks, the rounds, the escalation path, and the 817-743-4522 non-emergency line. The officer knows the job before the shift.
We assign officers to a site and keep them there. A steady officer learns which vehicles belong in the lot. A stranger never does.
Every shift produces a written log with times, rounds, contacts, and incidents. Boards, insurers, and detectives take a log, not a memory.
Why a Local Operator Beats a Call Center
National brokers sell Colleyville coverage off a map. The account manager sits in another state, the officer comes from a subcontractor pool, and the survey happens by phone.
- Our office sits at 4364 Western Center Blvd #2105 in Fort Worth, a straight run up to SH 26. Colleyville is a route, not a dispatch region.
- Officers work for us. We file their license and commission applications, the employer's obligation under Texas law, and we know who stands on your lot tonight.
- Post orders name Colleyville specifics: the boulevard corridor, the shared non-emergency desk, the City Hall Plaza event nights, the business-park build on Ross Downs Drive.
- Escalation reaches a person who has walked the site, not a ticket queue.
Licensing, stated right. Thirteen Alpha Solutions LLC holds TX DPS Class C License #C31017501 from the Texas Department of Public Safety, Regulatory Services Division — Private Security Program. Unarmed personnel work as noncommissioned security officers holding an individual license. Armed personnel work as commissioned security officers holding a security officer commission. Level II, III, and IV name training courses, not license classes.
Background. A retired U.S. Navy counterintelligence and HUMINT professional founded the company after twenty years supporting Naval Special Warfare and NCIS.
What Colleyville Coverage Costs
We publish bands so you can budget before you call. The final rate depends on hours, post count, site risk, and lead time. We price above the low-cost end of this market on purpose.
Threat and vulnerability assessments referenced on this site are performed by PRO-tect Premier Investigations, an affiliated firm in which our founder holds an ownership interest. An assessment is a standalone product. Findings belong to the client and may be used with any provider. An assessment does not create, imply, or precede a guard services agreement. See the threat assessments page.
Colleyville Security Guard FAQ
Do you provide armed security guards in Colleyville, TX?
Yes. Armed posts are staffed by commissioned security officers holding a security officer commission issued through the Texas Department of Public Safety, Regulatory Services Division — Private Security Program. We recommend an armed post when site risk supports one. Otherwise we quote unarmed.
How fast can you start a post in Colleyville?
Three to five business days from the walk-through covers the site survey, post orders, and officer assignment. Short-notice event or incident coverage starts sooner. Call (817) 480-2291 with the address and hours.
What does a security guard cost in Colleyville?
Unarmed officers run $40 to $50 per hour, armed officers $60 to $75, and private events $75 and up. Mobile patrol rounds are quoted by frequency, stops, and check requirements.
Do you cover retail centers on Colleyville Boulevard?
Yes. Town Center Colleyville at 5065 Colleyville Boulevard holds roughly 200,000 square feet and more than 35 tenants, and about 30,533 vehicles a day pass on the boulevard itself. We staff tenant posts, closing escorts, lot rounds, and event coverage.
Is theft the main risk for a Colleyville business?
The reported numbers say yes. Colleyville recorded 102 thefts in 2025 against 19 burglaries, 4 auto thefts, and 1 robbery. Violent crime fell over five years while property crime rose. A visible post and a documented round address theft directly.
Is Thirteen Alpha Solutions licensed to operate in Colleyville?
Yes. Thirteen Alpha Solutions LLC holds TX DPS Class C License #C31017501 from the Texas Department of Public Safety, Regulatory Services Division — Private Security Program. A Class C license covers guard, patrol, and investigations statewide, including Colleyville and the rest of Tarrant County.
Do you work with the Colleyville Police Department?
We coordinate, and we do not duplicate. Colleyville police non-emergency dispatch answers at 817-743-4522. Post orders carry that number and name the threshold for a 911 call. A time-stamped log with plates and descriptions gives a detective something usable.
Get a Colleyville Site Walked
Send the address and the hours that concern you. A manager walks the property, and you get a written scope and a rate. More in Field Notes: holiday retail security and apartment complex security guards. Next door, see security guard services in Southlake and Keller.
Licensed Security Guard & Patrol Services and Private Investigations Company
TX DPS Class C License #C31017501
4364 Western Center Blvd #2105, Fort Worth, TX 76137
(817) 480-2291 · info@thirteenalpha.com
SDVOSB certified · TALI member · Insured and bonded
Security run to an intelligence standard.