A car dealership keeps several million dollars of inventory outdoors, behind a chain-link fence, on a lit corner everyone drives past. In South Florida that inventory is stolen a wheel set at a time, a catalytic converter at a time and, several times a month somewhere in Miami-Dade, a whole vehicle at a time with a cloned key or a flatbed. FSO Guard provides car dealership security for new, used and luxury auto dealers — licensed dealership security guards overnight, mobile patrols, showroom and service-drive officers and the documentation your insurer wants after an incident.
What dealerships lose — and when
- Wheels and tires. A crew with a jack and an impact wrench strips four vehicles in twenty minutes and leaves them on blocks. Almost always after midnight, almost always on the row furthest from the street.
- Catalytic converters from trucks and hybrids in the service lot, where vehicles wait days for parts.
- Whole vehicles taken with programmed keys, relay attacks, key-room break-ins or a flatbed at 4 a.m. Luxury and performance inventory is targeted specifically.
- Test-drive theft and fraud. A fake ID, a “customer” who never comes back, a purchase financed on a stolen identity — losses that happen in daylight with the sales team watching.
- Service-drive disputes and repossessions that turn into confrontations in front of customers.
- Vandalism, break-ins and burglary of the showroom, parts department and offices.
Dealership security services
Overnight lot officer
A licensed officer on the property from close to open. Varied foot and vehicle patrols of every lot, fence-line and gate checks, key-room and showroom door checks, lighting and camera fault reports, immediate response to anyone on the lot and a timestamped overnight report every morning. Armed Class G officers are available for luxury inventory and high-risk corridors.
Mobile patrol
A marked patrol vehicle makes several unannounced visits a night to the main lot and off-site storage lots, checks gates and rows, responds to alarms, meets police and documents every visit with GPS-stamped reports. Cost-effective for smaller lots and as a supplement to a stationary post.
Showroom and service-drive officers
A presentable daytime officer who screens identification before test drives, watches the key board and the customer lounge, escorts staff carrying deposits, defuses disputes on the service drive and keeps repossession pickups from becoming incidents. Often unarmed, in the dealership’s dress code.
Key, gate and access control
Officers run the after-hours gate log for transport carriers and late deliveries, hold and log keys for vehicles left overnight, verify carrier paperwork before a vehicle leaves and make sure the key room is locked and alarmed at close.
Delivery, event and sale coverage
Extra officers for inventory deliveries, tent sales, weekend events and holiday promotions when the lot is open, crowded and vulnerable — coordinated with our event security team.
Investigations and recovery
After a theft, our licensed investigators secure video, identify suspects and vehicles, trace stolen inventory and prepare the file for police and the insurer; for dealer fleets and loaners we can arrange GPS tracking, and fraud investigations address identity and financing schemes.
How we set up dealership security
- Site walk of every lot: fence lines, gates, lighting, camera coverage and blind spots, key room, service lot, off-site storage, neighboring properties and the corridor’s theft history.
- Post orders written with the general manager and the service director: patrol routes and frequency, what the officer does when a car stops by the fence at 3 a.m., carrier and delivery procedures, test-drive screening steps, reporting format.
- Officer selection. Overnight officers who stay awake, walk the lot and write clear reports; daytime officers who look right on a luxury showroom floor. You meet them before they start.
- Launch and supervision. A supervisor works the first nights, then makes unannounced visits. GPS-verified patrol checkpoints prove the officer walked the back row.
- Reporting. Daily activity reports, incident reports the same night with video references, a monthly summary per store for dealer groups.
Why South Florida dealers choose FSO Guard
- Licensed and insured. Florida security agency license B3100530 (Class B) and investigative agency license A 1000095 (Class A). Every officer holds a Class D license; armed officers hold Class G.
- Officers who actually patrol. Checkpoint verification and unannounced supervisor visits — the back row gets walked, not just the office parking.
- Luxury-ready. The same team that protects exotic and luxury inventory, yachts and high-net-worth clients across Miami. Officers know how to behave around a client and a six-figure car.
- Investigators in-house. Theft, test-drive fraud, internal loss and identity schemes are investigated by licensed private investigators from the same company, not referred out.
- One contract for a dealer group. Identical post orders across stores, one supervisor, one invoice, one monthly report — in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and statewide.
- Three languages. Officers and reports in English, Spanish and Russian.
Dealership security cost
Pricing depends on the number of lots and hours, armed or unarmed officers and whether a patrol vehicle is on site. The most common configuration is one overnight officer seven nights a week, often paired with mobile patrol visits to off-site storage. After the site walk you receive a written proposal with a flat hourly rate per officer, no hidden charges, month-to-month terms and a four-hour minimum per shift.
Service area
Car dealership security along the US-1 and Bird Road dealer corridors, in Doral, Hialeah, Kendall, Homestead, North Miami, Aventura, Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale, Pembroke Pines, Pompano Beach, Boca Raton, Delray Beach and West Palm Beach; dealer groups statewide through our Florida security services. Full service area.
Call (786) 659-5011, write to us in the live chat or send the form — a supervisor will walk your lots and quote within a day.
