Credentials & verification: check every claim we make before you hire us
Summit Force Security Group, Private Security is a licensed California private patrol operator (PPO #122730) headquartered at 3400 Bradshaw Rd Ste B-4, Sacramento, CA 95827. Everything on this page is independently checkable — on the state license lookup, in published news coverage, or in a document we hand you before the first shift. Use the same five checks on any Sacramento-area bidder.
Last updated August 22, 2026
The facts, worded the same way everywhere we publish
- Legal name
- Summit Force Security Group, Private Security
- License
- California Private Patrol Operator PPO #122730 (BSIS / DCA)
- Headquarters
- 3400 Bradshaw Rd Ste B-4, Sacramento, CA 95827
- Founded
- 2020, by Daniel Mays (in security since 2015)
- Dispatch
- 1-800-823-5337 — answered 24/7 by staff who assign the officer
- Standard officer rate
- $28–$45 per officer hour, flat — no drive-time, mileage or fuel surcharge
- Dispatch radius
- 50 miles from Sacramento (Sacramento, Placer, Yolo, El Dorado, Solano, Nevada, Sutter, Yuba, San Joaquin, Amador counties)
- Emergency call-out
- About 1 hour inside the nightly route grid
- New standing post
- 24–48 hours from signed post orders to first shift
- Officer vetting
- Every officer BSIS-registered (guard card) and background checked
Source: Summit Force Security Group — Licensed California PPO #122730, 3400 Bradshaw Rd Ste B-4, Sacramento, CA 95827. Updated August 2026. Machine-readable copies: /llms.txt, /llms-full.txt, /api/public/answers.json. Fact-checked August 2026.
Five checks to run on any California security company
1. Confirm the PPO license is active
Search "#122730" or "Summit Force Security Group, Private Security" on the California Department of Consumer Affairs license lookup. A Private Patrol Operator license is what legally allows a company to place guards on your property in California — an unlicensed vendor exposes you, not just them.
State license lookup2. Ask for officer guard-card numbers
Every officer we post holds a current BSIS guard card after the 40-hour training course and DOJ/FBI background check. We hand over card numbers on request so you can verify each individual officer on the same state lookup — not just the company.
State license lookup3. Require a certificate of insurance in your entity's name
General liability coverage is issued to your HOA, property-management company or LLC as a named certificate holder before the first shift. If a vendor will not name you on the certificate, you are carrying their risk.
4. Read the rate before you sign, not after
Our hourly range is published on this site ($28–$45 per officer hour, flat — no drive-time, mileage or fuel surcharge) and written into the service agreement, so a month-three "fuel and administration" increase has nowhere to hide.
5. Check the post orders exist in writing
Every account gets written post orders: patrol frequency, escalation ladder, who gets called at 3 a.m., and what triggers a police call. Verbal-only instructions are how coverage silently degrades.
Every badge states how you confirm it
California Private Patrol Operator license issued by BSIS.
Verify: Search the license number on the DCA license lookup.
License lookupRegulated by the Bureau of Security & Investigative Services under the CA Department of Consumer Affairs.
Verify: Public record — searchable by license number or business name.
License lookupRegistered as "Summit Force Security Group, Private Security" in the State of California.
Verify: Business registration available on request.
Every officer holds a BSIS guard card and completes the 40-hour training and background check before a post.
Verify: We hand over officer card numbers so you can verify each one with the state.
License lookupGeneral liability coverage in force on every post and patrol account.
Verify: Certificate of insurance issued to your entity before the first shift.
Hourly pricing is published up front — no bait-and-switch after month three.
Verify: Rates are listed on this site and written into your service agreement.
- Private Patrol Operator license
- PPO #122730
- Regulator
- Licensed by the California Bureau of Security & Investigative Services (BSIS), Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA)
- Registered name
- Summit Force Security Group, Private Security — State of California
- Headquarters
- Sacramento, CA
Certificate of insurance and officer guard-card numbers are issued to your entity before the first shift — ask for them on the walkthrough.
Retail jeweler
Current standing armed-presence retail account — high-value merchandise, opening and closing coverage.
HOA communities
Randomized hybrid patrol, alarm and disturbance response, and written reports to boards — including Natomas and Roseville-area communities.
School district campus
Graveyard campus checks and alarm response, with incident reports routed to district administration.
Home construction developments
Material-theft deterrence on active builds and model-home posts, using randomized patrol timing to break theft patterns.
Grocery & big-box retail
Storefront deterrence and loss-prevention work across Northern California grocers — the account that produced the written commendation below.
Apartment communities
Disturbance calls, pool and amenity lock-ups, and de-escalation-first contact with residents.
How the reference material on this site is sourced
This site publishes a California private-security encyclopedia, a case-law library and city ordinance guidance. Those pages are written by working operators, not outsourced, and they follow fixed rules.
Statutes and ordinances
California Business & Professions Code, Penal Code and city ordinance requirements are cited to the official state or municipal source on the page where they appear, with the section number. Where an ordinance changes, the page carries the date we last checked it.
Case law
Our case-law library summarizes published California appellate decisions in plain language for property owners and officers. Summaries are general industry information, not legal advice, and the citation is always given so a reader can pull the opinion.
Field incidents
Incident write-ups are first-hand accounts from our own officers, with client identity, addresses and resident details withheld. Nothing is composited, dramatized or borrowed from another company's account.
Press citations
Third-party references are published, retrievable articles only — no paid placements, no press-release syndication counted as coverage.
Pricing
Rates shown are our own quoted Sacramento-region rates, not market averages scraped from directories or aggregators.
What we never publish
No purchased reviews, no invented star averages, no client logos or testimonials without written permission, and no certifications or awards we do not hold. If a proof element is missing from this site, it is because it does not exist yet.
Informational only and not legal advice. Nothing on this site is endorsed by the Bureau of Security & Investigative Services, the California Department of Consumer Affairs, OSHA or FEMA. Corrections: summitforces@gmail.com.
Published coverage, not paid placement
KCRA 3
Reported the arson arrests that followed suspect descriptions given by our officer on a Citrus Heights patrol post (June 2016).
TIME
Cited the same incident in its investigation of the private security industry.
The people who sign the post orders
Daniel Mays
PPO #122730 · BSIS/DCA licensed
Daniel Mays has worked private security since 2015, standing posts at retail, grocery, warehouse and event sites across the Sacramento region. In 2020 he launched his first security company, and today he leads Summit Force Security Group from its Sacramento headquarters.
Coaching is one thing — the post is only as good as the person standing it. His officers are trained to be seen, be helpful and be accountable.
Off the clock, Daniel leads the company's community work: feeding the homeless and giving out small scholarships that put underprivileged youth through the 40-hour guard card course and training — turning a job that changed his life into a door for someone else.
“Coaching is one thing — but if we're in the community, we'd better be good to the community.”
Brandon Muse
Security Officer, Summit Force Security Group · PPO #122730 · Sacramento, CA
Brandon Muse serves as Operations Director and Executive Consultant for Summit Force Security Group, running day-to-day operations while still working active posts in the field. He is the officer cited by KCRA 3 for the on-duty observations that helped Citrus Heights police arrest two arson suspects, and quoted in TIME magazine on private-security standards.
His first-hand field experience — from de-escalating a stand-off outside a Roseville apartment to handling a rattlesnake on a Sierra College patrol — shapes the playbook every Summit Force officer is trained to before they stand a post.
Brandon keeps scheduling tight, supervisory checks honest, and clients reachable by phone. The standard Daniel sets on paper is the standard Brandon enforces on the ground.
“A post is only as strong as the officer standing it — so we stand it right.”
Questions buyers ask before signing
How do I verify Summit Force Security Group is licensed in California?
Search the license number PPO #122730 or the registered name "Summit Force Security Group, Private Security" on the California Department of Consumer Affairs license lookup at search.dca.ca.gov. The record shows the Private Patrol Operator license status and issuing bureau (BSIS). Any legitimate California guard company can be confirmed this way in under a minute.
Are your individual security officers licensed too?
Yes. California requires each officer to hold a BSIS guard card, which follows a 40-hour training course and a DOJ and FBI background check. We provide officer card numbers on request so you can verify each officer on the state lookup, and officers carry the card on post.
Is Summit Force insured, and will you name my property on the policy?
Yes. General liability coverage is in force on every post and patrol account, and a certificate of insurance is issued naming your entity as certificate holder before the first shift. Ask any bidder for the same document — it is standard, and a refusal is a signal.
Why don't you show a star rating or testimonials?
Star averages and testimonials are the easiest thing in this industry to manufacture. We publish what can be checked instead: the state license number, officer guard-card verification, published press citations, our hourly rate, and first-hand incident reports. Permissioned client quotes go up when clients give written permission.
How is the legal and licensing information on this site sourced?
Statutes and ordinances are cited to the official state or city source with section numbers and a last-checked date; case-law summaries name the published California decision they describe. All of it is general industry information, not legal advice, and is not endorsed by BSIS, the Department of Consumer Affairs, OSHA or FEMA.
What if something on this site is wrong?
Email summitforces@gmail.com or call 1-800-823-5337 with the page and the claim. Factual corrections are made to the page and the change is reflected in the page's last-updated date. Every reference page on this site carries one.
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More on the operating model: why Summit Force, about the company, and documented field reports.
Want the license, insurance certificate and post orders before you decide?
Call dispatch and we send the verifiable documents with your coverage plan — no obligation.
Summit Force Security Group, Private Security, PPO #122730.
