Core Security Solutions

Core Security Solutions is a great community service oriented company. I run a youth development non profit (
) in Oakland and Core Security is always willing to volunteer at our events. Their management team consistently volunteers at our monthly food distribution and at special events such as our annual holiday toy distribution. Their guards are always very professional and their management team is always very responsive. Core Security is a wonderful community partner. I would recommend Core Security to anyone needing security guards in the East Bay.

I have met with several of the officers on post. All are professional, knowledgeable and courteous. Very impressed.

Core cleaned my property up in no time. My company recently acquired a 30,000SQFT building in downtown Oakland that had been neglected for some years. There were constant issues with vandalism, squatters and graffiti. in the past we’ve used ABC and Securitas and they both sold me a dream and delivered a luke warm illiterate body in a uniform… not cool. Core was a bit more expensive than I had hoped to pay but only by a couple bucks, one of their directors took the time to explore my site and did a further analysis in his own time. Contract was straight forward enough.
The very first night they had OPD on site dealing with some riffraff that was trying to get in to the building via loose plywood covering a broken window. I can’t even get OPD to pick up the phone if I’m not in the middle of Beruit let alone get them to show up.
I received reports on what was happening at the property and they were very good about communicating to the guards who was and was not allowed on site while we were dealing with construction etc.
I wish I could afford them permanently but on a smaller project like this, full time permanent security guard is not in the budget. Im forced to settle for a cheap camera system, and while that doesn’t discourage anyone, at least it discourages my insurer from gouging me.
I look forward to hiring this company again on my next project.
–Mark H.
Oakland CA

I called Joseph smith an was instructed to send my resume in which i did. I received a email approx one month later. I was applying for an armed guard position. I received a call an was asked to come to an interview the same day. I declined because i have school. Than i was offered to come in on friday. I was offered a temporary position to work the weekend for an «EVENT» i asked the schedule an the pay an was told its $ 11.75 and just for the weekend. JOE in the background said an i so eloquently put it «shes asking for the pay an schedule? Just hang up the phone» i said WOW. You have a good day. I make $ 18.00 doing LP full time. You call me for an interview an you say hang up on my cause i inquired about the pay an schedule? Rude. Im glad I got to see that. I will NEVER work for this company nor refer it to anybody.

I’m surprised these guys don’t have more reviews. I see them all over downtown and they’re always courteous. After firing another local company whose guards pretty much were constantly asleep on the job, a friend of mine at OPD recommended Core. I guess the founder and a number of the supervisors were with the Armed Forces and Oakland Police Department.
Anyways, they’re always polite, professional and punctual which is all I’ve ever asked for from my security guards. (My retail store is on the edge of downtown Oakland… it gets pretty questionable at night). I’m happy to say they’ve been very effective. Even the neighbors have thanked me since I hired Core because I guess there used to be more car break-​ins before I hired these guys to patrol my part of the block. Since Core Security, no more break-​ins, less graffiti, less riffraff and my staff feels much safer coming and going from work at odd hours. I’d recommend them any day.