HOA & Multi-Family Property Patrols for Sacramento-Area Communities

We run overnight mobile patrols for HOAs and apartment communities across Sacramento, Citrus Heights, Roseville, Rocklin, Folsom, Rancho Cordova and the surrounding area. Patrols are built around a written post order for your specific property — how many passes per night, which amenities get checked, and what gets photographed — rather than a generic drive-by loop.

There is no flat monthly package price, because cost follows the post order. We bill flat at $28-$45 per officer hour, and a community that needs one nightly lock-up pass and a parking check will land in a very different monthly total than one needing hourly rounds, vacant unit checks and a laundry sweep. We put together a written quote based on your community's actual needs before anything is signed.

Not directly, and not on a hunch. Officers document a violation with photos, confirm your posted signage meets Vehicle Code 22658 requirements, and observe any required waiting period before coordinating with your contracted tow vendor, who performs the actual tow. This process protects the association from liability for an improper tow, which can otherwise become an expensive claim.

The contracted patrol officer locks pool, spa, clubhouse and other amenity gates on the schedule your community's rules specify, and takes a timestamped photo of each locked gate as proof it happened at the correct time. That photo record is included in the nightly report sent to your manager or board liaison.

An officer responds and makes a documented courtesy contact — a knock on the door and a request to bring the noise down — and logs the unit, time and outcome. This is not a citation or formal enforcement; it creates a paper trail the board can use if the same unit racks up repeat complaints and needs to go through the association's formal violation process later.

Most boards want three things: a written post order specific to your property describing exactly what gets checked and when, a flat hourly rate in writing rather than a vague estimate, and a sample of what the nightly reporting actually looks like. We provide all three up front so the board is approving specifics, not a generic promise of coverage.

Officers can tag unpermitted or violating vehicles, photograph the violation, and follow your community's posted rules and Vehicle Code 22658 procedures toward a tow if that is the association's policy. They cannot make up enforcement on the spot, issue fines, or act outside what your governing documents and posted signage actually authorize.

Yes, when the post order includes them, which is common for communities without on-site overnight staff. Officers do a safety check of laundry rooms and mail kiosks for loitering, vandalism or unsafe conditions, and it is logged the same as any other stop on the nightly route.

It depends on the size of the property, the number of amenities, and what problems you are actually trying to solve. A small community with one gated pool might need a single nightly lock-up visit; a larger apartment complex with a history of parking disputes and vacant-unit issues may need multiple passes per night. We work this out during an initial walkthrough rather than selling a fixed number that may not match your risk.

The officer does not attempt to remove the person themselves — that is a legal process, not a security function. They document what they observe, notify the property manager immediately, and call police if the situation warrants it. Their job is to catch and report unauthorized occupancy quickly so management can act on it through the proper channel, not to handle removal on site.