Holiday Security Patrol in Los Angeles: Short-Term Coverage for 2026

Between Thanksgiving and New Year's, Los Angeles buildings go quiet. Offices close early, tenants travel, construction pauses, and holiday deliveries stack up at doors and loading docks. A property that looks empty is an easy target, unless someone keeps showing up.

You don't need a full-time guard for six weeks to fix that. A short-term holiday security patrol puts a licensed officer on your property on the days it sits alone, then scales back in January.

The holiday gap: when LA properties sit empty

The 2026 calendar gives most Los Angeles properties up to 15 quiet days:

If your tenants work the days between Christmas and New Year's, the count drops to about 11. Either way, these are the dates when nobody notices the unlatched gate, the burned-out lot light, or the stranger in the parking structure until days later. And with sunset before 5 PM in December, every one of those nights is a long one.

Why short-term holiday patrol beats a full-time guard for most properties

A full-time on-site guard makes sense for high-traffic or high-value sites. For most quiet properties over the holidays, it means paying for long shifts on days when a few scheduled checks would catch the same problems.

Holiday patrol fits the gap instead:

• Coverage only on the dates you choose, such as Thanksgiving weekend and the year-end week
• A visible, uniformed officer on site, which discourages trespassing and break-ins
• Proof of every visit: time-stamped photo reports delivered in real time
• No setup fee and no annual contract. The first term is 30 days, then month-to-month, so you can scale back in January

Still weighing your options? Read Guard vs. mobile patrol: which fits your property?

Which properties need holiday patrol most

Office buildings and business parks

Tenants leave for long weekends and many office buildings close the week between Christmas and New Year's. Patrol checks confirm doors, gates, and loading areas stay secured.

Retail centers and strip malls

After-hours checks of rear doors, dumpster areas, and parking lots matter most once stores close early for the holidays.

HOAs and apartment communities

Residents travel, units sit empty, and packages pile up at doors and mailrooms. Nightly checks of garage gates, pool gates, and common areas keep the community covered. See our security for HOAs and apartment communities.

Construction sites on holiday pause

When crews leave for two weeks, equipment, materials, and copper wiring sit unattended at construction sites. Patrol checks confirm fences, gates, and equipment are secured.

Parking lots and garages

Empty parking lots and garages attract loitering and vehicle break-ins. Regular visits and lighting checks reduce both.

How Aable's holiday patrol works

1. Free site survey and your quiet dates

We walk your property, map the checkpoints that matter (gates, doors, lots, stairwells), and mark the dates your building empties out.

2. Documented 20-minute checks on foot

A licensed, uniformed Aable officer parks, gets out, and walks every checkpoint: doors, gates, lighting, signs of forced entry, and anything out of place.

3. Real-time photo reports

Each visit sends a GPS- and time-stamped report with photos the moment it's done, so you have proof of every check, wherever you spend the holidays.

Sample holiday patrol schedules

See plans and pricing on our mobile patrol page.

Holiday security patrol across Los Angeles

Aable Security is based at 6404 Wilshire Blvd and has protected Los Angeles properties since 1998. Holiday patrol routes currently cover:

Santa Monica, West LA, and Brentwood

Office buildings, mixed-use properties, ground-floor retail, and HOA communities across the Westside.

Palms and Mar Vista

Apartment buildings, condo associations, and neighborhood retail centers.

Mid-Wilshire, Miracle Mile, and Beverly Grove

Office towers, medical buildings, and retail along Wilshire and the Fairfax corridor, minutes from our office.

Culver City, Century City, and nearby neighborhoods

We also patrol Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Koreatown, Fairfax, Park La Brea, Carthay, and Pico-Robertson. Property outside these areas? Call (310) 652-8700 and we'll confirm coverage for your address.

Get ready before Thanksgiving week

Patrol covers the nights. A few steps before the holidays cover the rest: walk the perimeter, fix exterior lighting, audit keys and access codes, and set a plan for packages. Our full guide walks through all 10 steps: Holiday security checklist for Los Angeles commercial properties.

Holiday routes are limited. We run a small, dedicated patrol fleet so every check is done properly, and holiday routes are filled in the order site surveys are booked.

Frequently asked questions