Armed Security Guard Services Across Massachusetts
An armed security guard provides a visible, trained, lawfully-armed presence for properties and situations where that level of deterrence is genuinely warranted — high-value facilities, certain cash-handling operations, and sites with a documented, elevated risk profile.
Massachusetts requires an armed guard to individually hold a Massachusetts License to Carry (LTC) in addition to working for a licensed Watch, Guard, or Patrol Agency (Hub’s License #LP0203L) — the agency carries the state-required bond and accountability, and the individual guard separately carries their own firearms license. We’ll tell you honestly if your situation actually needs an armed guard or if unarmed coverage is the better, more appropriate fit.
- ✓LTC-licensed, agency-vetted armed guards
- ✓Facility and perimeter access control
- ✓Written, time-stamped incident and activity reports
- ✓Coordination with local police for emergencies
- ✓An honest assessment of whether armed coverage actually fits your situation
Armed Security Guards in Boston
Hub is headquartered at 7 Whittier Place in Boston’s West End and provides armed security guards throughout the city: bank branches and cash-handling businesses in the Financial District, licensed cannabis dispensaries, construction sites in the Seaport and South Boston, and high-value residential buildings in Back Bay and the South End. Dispatch is staffed 24 hours a day at (617) 857-1200. See our Boston security company page for neighborhood coverage, or the nearby pages for Cambridge, Quincy, Somerville, Newton and Brookline.
Armed Coverage Is the Exception, Not the Default
Most of the properties we cover are staffed unarmed — it’s the right fit for the large majority of retail, residential, and office environments. Armed coverage makes sense for a smaller set of situations with a real, elevated risk profile, and we’d rather tell you that honestly than upsell a level of coverage you don’t need.
Think Your Property Needs Armed Coverage?
Tell us about the property and the concern. We’ll give you an honest read before recommending armed guards.
Common Questions
What’s the difference between your agency license and a guard’s individual license? Massachusetts licenses Hub as the agency (License #LP0203L); each armed guard separately holds their own Massachusetts LTC. Both are required for armed placements.
Can we switch from armed to unarmed coverage later? Yes — staffing level isn’t locked in, and we’ll revisit it with you as your situation changes.
Every armed officer we place is staffed under Hub’s Massachusetts watch guard agency license and individually holds a Massachusetts License to Carry, with firearms proficiency verified before placement and refreshed on a recurring schedule.
Armed coverage is recommended only where the actual risk profile calls for it — a cash-handling facility, a high-value asset site, or a location with documented prior incidents — and we’ll say so honestly if unarmed coverage is the better fit.
We’re also upfront when armed coverage isn’t the right call — plenty of sites are better served by a visible unarmed presence focused on access control and reporting, and recommending that honestly is part of doing this job well.
Background screening and reference checks are completed before any officer, armed or unarmed, is placed on a client site, and we’re happy to walk a prospective client through that vetting process before coverage begins.
What a Hub Armed Guard Shift Report Looks Like
Below is a shortened, fictional sample shift report in the same format our officers file.
HUB SECURITY AND INVESTIGATIVE GROUP
Armed Guard Shift Report — Sample (Fictional)
Report #: SAMPLE-3351 Date: 02/09/2026 Shift: 22:00–06:00 Officer: K. Novak
Site: Sample Cash-Handling Facility
Narrative: Routine overnight shift; hourly perimeter checks logged with no anomalies. Firearm inspected and logged at shift start per protocol.
This is a fictional sample created to illustrate our reporting format — the details shown are not real.
Every armed shift is logged the same way, including routine equipment checks, whether or not anything happens.