Protecting Stock, Staff, and Freight Day and Night

Metro Guards provides warehouse and logistics security Melbourne operators trust to protect stock, staff, and freight, day and night. 17+ years of experience, ISO, CM3, and ASIAL certified, with officers who learn your site’s dock schedule from day one. One coordinated plan covering officers, patrols, and alarm response, so nothing falls through the gap between shifts.

Melbourne’s Trusted Industrial Space and Warehouse Security Partner

Warehouse and logistics security operators bring us in after a theft, a near-miss, or an insurance review flags gaps they didn’t know existed. Our sites typically see incidents drop within the first three months because officers close the after-hours gap where most stock loss actually happens, and every shift is logged for audit and insurance purposes.

Risks Warehouses and Logistics Sites Are Actually Facing

Victoria recorded 630,592 criminal offences in the year to December 2025, a 4.2% increase on the previous year and the highest total since the Crime Statistics Agency began reporting.

Property and deception offences made up the largest single category. Within that data, businesses classified alongside warehousing and storage, including wholesale and manufacturing sites, recorded 78,056 stolen property items in 2025.

For a distribution centre, that figure matters because it confirms industrial and storage sites are being counted among the categories driving the increase, not sitting outside it.

After-Hours Vulnerability

Large sites with limited overnight staff are exposed between the last shift leaving and the first one arriving. That window is when break-ins, cargo theft, and perimeter breaches are most likely to go unnoticed until a stock count catches it days later, by which point CCTV footage may already have been overwritten.

Compliance and Duty of Care

Every warehouse operator carries obligations under the OHS Act 2004 (Vic) for staff and contractor safety, and many logistics sites face additional handling and access requirements around restricted stock.

A facilities manager needs documented processes and incident logs, not a verbal assurance that someone checked the gate. A single static officer doesn’t solve any of this alone. Property risk needs patrols and monitoring outside operating hours, freight movement needs trained access control, and compliance needs a paper trail that a site manager can point to during an audit. That’s why we scope a complete risk management plan around your actual operation, not a one-size package.

When Does a Site Need a Full Security Plan?

Most operators start with one service and expand once they see the gaps. A few real scenarios:

• A distribution centre with repeated pallet theft now also needs overnight patrols and CCTV coordination
• A freight yard with static officers on the day shift, but no alarm coverage once the gates close
• A 3PL warehouse handling client stock that needs documented access logs for contract compliance
• A cold storage facility where after-hours temperature and access alerts go unmonitored
• A multi-building industrial estate needing officers, lock-up services and patrols coordinated across every tenant

If any of that sounds familiar, a site assessment will show you exactly where the gaps sit.

Compliance You Can Verify

• Private Security Act 2004 (Vic): Every officer holds a current Victoria Police security licence
• OHS Act 2004 (Vic): Duty of care for staff, contractors, and visitors on site
• Victorian Labour Hire licence VICLHL01373
• ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001: Quality, environmental, and safety management certification
• CM3 prequalified and ASIAL member