Mayer Security Services is a Texas security guard company built for places where a lapse costs more than money. We are headquartered in Houston and we work statewide, including Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Midland, and El Paso. Our clients run oil and gas terminals, hazmat and chemical storage, production plants, water treatment facilities, mines, banks, and construction projects. The reel below is 58 seconds. It shows the officers, the uniforms, the equipment, and the oversight that sits behind every post we stand.
Mayer Security Services. Texas security guards and executive protection for oil, gas, and critical infrastructure.
Protection is a discipline, not a headcount. That is the whole argument, and everything below is how we make it true in the field. Mayer Security Services operates as a division of Meyer Defense, Inc., which is the name you will see on our marked patrol vehicles and on our Texas DPS license, C28670101.
The Three Classes of Officer a Texas Security Guard Company Fields
Texas licenses security personnel by class, and the class determines what an officer may carry and what an officer may do. We staff all three. Matching the right class to the right post is the first real decision in any contract, and it is where most cost overruns and most coverage gaps begin.
Non-Commissioned Officers
Unarmed. Licensed, uniformed, and trained for access control, credential checks, patrol, incident documentation, and deterrence. The right choice where a visible, disciplined presence is the objective and a firearm would add risk rather than remove it.
Commissioned Officers
Armed. Commissioned by the Texas Department of Public Safety, carrying a law enforcement standard handgun, and held to a use of force standard we test twice a year. Deployed where the threat profile or the asset value justifies an armed response.
Personal Protection Officers
Executive protection and close protection agents, working armed or unarmed depending on the assignment, the venue, and the jurisdiction. Trained to read a room, manage movement, and resolve a problem before it becomes an incident.
Personal protection officers hold a separate Texas credential above the commissioned license. They are not guards who were handed a protectee. If close protection is what you need, we cover it in depth on our executive protection page, with dedicated coverage for Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and Fort Worth.
Uniforms Marked as Private Security, Never Mistaken for Police
Every armed and unarmed officer wears a distinct uniform with a vest that identifies them as private security. This is not a branding decision. An officer who reads as police at a distance creates two problems at once. The public forms expectations we have no authority to meet, and responding law enforcement arrives at a scene containing an armed person they cannot immediately identify. Both problems end badly. Clear marking removes both.
It also protects the client. A contractor whose site is patrolled by officers who look like a police detail invites questions about authority that no one on that site can answer. Marked private security is the honest signal, and the honest signal is the one that holds up when something goes wrong.
AI-Powered Live-Stream Body Cameras and Cloud Security Footage
This is the capability that separates us, and it is worth understanding in detail. Every officer carries an AI-powered live-stream body camera that buffers continuously for the entire shift. Not on request. Not when an officer remembers to press a button. The whole shift.
Real-Time POV, On Demand
At any moment, the client, our operations center, or the on-site supervisor can pull an immediate point-of-view stream from any officer on duty. You do not wait for a shift report to learn what happened. You watch it happen.
Tone Recognition
The camera analyzes vocal tone and escalation patterns. A conversation that turns hostile is flagged without an officer having to free a hand to report it, which is precisely the moment an officer has no free hand.
Client-Specific Trigger Words
Activation can be bound to spoken trigger words, and the trigger word is chosen per client. A site with a specific hazard or a specific escalation protocol gets a phrase that means something on that site.
All footage is written to secure cloud storage and can be shared with the client directly. When an incident becomes a claim, an OSHA question, or a deposition, the record already exists, it is timestamped, and it was not curated after the fact by the person it concerns. That is the point of continuous buffering. Evidence that only exists when someone chose to create it is not evidence anyone should rely on.
This level of real-time monitoring is what most people associate with major police agencies. For us it is the standard configuration on every post.
Duty Belt and Less-Lethal Security Guard Equipment
Force is a continuum, and an officer who carries only a firearm has one answer to every question. Our officers carry a graduated set of options so the response can match what is actually in front of them.
Live-Stream Body Camera
Continuous buffering, AI-assisted, cloud-stored.
Taser
Less-lethal control at distance without closing to contact.
OC Pepper Spray
Immediate less-lethal option for a subject closing in.
Handcuffs
Detention and restraint within lawful private security authority.
Expandable Baton
Intermediate force where empty hands are not enough.
Duty Belt
Load-bearing platform keeping every tool indexed and reachable.
Firearms, Use of Force, and Semi-Annual Qualification
Our armed officers and protection agents carry a law enforcement standard handgun. Carrying it is the smallest part of the requirement. They are trained on use of force and the force continuum, and they are held to a working understanding of Texas and federal law governing when force is lawful and when it is not.
They requalify with their firearm semi-annually. Many law enforcement agencies qualify their officers once a year. We test twice, because a qualification is a snapshot of a perishable skill and six months is a long time to assume nothing has decayed. An officer who cannot make the standard does not stand an armed post.
If you are evaluating armed coverage specifically, our armed security guide covers licensing, screening, and what to ask any vendor before you sign.
The Security Guard Tracking App: Verify the Work as It Happens
Every shift runs on our proprietary security guard tracking app. Officers check in by GPS at defined points. Patrol routes and tour completions are logged with time and location. Supervisors see the shift as it runs, and so does the client.
The problem this solves is old and well known in this industry. A patrol that was billed is not necessarily a patrol that was walked. GPS check-ins and timestamped patrol logs make the difference visible to the person paying for it, in real time, without a phone call. Combined with live body camera access, a client can confirm both that an officer was where they were supposed to be and what they saw when they got there.
Industries We Protect Across Texas
Oil and Gas
Terminals, tank farms, midstream facilities, and oilfield sites across the Gulf Coast and the Permian. Access control, credential verification, and armed coverage on assets where a breach is a safety event, not just a loss.
Hazmat and Chemical Storage
Chemical storage terminals and hazardous material facilities where regulatory exposure compounds every incident. Officers briefed on the site, the product, and the escalation path before they take the post.
Production Plants
Manufacturing and processing facilities running continuous operations. Shift-change control, contractor screening, theft and diversion prevention, and a documented record of who entered and when.
General Contractor and Construction
Active build sites where copper, tooling, and equipment disappear overnight and a single stolen generator stalls a schedule. Covered in depth on our construction site security page.
Film and Media Production
Set security, talent protection, location lockdown, and equipment coverage on productions where a delay is measured in five figures an hour. See media and film production security.
Other Critical Infrastructure
Water purification and treatment plants, mines, banks and financial institutions, and the utility assets that sit behind all of it. See critical infrastructure protection.
Statewide Coverage and Deployment Within the Hour
We hold coverage in six Texas markets: Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Midland, and El Paso. The intake takes under two minutes. Once a request clears, we can put insured officers or executive protection agents on the ground in any of those markets within the hour.
That combination is the whole positioning. National-firm insurance, boutique-firm attention. Large enough to carry the coverage and the bench, small enough that the person who answers knows your site.
Let Us Stand a Post for You
Two minutes of intake. Officers on the ground within the hour, anywhere we operate in Texas.
Or call (281) 202-9862 to speak with our operations center.
What the Reel Shows
A written summary for anyone who cannot play video. The 58-second reel opens on uniformed Mayer Security Services officers on post, in marked private security vests, beside marked patrol vehicles. It moves through the equipment each officer carries, including the duty belt, less-lethal tools, and the live-stream body camera worn on the chest. It shows the body camera feed and the cloud storage that receives it. It shows the proprietary security guard tracking app in use, with GPS check-ins and patrol logs visible on screen. It closes on the invitation to request protection at app.mayersecurity.com. Captions are burned into the video, so it carries its full message with the sound off.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you provide armed security guards in Houston?
Yes. Mayer Security Services is headquartered in Houston and fields commissioned armed officers licensed by the Texas Department of Public Safety under license C28670101. Armed officers carry a law enforcement standard handgun and requalify semi-annually.
Can you deploy security within a day?
Yes. Intake takes under two minutes at app.mayersecurity.com, and Mayer Security Services can place insured officers or executive protection agents on the ground within the hour in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Midland, and El Paso.
Do you cover oil and gas facilities?
Yes. Oil and gas terminals, tank farms, hazmat and chemical storage, and midstream assets are core work for Mayer Security Services, a Houston-based Texas security guard company. Officers are briefed on the site and the product before taking a post.
What is the difference between a commissioned and non-commissioned security officer in Texas?
A non-commissioned officer is unarmed. A commissioned officer is licensed by the Texas Department of Public Safety to carry a firearm on duty. Mayer Security Services fields both, plus personal protection officers who hold a separate Texas credential for executive protection work.
How do your body cameras work?
Every Mayer Security Services officer wears an AI-powered live-stream body camera that buffers for the entire shift. Clients, the operations center, and on-site supervisors can pull a real-time point-of-view stream at any moment. The cameras support tone recognition and client-specific trigger word activation, and all footage is stored securely in the cloud and shareable with the client.
Can I verify that patrols actually happened?
Yes. Mayer Security Services runs every shift on a proprietary security guard tracking app with GPS check-ins and timestamped patrol logs, visible to the client in real time rather than in a report after the fact.
Mayer Security Services provides armed and unarmed security guards, executive protection, and mobile patrol for oil and gas, film and media production, production plants, construction, financial institutions, and critical infrastructure clients across Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Midland, and El Paso. Review our full security services and the industries we serve.