Security companies in Capiatá: how to pick a licensed one

To hire a security company in Capiatá, start with what Paraguayan law requires: the firm must be licensed by the Policía Nacional, and guards must work for a licensed company rather than freelance. Then decide what your home or shop actually needs (cameras, a monitored alarm or a guard) and get at least two written quotes for the same scope.

How do I check that a company is licensed?

Private security firms in Paraguay are overseen by the Policía Nacional through its Department for the Oversight of Private Security Companies (ABC Color⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠). Each company needs a resolution from the police command to operate. Requirements the police listed to La Nación⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠ include being a registered commercial company, psychological and firearms testing, its own premises, life insurance for guards, patrol vehicles and identifiable uniforms.

In practice:

• Ask for the number and date of the licensing resolution and the company's RUC (tax ID).
• Ask whether the licence covers the service you want: guards, electronic security, or both.
• Be wary of anyone offering a lone "guard". According to the police, someone who is not employed by a licensed company is not a security guard.
• If something doesn't add up, check with the Policía Nacional before you sign.

Cameras and alarms: who may install them

Law 5424/15, which regulates surveillance and security services for people and property, says in Article 33 that security systems "shall be supplied exclusively by security companies and independent installers (where permitted), licensed and recognised as such in the specialty" (quoted in a public procurement file⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠). If you're getting a monitored system, ask who the licensed party is, not just who runs the cables.

Capiatá has one detail that should shape your equipment choice: in the Santa Rosa neighbourhood, around km 18, residents said thieves were stealing the cameras themselves⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠, and in another case newly installed cameras were gone within 72 hours⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠. So ask:

• How high the cameras go and how they're protected.
• Whether recordings stay only on a box inside the house or also go to the cloud, so you don't lose them if the recorder is taken.
• What happens in a power or internet cut: backup battery and phone alerts.

Guard, monitoring or cameras?

• House in a residential barrio: the usual setup is a monitored alarm plus cameras on every access, including the back. In a burglary in barrio Kennedy, the intruder came in from the rear via an empty lot next door, and CCTV footage helped police find him (ABC Color, 2026⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠).
• Shop on Ruta PY02 or a busy avenue: get a quote for monitoring with response, and consider whether you need a guard at closing time.
• Building, warehouse or gated community: this is where a guard makes sense. The contract should state how many people, which shifts and who covers absences.

What the quote should spell out

Have two or three companies quote against the same list: number of cameras and sensors, where each goes, equipment cost separate from the monthly fee, and what monitoring includes. Before signing, clarify:

• What the control room does when the alarm goes off: calls you, sends a vehicle or alerts the police, and how fast.
• Whether you own the equipment or it's on loan.
• Minimum contract term and the cost of cancelling.
• Who holds the codes and how they're changed if a technician leaves.

Work with neighbours and the police

Private security doesn't replace the police. In the barrio Kennedy case, the alert came through the neighbourhood security committee's Panic Button network, and a patrol from Comisaría 62ª Central went to the house (ABC Color⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠). Ask whether your barrio has a similar group and how to join. In an emergency, call 911; Última Hora⁠⁠ (opens in a new tab)⁠ reports it gets thousands of calls a day, many of them pranks, so speak clearly and give the exact address.

Next step

Walk around your home or shop with a notebook, list every access point (gate, doors, windows, back yard, roof), and send that same list to two companies, asking for their licensing resolution and a written quote. Pick the one that answers everything in writing, not the one that's cheapest over the phone.