Dragon BodyguardsDragon Bodyguards is a booking platform. You request licensed, unarmed protection by the hour, and a licensed Private Patrol Operator (PPO) that partners with Dragon accepts the booking and assigns one of its own carded guards. Dragon is not a security company and is not a PPO. The partner firm employs, insures and supervises the guard, which keeps responsibility where California law puts it.
The short version
- You request protection: events, executives and VIPs, private residences or hospitality.
- Dragon offers the booking to licensed partner firms in the area and checks licenses.
- A partner PPO accepts, assigns a guard, employs that guard as a W-2 employee, carries the insurance and supervises through its qualified manager.
- Your Dragon, a guard with a current BSIS guard card, works your post, unarmed.
Dragon is launching in San Diego County.
Why Dragon is not the security company
In California, only a licensed PPO may contract to provide security guard services. That license comes with obligations: a qualified manager who passed the BSIS exam, owners and officers who are fingerprinted and disclosed, liability insurance, and workers' compensation for firms with employees. Those requirements exist so a buyer always has an accountable, licensed company behind the guard.
Dragon does not hold a PPO license and does not itself contract to provide security. So the security work runs through firms that do. Dragon's job is to make finding and booking them simple, and to keep checking that everyone involved stays licensed.
What each party does
Dragon
- Takes your request through the Summon form.
- Offers it to licensed partner firms in the area.
- Verifies guard registrations on the state BSIS license site before a Dragon is approved, and partner licenses before a firm joins.
- Sends you confirmation once a partner accepts and assigns a Dragon.
The licensed partner firm
- Decides whether to accept each booking.
- Assigns a guard from its own staff.
- Employs, insures and supervises that guard.
- Uses GPS check-in and check-out and keeps a job timeline you can see.
- Writes incident reports when something needs to be on record.
Your Dragon
- Holds a current BSIS guard card and carries it on duty.
- Works unarmed: presence, observation, access control and de-escalation.
- Follows your post instructions and the partner firm's supervision.
Why this structure protects you
Say you are hosting a dinner in Coronado and something goes wrong: a guest slips, a gate is left open, a guard is delayed. You want clear answers to three questions. Who employs the guard? Who insures the work? Who is supervising? In the Dragon model, the answer to all three is the same licensed partner firm, a company you can look up yourself at search.dca.ca.gov.
The structure also helps with the basics that make coverage reliable:
- Verified credentials. Licenses and guard cards are checked against the state record before anyone works a booking.
- W-2 employment. Partner firms employ Dragons as W-2 employees, with the insurance and supervision that come with that.
- Visibility. GPS check-in and check-out and a shared job timeline let you see that coverage started and ended.
- Documentation. Incident reports come from the firm responsible for the guard.
Why unarmed only
Every Dragon booking is unarmed. Most protection work at events, homes, hotels and executive appearances depends on judgment, communication and positioning far more than on weapons. Carrying a firearm or baton in California requires separate BSIS permits, and Dragon does not offer armed coverage. Guards, like any private person, have the arrest powers described in Penal Code 837 and are not police. Good guards treat physical intervention as a last resort.
What Dragon does not promise
Being clear about limits matters too. Dragon is launching in San Diego County, and availability depends on licensed partner firms accepting each booking. Dragon does not quote response times or coverage outside the county. Give as much notice and detail as you can, and the right partner has the best chance to say yes.
Next steps
- See the step-by-step booking flow in What to Expect When You Summon a Dragon.
- Learn the difference between the two key credentials in Guard Card vs. PPO License.
- Ready now? Summon a Dragon.