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Richmond police are investigating robberies, car thefts and reports of early morning gunfire.
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Request a Free Security AssessmentProGuard Security Products protects Vancouver and Lower Mainland businesses with shatterproof RockGlass, RockScreen woven-steel screens, armored doors, and SmokeCloak fog systems — from Robson and Main Street storefronts to Richmond, Burnaby, and Surrey retail. Our retrofit panels harden existing windows without shutters, bars, or plywood.
Vancouver storefronts live with some of the most persistent glass damage in the country — repeat window smashing, break-and-enters, and vandalism that has pushed many blocks toward boarded-up frontage. Municipalities across the Lower Mainland, from Richmond to Surrey, report the same cycle of storefront robberies and repair costs.
Roll shutters solve the break-in and create a new problem: a fortress look that hurts the street and, in some areas, isn't permitted. ProGuard's approach keeps the glass look — clear, shatterproof panels retrofitted over existing windows, backed by steel screens and fog where inventory justifies it — so your storefront stays inviting by day and impenetrable by night.
Local coverage of break-ins, robberies, and storefront crime near Vancouver — the kinds of incidents ProGuard's layered protection is built to stop.

Richmond police are investigating robberies, car thefts and reports of early morning gunfire.
Fifteen people were arrested in Richmond during a one-day retail theft operation.
Retail crime has increased and now amounts to $9 billion nationwide, according to CityNews Vancouver.
A cashier in Chilliwack challenged an attempted armed robber.
Every product is measured on site, manufactured for your opening, and installed by ProGuard crews — most storefronts are hardened in a single visit.
Shatterproof panels retrofitted over your existing windows — the storefront keeps its look, the glass stops hammers and bricks.
Woven stainless-steel screens that lock down doors and windows after hours without the fortress look of roll shutters.
Armored, multi-point-locking doors for entrances, key rooms, and back-of-house — with ballistic-rated options.
Fills the room with dense, harmless fog seconds after an alarm trips, so intruders can't see the inventory they came for.
Crash-rated bollards that stop ram-raids and vehicle strikes before they reach your storefront, kiosk, or ATM.
Impact-resistant cab glazing for machinery on job sites and remote yards exposed to vandalism and thrown rocks.
Unbreakable display cases for jewellery, collectibles, and other high-value-per-shelf inventory.
RockGlass shields for five-figure digital menu boards in drive-thru lanes — proven at QSR sites across Western Canada.
The same protection we install on Vancouver storefronts works on Vancouver homes — without bars, film, or a fortress look.
Lower Mainland homeowners deal with some of the highest residential break-and-enter pressure in the country — ground-level condos and townhomes in Vancouver proper, detached homes in Burnaby, Richmond, and Surrey with exposed rear patio doors, and laneway-facing windows everywhere. Bars and grilles clash with the West Coast look, so our approach is invisible: clear shatterproof panels retrofitted over existing glass, fine stainless-steel security screens that read as ordinary insect screens, and security screen doors that let you keep doors open through the mild seasons without an open invitation.
What Vancouver homeowners ask before hardening their windows and doors.
Sector-specific protection plans for the businesses most targeted in the Vancouver market.
Tell us about your storefront, facility, or home in Vancouver and we'll recommend the right protection — and quote it — at no charge.