Warehouse security guide
Thinner crews, full docks, a lot of last-minute pickups. Three checks that keep a record of who took what, before the long weekend starts.
In October, Los Angeles County Sheriff's detectives announced two arrests over a fake pickup at a warehouse in Torrance. A $500,000 shipment was recovered. No charges have been filed, and the suspects are presumed innocent (FreightWaves).
A recovered load is the good ending. Most docks want to avoid the call altogether, and holiday week is when that call is most likely to come.
Crews are thinner. Trailers sit loaded. Pickups get moved around to beat the holiday. The numbers below are from Overhaul, which tracks US cargo theft.
29% of cargo theft cases happen between midnight and 6am.
Source: Overhaul Q1 2026, via CCJ
Warehouses and distribution centers were 37% of identified theft locations in Q2 2026.
Deceptive pickups were 11% of US cargo theft in Q2 2026.
None of these takes a new system. Each takes a few minutes and someone with the authority to act on it.
Every truck is logged in and checked against the records you give us. Matches go in. The rest get pulled over. Visitors are signed in and out. You see it live from your phone or laptop, and you get a summary every morning. No security company can promise nothing ever gets through. What you get is a check at every truck, and a record of it.
Want to see where your own dock stands before the holidays? Book a free Blind Spot Hunt or take the Gate Scorecard. Read next: how to stop a fake pickup at your gate.
Crews are thinner and docks are full. Overhaul reports 29% of cargo theft cases happen between midnight and 6am (Overhaul Q1 2026, via CCJ), and holiday week puts more loaded freight on site during those hours.
Who is on site overnight and over the long weekend, and whether the pickup list for those days matches your own records. Everything else builds on that.
Hold the load. Confirm the change with your own contact, on a number you already have, before the truck leaves. If it doesn't match, the truck gets pulled over and the load stays put.
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