We design, install, and service state-compliant security systems for Michigan cannabis facilities and dispensaries — required camera coverage and retention, access control, vault protection, alarms, and monitoring. Built to pass state review, installed by our own licensed technicians, never subcontractors.
In cannabis, your security system is part of your license. Michigan's Cannabis Regulatory Agency sets specific expectations for camera coverage, video retention, and controlled access to limited-access and vault areas — and unlike most industries, a shortfall isn't just a vulnerability, it's a compliance failure that can jeopardize your ability to operate. That's why a cannabis system has to satisfy the regulator and deter real-world theft at the same time, designed to state spec from day one.
A licensed cannabis business is one of the most heavily regulated retail environments in Michigan. Security isn't just protection — it's a licensing requirement. The state's Cannabis Regulatory Agency sets specific expectations for camera coverage, video retention, and controlled access to limited-access and vault areas, and falling short can put your license at risk. That's what makes cannabis security its own discipline. The system has to meet state coverage and retention rules, control and log access to restricted areas, and produce footage that holds up to regulatory review.
Cannabis facilities also face real-world risk on top of compliance — high-value, cash-heavy operations are targets, so the same system that satisfies the state also has to actually deter and document theft. Coverage gaps, short retention, or unlogged vault access don't meet the bar on either front — and it's exactly what we get right. We design every cannabis system around both the regulations and the realities: point-of-sale areas, vaults, grow and processing rooms, limited-access areas, and every required camera position.
Because our own licensed technicians handle every installation start to finish — never subcontractors — there's one accountable, background-checked team in your facility, which matters in a compliance-driven, high-value environment. We've installed for dispensaries, grows, and processing facilities across Michigan, and we design each system to meet state requirements while giving you a platform that grows with your operation.
Every licensed operator we work with is wrestling with some version of these. Here's how we address each one.
We design camera coverage to Michigan CRA requirements — the required angles, resolution, and positions across sales, vault, grow, and limited-access areas — so you pass review.
Storage is sized to keep footage for the full required retention period, so your recordings are always available if the state or an investigator asks.
Access control restricts and logs entry to vaults, grow rooms, and limited-access areas — meeting compliance and protecting high-value product.
Cameras and alarms cover point-of-sale, cash-handling, and back-of-house areas, deterring and documenting theft in a target-rich environment.
Restricted, logged vault access plus intrusion alarms protect your most valuable inventory around the clock.
A system designed to state spec — coverage, retention, and access logging — stands up to CRA review instead of putting your license at risk.
State-spec coverage of sales, vault, grow, and limited-access areas, with the resolution and retention Michigan requires.
Restricted, logged entry to vaults, grow rooms, and limited-access areas — meeting compliance and protecting product.
Intrusion detection and 24/7 monitoring for after-hours protection of vaults, product, and cash.
Reliable structured cabling to support full-coverage camera systems across grow and retail facilities.
We design cannabis systems to Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency expectations — required camera coverage and positioning, full video retention, and restricted, logged access to vaults and limited-access areas. We use NDAA-compliant equipment and build every system to stand up to state review, so security supports your license instead of jeopardizing it.
We're glad to work alongside your compliance team and to design around your specific license type and floor plan. The goal is a system that passes inspection, deters real-world theft, and protects your investment — not equipment nobody was trained on. (We design to current requirements; we always recommend confirming the latest CRA rules with your compliance advisor.)
Cannabis is the only vertical where your security system is a licensing condition. Everywhere else, a camera failure costs you evidence. In a Michigan licensed facility, a camera failure can cost you the license — and the Cannabis Regulatory Agency does not grade on effort.
Michigan rules require continuous video surveillance of all limited access areas, all points of ingress and egress, point-of-sale stations, cultivation and processing areas, loading and unloading zones, and disposal areas. Footage must be clear enough to identify individuals, retained for a minimum period, and produced to investigators on request.
Rules and interpretations change — verify current requirements with the CRA and your compliance counsel before you build. What has been consistent is the direction of travel: more coverage, longer retention, and less tolerance for gaps.
The practical minimum most operators land on is 30 days of continuous recording, with 60 to 90 preferred as margin. For a facility running 32 or more cameras at identification-grade resolution, that is real storage — commonly 50 to 100TB. Undersizing it is the single most common way a system that passed at licensing fails at renewal.
A vertically integrated operation is running a farm, a factory, and a retail store under one roof, and each one breaks security differently.
The grow is warm and humid year-round. Standard cameras fog, corrode, and fail early; equipment has to be specified for the environment or you will replace it. The processing and packaging floor is where product is most fungible and hardest to count — this is where coverage density and camera angle actually matter for accountability, not just compliance. The retail counter is a cash business with a queue, and it needs POS-integrated coverage plus silent duress at the register and in the back office.
The vault is its own problem: no blind spots, own access credential, own log, and coverage that captures every entry from an angle that shows hands and product, not just a body in a doorway.
Cannabis facilities are cash-heavy, product-heavy, and known to be both. Michigan operators have been targeted. The design assumption should be an armed, informed intruder who knows the vault is real — not an opportunist.
That changes things: silent panic buttons that reach a UL-listed central station rather than a siren, monitored intrusion detection with cellular backup so a cut line does not blind you, and camera placement that gives responding officers usable information rather than a wide shot of a room.
Everything above only counts if it survives contact with an inspector. What that requires is documentation — a camera map tied to required areas, a retention policy in writing, an access log that exports, and a person on your staff who can pull a specific clip on request without calling us.
We hand that documentation over at close-out, and we train your compliance lead to run the system rather than depend on us. That is not generosity; it is that a system only your integrator can operate is a system that fails an inspection on the one day your integrator does not answer the phone.
Background-checked employees in your facility — never subcontractors. One accountable team in a compliance-driven, high-value environment.
Local, licensed, and accountable — with a 4.9 Google rating and real experience with Michigan cannabis compliance.
Systems designed to state coverage, retention, and access requirements — so security supports your license.
Yes. We design camera coverage, positioning, resolution, and retention to Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency expectations, so your system stands up to state review. We always recommend confirming current rules with your compliance advisor.
Yes. We design access control that restricts and logs entry to vaults, grow rooms, and limited-access areas — meeting compliance and protecting high-value product.
We size storage to keep footage for the full required retention period, so recordings are always available if the state or an investigator requests them.
Never. Every installation is handled by our own licensed, background-checked W-2 technicians — one accountable team in a compliance-driven environment.
Yes — we serve dispensaries, grows, and processing facilities throughout Michigan. Call 586-466-4490 for a free, compliance-focused assessment.
Get a free, no-pressure cannabis security assessment anywhere in Michigan. We'll design a system that meets state requirements and protects your investment.
Headquartered in Macomb County with offices in Wixom and Milford — we respond fast across all of Metro Detroit and Michigan.
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