Counseling rooms, detox intake, dialysis chairs, and clinic front desks are the highest-acuity environments in private security outside of a hospital ED — and most run with a receptionist, a clinician, and no physical security at all. Stormhammer staffs licensed, unarmed, de-escalation-trained officers across Greater Sacramento.
On February 28, 2020, a client walked into the Wellness and Recovery Center in Carmichael for a counseling appointment. The session escalated into a knife attack that killed the counselor, critically wounded the receptionist who ran to help, then continued into the building courtyard as staff fled — a second employee was stabbed in the back with a severed artery, and a fourth victim was killed when the attacker re-entered the office.
In July 2024, a Sacramento County jury convicted Martin Lackey-Garcia of two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted murder, and the multiple-murder special circumstance (Sacramento Superior Court Case #20FE004111; prosecuted by DDA Frederick Gotha, Homicide Unit). He faces life without the possibility of parole.
The clinical facts of that day are exactly the operating conditions every Sacramento counseling center, rehab intake, and behavioral-health clinic runs in: one receptionist, one clinician, an unlocked lobby, and no trained eyes on the door. That is the gap a licensed unarmed officer is built to close — visitor screening, exit-pathway control, calm verbal de-escalation, and immediate 911 escalation the second a session turns.
Source: Sacramento County District Attorney's Office press release, July 12, 2024.
Long-dwell patients, controlled-substance adjacent supplies, and isolated after-hours staff make dialysis suites a quiet but real risk. We provide lock-up checks, staff escort to vehicles after late chair turnover, parking-lot patrol, and alarm response — without disrupting clinical flow.
Detox intake, family conflict, and AMA discharges spike volatility. Our unarmed officers handle visitor screening, contraband refusal at intake, perimeter walks, and de-escalation of agitated arrivals — coordinating with clinical staff, never overriding them.
Methadone, Suboxone, and IOP/PHP clinics see early-morning lines, loitering, and dealer pressure at the door. A visible uniformed presence resets the sidewalk and the lobby, with documented incident logs for licensing audits.
Front-desk control, behavioral walk-ins, after-hours lock-up, and parking-lot patrol. We brief on HIPAA-adjacent confidentiality and report only on safety events — never clinical content.
Counseling offices, IOP, and community mental-health clinics need calm, trauma-aware presence. Officers are trained in verbal de-escalation, exit-pathway management, and team positioning — not force-first response.
Mixed-modality recovery centers (counseling, group therapy, peer support) face the same volatility as a clinic with even less physical security infrastructure. We harden access, screen visitors, and stand a visible deterrent at high-risk hours.
Behavioral-health, rehab, and clinic spaces are the wrong environment for firearms. Clients in crisis, families in grief, intoxicated arrivals, and psychiatric walk-ins share the building with clinicians who cannot be cleared. A firearm in that environment introduces liability and clinical risk no insurance carrier prices favorably.
Stormhammer officers are trained in verbal de-escalation, team positioning, exit-path control, and BSIS-certified PPCT. Physical intervention is bounded by CA Penal Code §835a and facility policy; every use-of-force event is documented within 30 minutes and routed to your clinical director. Armed response, when required, is escalated to Sacramento PD — never staffed by us inside a clinical area.
Behavioral-health, rehab, and counseling environments concentrate the highest-acuity emotional volatility outside of a hospital ED — and most operate with a receptionist, a clinician, and no physical security at all. The 2020 Wellness and Recovery Center attack in Carmichael (People v. Lackey-Garcia, Sacramento County Case #20FE004111) is the local cautionary tale: a client became enraged during a counseling session and fatally stabbed two staff and seriously wounded two others before law enforcement could arrive. A trained, unarmed officer at the front of that building changes the geometry of that incident — visitor screening, exit-pathway control, and immediate 911 escalation are exactly what we deploy.
No. Every Stormhammer post in a clinical, counseling, rehab, or behavioral-health environment is staffed by unarmed, BSIS-licensed officers trained in verbal de-escalation and BSIS-certified PPCT (Pressure Point Control Tactics). Firearms have no place in a room with patients in crisis. Armed response, when required, is escalated to Sacramento PD. CA BSIS PPO #121830.
Yes — that is the core skill. De-escalation first: verbal containment, calm body positioning, exit-path management, and team coordination with clinical staff. Physical intervention is the last option and is bounded by California Penal Code §835a and facility policy. Every use-of-force event is documented within 30 minutes and routed to your clinical director and risk-management contact.
Yes. Dialysis suites finishing the last chair after dark are one of our most-requested healthcare posts. We provide lock-up checks, staff escort to vehicles, perimeter walks, and alarm response — billed per visit, not on padded hourly minimums.
Yes. Front-desk officers manage visitor screening, ID checks, badge issuance, restraining-order and no-trespass alerts, and after-hours lobby lockdown. We brief on every active alert at shift start and document every refused entry.
Same-day for mobile patrol and short-notice fire watch across Sacramento, Carmichael, Roseville, Folsom, Elk Grove, Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova, and West Sacramento. Fixed-post coverage deploys in 24–72 hours depending on credentialing and orientation. Call dispatch at (530) 902-9390.
Mobile patrol of a clinic, MOB, or dialysis suite starts at $15/tour. Fixed unarmed posts (front desk, intake, lobby control) run $26–$34/hr depending on shift differential and credentialing. Per-visit and per-shift pricing — no padded hourly minimums.
Yes. Every shift produces a PDF report with GPS tour map, photo-verified arrivals, incident narratives, and a use-of-force log when applicable. Reports are delivered within 60 minutes of shift end to your designated clinical-director and risk-management addresses — board-ready and admissible.
Tell us the facility type (dialysis, rehab, detox, mental-health, clinic), shift coverage, and target start date. Dispatch responds within one business hour, or call (530) 902-9390 for same-day deployment.
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