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Trust APL Access & Security for the highest levels of security.

APL’s Owner/President Enrique (Henry) Olivares began the company inside his Chandler, AZ home garage in 1986 with the beginning stages of a locksmith business serving the residential and commercial markets. From opening car doors with keys locked inside to re-keying homes and businesses covering basic to advance locksmithing with a walk-in lock shop opening in 1989 in Chandler. Henry’s business began growing and started hiring employees to take on more work.

Henry’s wife Frances then left her banking job to work on the accounting and administrative portions of the business and became APL’s Vice-President. This created a solid foundation and the birth of a company that would flourish in the security industry. From its locksmithing business, APL began providing low-voltage security systems with access control and video in 1993 which opened a separate division in Gilbert, AZ for its electronic security solutions.

Also involved in the business is Enrique Olivares Jr. the son of Henry & Frances who is currently its VP of Finance. Enrique Jr. began cleaning its lock shop floors and restrooms in the 90’s as a young teen and worked as an in-shop locksmith through high school and part of college. Attending both ASU and graduating from NAU in Flagstaff with a BSBA in Finance in 2004, Enrique Jr. began working in the office learning the details of operations and continuing to help manage the business and continue its growth.

In 2004 company then purchased its own land and constructed a 12,000 sq. ft. building on a one-acre lot down the street in Gilbert which is now our headquarters office. In 2007 APL opened an office in Tucson, AZ after several years of employing technicians from Tucson to support local customers in Southern Arizona.

As we were experiencing growth in the low-voltage security sector and with our Tucson office newly opened we decided to sell our locksmith division in 2008 to focus on the electronic security and exit the residential market. APL quickly began working on projects all across Arizona including some large Federal Government projects in the Southwest Region as well as completing video projects at U.S. Army Bases in Okinawa, Japan, and Anchorage, Alaska.

Today APL has over 35 employees and a 30 plus vehicle fleet providing quality installations and service to commercial, industrial, local, State, and Federal Government entities.

In 2019 APL Tucson moved to its own 12,000 sq. ft. building which is purchased as a shell and completed a tenant improvement in half the space with the latest in security product technology to both protect the facility and also provide live demonstrations of the systems.

Today APL continues to strive and focus on quality design, installation, and service for Commercial, Industrial, and Government applications. Along with traditional security solutions, we are keeping up with the latest technology and services in the industry with managed and cloud services, live video monitoring, remote assistance, and wireless security devices. We are proud to continue our Mission Statement of “Security you can Trust, Service you Deserve”.

Trust APL Access & Security for the highest levels of security.

APL’s Owner/President Enrique (Henry) Olivares began the company inside his Chandler, AZ home garage in 1986 with the beginning stages of a locksmith business serving the residential and commercial markets. From opening car doors with keys locked inside to re-keying homes and businesses covering basic to advance locksmithing with a walk-in lock shop opening in 1989 in Chandler. Henry’s business began growing and started hiring employees to take on more work.

Henry’s wife Frances then left her banking job to work on the accounting and administrative portions of the business and became APL’s Vice-President. This created a solid foundation and the birth of a company that would flourish in the security industry. From its locksmithing business, APL began providing low-voltage security systems with access control and video in 1993 which opened a separate division in Gilbert, AZ for its electronic security solutions.

Also involved in the business is Enrique Olivares Jr. the son of Henry & Frances who is currently its VP of Finance. Enrique Jr. began cleaning its lock shop floors and restrooms in the 90’s as a young teen and worked as an in-shop locksmith through high school and part of college. Attending both ASU and graduating from NAU in Flagstaff with a BSBA in Finance in 2004, Enrique Jr. began working in the office learning the details of operations and continuing to help manage the business and continue its growth.

In 2004 company then purchased its own land and constructed a 12,000 sq. ft. building on a one-acre lot down the street in Gilbert which is now our headquarters office. In 2007 APL opened an office in Tucson, AZ after several years of employing technicians from Tucson to support local customers in Southern Arizona.

As we were experiencing growth in the low-voltage security sector and with our Tucson office newly opened we decided to sell our locksmith division in 2008 to focus on the electronic security and exit the residential market. APL quickly began working on projects all across Arizona including some large Federal Government projects in the Southwest Region as well as completing video projects at U.S. Army Bases in Okinawa, Japan, and Anchorage, Alaska.

Today APL has over 35 employees and a 30 plus vehicle fleet providing quality installations and service to commercial, industrial, local, State, and Federal Government entities.

In 2019 APL Tucson moved to its own 12,000 sq. ft. building which is purchased as a shell and completed a tenant improvement in half the space with the latest in security product technology to both protect the facility and also provide live demonstrations of the systems.

Today APL continues to strive and focus on quality design, installation, and service for Commercial, Industrial, and Government applications. Along with traditional security solutions, we are keeping up with the latest technology and services in the industry with managed and cloud services, live video monitoring, remote assistance, and wireless security devices. We are proud to continue our Mission Statement of “Security you can Trust, Service you Deserve”.

Entrust APL Access & Security’s security experts to determine which solutions are the “right fit” for you.