The Guardian is a public artwork by artist Ante Buljan, located at the front of the Redwood City Police Station, in Redwood City, California, United States.

The artwork is a 12-foot (3.7 m) bronze and granite sculpture,[1] commissioned by Redwood City for the entrance to its police department complex.

It is located at the entrance to the police station, at 1301 Maple Street, Redwood City, CA 94063-2766 The artist, Ante Buljan,[1] was born in Croatia and moved to California at the age of nine.

He is a graduate of UCLA (psychology), and also studied at John F. Kennedy University in Orinda, California.

For several years, he maintained a working studio in the 1870 Art Center in Belmont, California.