01 / On-site
Security guard services
A uniformed officer on your property who learns its doors, its regulars and its quiet hours.
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Guide
What happens at a security walkthrough, and how to prepare.
The walkthrough is free, and a little preparation makes it far more useful.
Why we walk the property first.
A security plan written from a phone call is a guess. Before we recommend anything, we want to see the property the way someone looking for an easy target would see it: the door that sticks, the side gate hidden by a hedge, the corner of the lot where the light never reaches.
The walkthrough costs nothing and carries no obligation. Afterward you receive a written proposal you can set beside anyone else’s.
The questions we’ll ask.
Expect questions about how the property actually runs: when it opens and closes, when deliveries arrive, whether anyone stays overnight and how the summer season changes things. If you’ve had break-ins, theft, trespassing or vandalism, tell us everything, including the small stuff. A broken lock from last month says more about where to focus than any floor plan.
We’ll also ask who should receive reports and who we call if something happens at three in the morning. Those names go straight into the post orders.
What we look at on the ground.
Entrances and gates, blind corners, lighting, fences, alleys, loading areas, parking and any cameras you already have. At a hotel we’ll walk the guest floors, the pool and the back-of-house doors. At a downtown storefront we’ll look at the alley behind the shop as closely as the front window.
For buildings with fire alarms or sprinklers, we’ll ask whether any work is planned that would take a system offline. That is when fire watch tends to come up.
Choosing the right time for the visit.
A property looks very different at noon than it does at ten at night. If most of your trouble happens after dark, ask for a late afternoon visit so we can watch the lot as the light fades and see which fixtures actually come on. If that timing doesn’t work, a few phone photos of the entrances after dark tell us a lot.
Bring along the person who opens and closes the property. Owners know the budget, but the shift lead or night clerk knows which gate never latches and where people cut through.
What arrives afterward.
A written proposal with the coverage we recommend, whether that’s a posted officer, patrol visits, camera monitoring or a mix. It lists the hours, what each round or visit checks and how reporting works, so you know exactly what you’re agreeing to.
There are no minimums and agreements run month to month, so you can start small and adjust once you’ve seen a few weeks of reports.
Services
Services this guide covers
02 / Video
Remote video monitoring
Your current cameras watched live while the property is closed or quiet.
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Once you approve, we write the post orders or the patrol checklist with you, confirm the start date and gather the details officers need: codes, keys, contact names and anything unusual about the property. You review the orders before the first shift.
The first week is a good time to read every report closely. If the officer is checking the wrong door or missing a corner of the lot, tell us and the orders are updated. Most plans settle in within a few weeks.
Several properties, one visit
Managing more than one property in town? Send the addresses before the visit and we will plan a route that covers all of them. Each property gets its own notes and its own section in the proposal.
Properties close together, like a hotel and the shops next door or a few apartment buildings in Seabright, often share a patrol route, with an officer posted only where a person on site is needed. The security guard services page explains how a post is set up.
A few useful answers
Common questions.
Should we tell you about incidents that were already reported to the police?
Yes, all of them. They show how and when people have gotten in, which shapes where the officer spends their time.
Who from our side should come along?
Whoever opens and closes the property, plus the person who signs off on the budget. One knows the routine and the other knows the priorities.
Our cameras are old. Should we still show them?
Yes. A few views are often good enough for live watching right away, and we will note which ones need work.