{"id":894,"date":"2016-01-31T16:23:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T21:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capecodsecurity.com\/?p=894"},"modified":"2018-12-04T13:16:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T18:16:34","slug":"verification-of-security-patrol-property-check-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capecodsecurity.com\/verification-of-security-patrol-property-check-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Verification of Security Patrol and Property Check Services"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hiring a security patrol service<\/a>, or a home watch company<\/a> to keep an eye on your property is one thing. Ensuring that your security contractor does their job and actually performs the services for you is another.<\/p>\n The old standard for the security industry was handwritten DARs, or Daily Activity Reports. These were sheets of paper where the security guard would write the time of the patrol and a brief summary of the status of the property or post being patrolled. This was also the standard for home watch\/property management companies. They would leave a paper report form at each house and log each inspection the old way with pen and paper.<\/p>\n Modern technology and real time reporting<\/a> offers many options for security patrol companies to verify to their clients that they have provided the services they are contracted to do. These include guard tracking technologies commonly used in large buildings where patrolling guards will swipe a wand or scan a QR code at every post that logs the time the post was visited. The application may also allow the guard to enter a post status similar to the handwritten DAR or a photo. All this information is stored in an online database where the client has to login and access the reports.<\/p>\n There are several options that modern security patrol and home watch companies can use to verify that security services were carried out according to the client’s wishes. All Cape Security Patrol uses detailed real time patrol reports<\/a>, GPS mapping, GPS timestamped photos as well as dashcam video to verify exactly when and where our security patrol services are performed.<\/p>\n