01 / On-site
Security guard services
Officers who manage access, know the building and keep a careful record.
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Preparing for a security walkthrough.
The walkthrough is free. These notes help you get the most from it.
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Printable checklist
Purpose of the walkthrough.
A recommendation is only as good as the information behind it. The walkthrough lets us see access points, sightlines, lighting and quiet areas, and understand how the property operates through the day and night.
There’s no charge and no commitment. You’ll receive a written quote to evaluate on your own timeline.
What we’ll discuss.
Hours of occupancy, deliveries, after-hours work, existing security measures and incident history. Prior incidents, including minor ones, are the most useful input.
We’ll also confirm report recipients and emergency contacts. To arrive ready, print the prep checklist from the top of this page, fill in what you can and bring it along; its final section helps you read the quote when it comes.
What we’ll review.
Entries and gates, reception, stairwells, garages, perimeters, lighting and existing cameras. On campuses, we’ll look at how buildings relate to one another and where patrol routes would run.
If any fire protection work is scheduled, let us know, and confirm with your fire protection contractor whether a fire watch is part of it.
The written quote.
It sets out recommended coverage, whether posted officers, patrol, monitoring or a combination, with hours, duties at each post or visit and the reporting you’ll receive.
Terms are month to month, so you can begin conservatively and adjust.
Services
Services this guide covers
02 / Patrol
Mobile patrol
Unscheduled visits by marked patrol cars, each one logged.
View detailsWho should join the walkthrough
The most useful walkthroughs include the person who knows the building’s daily routine and the person who approves the budget. In an office, that might be the facilities lead and an operations director; at an HOA, the community manager and a board member; on a construction site, the superintendent. Each notices different problems, and hearing them together produces a better plan.
Plan to walk the property, not just talk about it. Seeing a side door propped for smoking breaks or a garage gate that never fully closes tells us more than any floor plan.
Seeing the property after dark
A property looks different at night. Lighting that seems adequate at noon can leave long stretches of a parking lot in shadow, and a loading area that is busy by day becomes a quiet place to wait unseen. If after-hours activity is the main concern, tell us, because viewing the site after dark gives a truer picture of what patrol or cameras need to cover.
Bring any footage you have of recent incidents. Even short clips show approach routes and timing that a written note leaves out.
Questions to ask when the quote arrives
A good quote is specific enough that you can picture each shift. Check that every post lists its hours and duties, that each patrol visit names the points the officer will check and that the reporting section says who receives shift reports and incident photos. If an area you raised during the visit isn’t addressed, ask why.
Weigh the recommendation against your budget, then decide whether to start with the full plan or a smaller version. Month-to-month terms make it reasonable to begin with patrol and monitoring, as our patrol and posted officer comparison explains, and add a post later if the reports call for one.
A few useful answers
Common questions
Can several buildings be reviewed in one walkthrough?
Yes. For a portfolio or campus, we walk each building, look at how patrol would move between them and cover all of it in one quote.
What if we have no incident history to share?
That is useful information too. Tell us what neighbors have mentioned and what worries your staff, and we’ll look closely at entries, lighting and parking.
Should our alarm or camera vendor attend?
It helps when alarm response or monitoring is on the table. The vendor can confirm which cameras record, how activations are routed and who holds the access codes.
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