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Virtual Patrol

A guard walks the site.
So can a camera.

Scheduled virtual walkthroughs of your facility after hours. An operator moves through your camera positions on a set rotation, checks what a patrolling guard would check, and writes up what they found.

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Virtual Patrol

What each round includes

ScheduledRounds
WrittenIncident reports
After hoursCoverage
Multi-siteOne schedule

What a virtual patrol actually is

A physical guard patrol is a person walking a route on a schedule. A virtual patrol is an operator doing the same route through your cameras, on the same kind of schedule, from a monitoring center.

They check the things a walking guard checks: gates and doors that should be closed, equipment that should still be where it was, lights that should be on, vehicles that should not be parked there, and anything that changed since the last round.

Where it beats a physical patrol, and where it does not

A virtual patrol costs a fraction of a guard on site, covers a large property in minutes rather than an hour, and produces a written record every single round. It scales across several properties on one schedule.

It does not put a person on your property. If your site needs someone who can physically intervene, lock a gate, or meet a driver, a virtual patrol is a supplement to a guard, not a replacement for one. We will say so rather than sell you the cheaper option that does not fit.

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Common Questions

Questions we get asked

How is a virtual patrol different from live monitoring?

Live monitoring is continuous, with an operator responding to flagged activity as it happens. A virtual patrol is scheduled, with an operator moving through your cameras on a set rotation and writing a report each round. Many properties run virtual patrol on weeknights and live monitoring on weekends.

Do I get a report even when nothing happened?

Yes. Every round produces a written report. The value of the record is that it is continuous, which is what an insurer or an owner wants to see, so an uneventful round is still documented.

Is a virtual patrol cheaper than a security guard?

It costs meaningfully less than a guard posted on site, because one operator covers several properties on a rotation. Whether it is the right trade depends on whether your site needs someone physically present. We will tell you honestly which one your property needs.

Can you patrol more than one property on the same schedule?

Yes, and that is where it works best. If you manage several properties, a single virtual patrol schedule can cover all of them and report on each separately.

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