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+ | ====== Guard Tour Systems ====== | ||
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+ | Many companies aim to provide protection of company facilities on twenty-four hour, seven day per week basis. | ||
+ | They epmloy security officers, whose duty is to provide periodic patrols of the facility in order to detect suspicious and abnormal actions. | ||
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+ | Patrols should be executed according to established procedures. The patrol route should include all important points of the facility. | ||
+ | Depending on the size of the site, there can be several different routes and each of them can include different areas. | ||
+ | Patrols are made at least several times per shift. | ||
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+ | Often guards work alone with no supervision. The lack of control can cause that guards remain at their posts and don' | ||
+ | On some occasions they can skip some points of the tour, especially if the access to this part is more difficult. | ||
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+ | Guard Tour systems help to solve these problems. | ||
+ | In general, guard tour systems allows to control security officers work and forces the performing patrols according to the planned schedule and route. | ||
+ | If guards know that their activities are recorded they are motivated to follow the schedule and make patrols properly. | ||
+ | The system provides a record of all patrol activities, therefore all the activities deviating from the procedures can be quickly identified. | ||
+ | The written record can also be used for incident investigation and as proof of patrol activities for insurance companies or regulatory agencies. | ||
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+ | ===== Electronic Guard Tour Systems ===== | ||
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+ | **ActiveView Software** with cooperating devices is an example of electronic guard tour system. | ||
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+ | Electronic guard tour systems are based on use electronic data gathering devices (Active Guard and Active Track) which are which are carried by the security officers during patrols. | ||
+ | An electronic data gathering device is usually a small hand-held device in the shape of a wand or small PDA with a few buttons. | ||
+ | The patrol route consists of the checkpoints. Those points contains tags that can be read by the device. | ||
+ | During a patrol, the guard visits each checkpoint and scans tag using the device. The information about meeting checkpoint and time is automatically sent to the system. | ||
+ | Therefore the employer knows that the guard was in the right place at the right time. | ||
+ | The guard can also send notification about any abnormal conditions found during the patrol. | ||
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+ | ===== Advantages of Electronic Guard Tour Systems ===== | ||
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+ | * Large number of checkpoints possible | ||
+ | * Small size of checkpoint tags, possibility to place them almost anywhere | ||
+ | * Small devices, easy to carry | ||
+ | * Ability to control performing the patrol by the guard, information about visiting checkpoints at the right time | ||
+ | * Easy identification of missed stops and abnormal patrol activity | ||
+ | * Ability to send alarm message with information about incident or abnormal conditions found during patrol | ||
+ | * Automatically created reports, powerful management of reports | ||
+ | * Ability to store data many months or years in databases | ||