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av_manual:guard_tour_systems [2016/11/17 14:33]
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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'’t go on patrol. 
 +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 =====
 +
 +**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.
 +
 +===== 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