01 / On-site
Security guard services
An officer posted at your property, watching the entrance, the lot and everything in between.
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Guide
How to get the most out of a security walkthrough.
Thirty minutes of preparation makes the visit much more useful.
What the walkthrough is for.
Before we recommend anything, we want to see the property the way someone looking for an easy target would. That means walking the fence line, checking the doors people actually use, looking at the lighting and parking, and asking about the hours that worry you.
The walkthrough is free, and it comes with no obligation. Afterward you get a written quote you can compare with anyone else’s.
What we’ll ask you.
Expect questions about how the property is used: when it opens and closes, when deliveries come, whether anyone works overnight and what has happened before. If you’ve had break-ins, theft, trespassing or vandalism, tell us. It shapes the plan more than anything else.
We’ll also ask who should get reports and who we call if something happens at 3 a.m.
What we’ll look at.
Entrances and gates, blind corners, lighting, fences, loading areas, parking and any cameras you already have. On larger sites, like packing houses and distribution yards, we’ll drive the perimeter and note where trucks and trailers sit overnight.
For buildings with fire alarms or sprinklers, we’ll ask whether any systems are scheduled to be down. That’s when fire watch may come up.
What you get afterward.
A written quote with recommended coverage, whether that’s a posted guard, patrol visits, camera monitoring or a mix. It lists the hours, what each officer or visit covers and how reporting works.
Contracts run month to month, so you can start small and adjust once you see how it works.
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Services this guide covers
02 / Patrol
Mobile patrol
Marked patrol cars visiting your property at random times through the night.
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Bring the person who actually opens and closes the property. Owners and regional managers know the budget, but the shift lead or maintenance lead knows which gate never latches, which light has been out for weeks and where people cut through the fence. A few minutes with them saves a lot of guessing later.
For an HOA, invite a board member who hears resident complaints. On a jobsite, the superintendent belongs on the walk, since staging areas and gate locations move every few weeks; our construction site security page explains how coverage follows those changes.
Seeing the property at the hours that matter
A property looks different at noon than it does late at night. If most of your trouble happens after dark, ask to schedule the walkthrough late in the afternoon, so we can watch the lot as the light fades and see which fixtures actually come on.
If that timing does not work, take some phone photos of the lot and entrances after dark and bring them along. They show the shadows and dead corners a daytime visit misses, and they help place cameras, patrol stops and post locations where the darkness really is.
Reading the quote against your notes
When the written quote arrives, compare it with your notes from the walkthrough. Each concern you raised should show up somewhere: in the post orders, in a patrol stop or in a camera view to be watched. If something you mentioned is missing, call and ask about it before you sign.
Comparing quotes from more than one company? Line them up by the hours covered, what each visit or round includes and how reporting works, not only by the total. A lower number that leaves out the back lot is not a better deal for a property whose trouble starts behind the building.
A few useful answers
Common questions
We manage a few Salinas properties. Can one walkthrough cover all of them?
Yes. Send the addresses ahead of time and the visit is planned so each property gets its own notes in the quote.
Should we mention incidents we already reported to the police?
Yes. Past incidents show where people get in and when, and that decides where the officer’s attention goes.
What if our cameras barely work?
Show them to us anyway. We note which views are useful for live monitoring and which need fixing first.
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