Security Industry
Insights & Guides
341 practical guides on patrols, scheduling, incident reporting, compliance, and growing your security business.
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Growing Revenue From the Clients You Already Have
Upselling security clients works when you read the site for real needs instead of pushing hours: patrol add-ons, event coverage, technology services.
Background Checks for Security Guards: An Employer's Guide
A security guard background check has two masters: the state licensing process and your own screening. What is typically checked, adverse action, and records.
Battery Drain in Guard Tracking Apps: Causes and Fixes
Guard app battery drain explained: why continuous tracking kills a phone over a 12-hour shift, what better apps do differently, and the settings that matter.
Daily Activity Report Templates: What Every DAR Needs
Daily activity report template design: the fields that earn their place, and why a form that is too long produces worse reports than one that is too short.
What Exit Interviews Reveal About Guard Turnover
The security guard exit interview, done right: questions that surface real reasons, who should ask, and what a quarter of them reveals together.
Night Perimeter Patrols: What Changes After Dark
A night perimeter patrol is a different job than the same route at noon: visibility, fatigue, the false calm of a quiet site, and check-in cadence.
Service Level Agreements for Security Contracts
A security service level agreement is only worth what you can measure. Which metrics belong in the contract, which are empty promises, and how to report them.
Severe Weather Protocols for Security Operations
A severe weather protocol has to cover more than sheltering. Watches versus warnings, relief logistics when roads close, and accounting for every officer.
How to Write a Daily Activity Report (With Examples)
How to write a daily activity report that reads like a professional wrote it: what belongs in a DAR, what does not, and weak versus strong entry examples.
Integrating Guard Management Software With Access Control
Security software integration between guard management and access control: what connecting two systems buys you, what it does not, and the right sequence.
Medical Emergency Response at a Security Post: First Steps
Medical emergency response security guidance for the first five minutes: scope of role, calling 911, directing responders on a campus, and documenting it.
Parking Garage Patrol: A Practical Checklist
A parking garage patrol checklist that holds up: level sweeps, stairwells, elevator lobbies, lighting failures, and the incidents that become claims.
Running a Quarterly Business Review With a Security Client
A quarterly business review for a security client works when you bring data, not opinions. Here is the agenda, the numbers to pull, and the traps to avoid.
Recognition Programs That Keep Good Officers
Security guard recognition that works: what officers actually value, why cash bonuses underperform, and how to run a program without a popularity contest.
Subcontracting Security Work: Risks and Controls
Subcontracting security work solves a coverage problem and creates a liability one. Licensing, insurance, service standards and the clauses that matter.
Client Onboarding: First 30 Days of a Security Contract
Security client onboarding decides whether year two happens: site survey, post orders, officer selection and the check-in cadence that earns the renewal.
Cloud vs. On-Premise Software for Security Companies
Cloud vs on-premise security software: uptime, data ownership, cost shape and the questions that separate a good vendor answer from a rehearsed one.
Man-Down Alarms: How They Work and Where They Fail
A man down alarm detects motion, not injury. How tilt and no-motion sensing works, why false alarms pile up, and why the response protocol matters more.
No-Show Protocol: The First 30 Minutes
A guard no show protocol for the first 30 minutes: detection, contact attempts, coverage, client notification and documentation, with timings written down.
The Levers That Move Margin in a Guard Company
The four levers that move security company margin: overtime, unbilled hours, turnover cost and supervision efficiency — and how to see each one clearly.
Warehouse and Distribution Center Patrol Best Practices
Warehouse patrol done right: dock doors, trailer yards, shrink hot spots and the shift-change window, with route design for a working facility.
Workers' Compensation for Security Companies
Workers compensation security company cost turns on classification, claims and records. What drives guard-industry injuries and how to shorten a claim.
Building a Guard Tour Audit Trail That Survives Scrutiny
A guard tour audit trail only helps if it holds up: identified officers, system-recorded times, GPS, and why the phone clock is your weakest link.
Hiring Paperwork for Security Guards: Getting It Right
Security guard hiring paperwork is what an auditor reads first. Build the officer file once, keep it current, and stop chasing documents after the fact.
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