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Is your Security Patrol Service following the Mobile Security Patrols Code of Practice?

03/01/2021
ASIAL states in the Mobile Security Patrols Code of Practice section 5.6 Proof of Service that credibility of the delivery of a mobile patrol service to a client premises is a professional responsibility.
Organisations must have a communication policy / strategy, providing a process for clients to receive proof of service as and when required.
All mobile security patrol services require 'proof of service'. There must be digital proof of service for all attendance at a client site by mobile patrol services.

Digital proof of attendance may include;
GPS locator record - including smart device records (mobile phones - portable computer tablets)
Geo-tagging - including smart device record (mobile phones - portable computer tablets)
On-site digital recording devices (site electronic buttons, access control and/or alarm deactivation or activation)
Communicated digital record of site attendance to a monitoring centre
A Guard Tour Management System (GTMS) may be used if the system meets proof of service requirements.

Digital proof of attendance is in addition to any client requirement or process for onsite manual logbook attendance entries.
Records confirming proof of service must be retained in compliance of jurisdictional legislation or where no time period is provided by legislation, retained for 3 years.

We've already established that the ASIAL standards are dated and no longer valid where they only require a vehicle GPS locator as this can provide false information as to if the building was actually inspected properly.

If you have security patrol services you should be ensuring that they are providing you with Geo-tag scanning and daily automated reports. This can easily be done using CheckPoint Secure.
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Mobile Security Patrols Code of Practice