| MANNED GUARDING |
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MOBILE SECURITY |
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| Will you lock my building when all the staff have gone home. |
YES |
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YES |
| Will you patrol my building every hour. |
YES |
If required, but normally it is one patrol every 3 to 4 hours. |
YES |
| Will you unlock my building in the morning. |
YES |
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YES |
| Will you remain in my building. |
YES |
Only if the building has suffered an incident and a guard is required to remain with the building. |
NO |
| Will your security officers undertake multitasking. |
YES |
To an extent. Mobile security is cost effective as you are only paying for the tasks that need to be done rather than 'filling' the mobile officers time. |
NO |
| Will you allow entry to authorised staff wanting access out of hours. |
YES |
This service will require 45 minutes notice. |
YES |
| Will you be making hourly check calls from the subscribers phone system. |
YES |
Should you have a guard 12hrs a night and 24hrs at weekends then approximately 5631 check calls could be made on your phone system. |
YES |
| Will your security officer be using lights, toilets, free vending machine for drinks etc.., |
YES |
Where your building would be otherwise vacant you would have one security officer drawing on the building to undertake his role with your guarding contract.
The mobile officer will use the building lights & amenities only when he is present. |
YES |
| Should an incident be found will your security officer react. |
YES |
Security officers normally guard unalarmed buildings and will react if the incident is found. Without notification from an activated alarm system or being in the right place at the time the incident may not be found.
Mobile security responds to fully alarmed buildings and will react when notified of an alarm activation. |
YES |
| If your security officer is absent will the duty be carried out by someone who has been trained at the building. |
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Yes. All alarm response officers are trained on patrols/unlocks/locks so every time we attend you can be assured of the same procedures being carried out. |
YES |
| What would be an approximate annual cost to guard my building nights and weekends. |
£57K - £75K |
What would be the approximate annual weekday cost to lockup, patrol my buildings three times a night and unlock it in the morning. |
£17.5K -
£20K |
| How much will I save. |
£Nil |
In addition to the annual security guarding charge rate you would also be contributing to a check call phone bill and the miscellaneous charges of building amenities when the guard is on duty. |
Annual Saving Approx £39.5K - £55K |
