What is a Roving Patrol or Gate Officer?

Gate officers can be posted at industrial plant and grounds, warehouse, or other property to control traffic to and from buildings and grounds: Opens gate to allow entrance or exit of employees, truckers, and authorized visitors. Below are additional ways a gate officer can be used:

·       Home Associations will hire officers to be stationed at their entry gate to check visitors in and out of the area.  This provides additional security for the residence and ensures only wanted visitors have access within the gated community.

·       Factories hire officers to be stationed at their gates to check credentials of employees as they enter the facility, as well as check truck drivers in and out as they come to load or unload product.

·       Often you will find gate officers at events- these officers will control the access of participates or vendors.  Allowing only the correct people into their area according to their assignments.

·       Event parking is often controlled by a gate officers as special parking permits must be presented in order to park in certain areas.

·       These are just a few of the areas that could benefit from a gate officer

Patrol Officer

A roving officer will patrol a designated area for the length of time they are on shift. Their job involves a mix of deterring crime by being visible and spotting incidents as, or even before, they happen. Our Roving officer aka patrol officer can field many different jobs.  See below for some examples.

·       Home Associations will hire patrol officers to patrol around their community either on foot or patrol vehicle.  Having an officer in the vicinity often deters criminal activity.  Officers can provide quicker response times to alarm activation than waiting on police to be dispatched and their arrival.

·       We are seeing more and more construction sites that are getting vandalized or having equipment coming up missing.  With a patrol officer you will have someone either on site during the night or making regular stops to help check on the sites and deter those that want to take advantage of unmanned areas.

·       Another poplar occurrence we are tasked with deterring are car lots where thieves are drilling holes in the bottom of the gas tanks and stealing the gas out of the cars.  For as low as $10 a patrol through a car lot, you can have an officer making rounds watching out and working to prevent this expensive theft. It can cost less money to have a patrol than to replace all those gas tanks and what little gas that was in there.

·       Big events hire us to walk their grounds during the event.  We can be the extra eyes and ears, as well as preventive medicine for those that just want to get crazy and act up. We can check IDs, wand for weapons, or merely be a presence to make your guest fill safe and secure.

·       We are also available to protect your entertainment that is performing at your venue.  From keeping unauthorized people off the stage- to providing security for the entertainer itself – we can also provide security for their equipment, buses, trucks and band members.

·       Our officers can respond to incidents at events ie: fights, arguments, intoxication, vandalism and more.  With communication apparatus your staff can communicate with our officers for quicker response to situations.

·       Churches often turn to guard services for their congregation safety.  Our officers can patrol the parking lot during services: this helps 1) protect the congregation from unwanted intruders sneaking in 2) vehicle break-ins are very common during services -with our patrol officer you do not have to worry about what’s going on outside any longer 3) a patrol officer can be present and escort the money that is collected during services.

·       Apartment buildings hire our officers to make rounds throughout their grounds.  This helps to keep unwanted visitors off the property, helps to keep vehicles safer as well as their tenants. Our officers can respond to alarm activation, tenants can call when they feel unsafe or if they feel like someone might be attempting to break in. 

As you can see there are so many aspects included with both of these type officers’ jobs.  We would like to meet with you and discuss your needs.  Together we can find the best solution for you and your property or event.  Give us a call today to schedule a consultation.  Trust us, having Task Force Security Group, LLC protecting not only you, your employees, your property, but your customers as well is worth the money spent.  All it takes is one wrong thing to put your event or business in jeopardy.