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Kelowna has seen an explosion of growth in recent years. Newer subdivisions, business parks, wineries, and construction sites have cropped up all along the corridor from the airport to the lakeshore, bringing the usual concomitant issues of increased square footage of surveilled property with fewer eyes on any given parcel after sunset. A static guard cannot be omnipresent, and the information provided by a single alarm system is invariably retrospective. Mobile patrol security helps fill this gap.
Mobile patrol security offers the use of marked units and trained personnel that offer protection by patrolling more than one site on a regular or randomized schedule, as opposed to being stationed at a single location. This service allows businesses to have a security guard checking the parking lot, entry points, doors, and gates, and ensuring nothing appears amiss, multiple times per shift in addition to other scheduled stops within a single patrol.
For businesses located in Kelowna, this service is ideal due to the fact that many commercial and industrial facilities in the area, from orchards and wineries, storage yards, retail plazas, worksites in Lower Mission, Rutland, and the Kelowna North industrial area, require more than a static guard checking a single building around the clock, and would benefit from a mobile patrol that can check the worksite on a regular or randomized schedule that cannot be replicated by surveillance cameras alone.
Seasonal population swings. Kelowna’s population is almost doubled in the summer peak tourist season, which increases the likelihood of foot traffic, vehicle traffic, and potential petty theft, vandalism, or trespassing in retail strips, hospitality venues, and event spaces.
Spread-out industrial and agricultural land. Vineyards, orchards, and equipment yards on the periphery of the city were attractive targets due to the isolation factor. A single patrol vehicle making scheduled checks was the only regularly seen form of life for these areas overnight.
Active construction. With residential and commercial development exploding throughout the Okanagan, job sites with all manner of tools, copper wire and heavy machinery become an easy target if left unguarded between shifts.
Cost. A mobile patrol route covering multiple jobs per night offers far better value than a guard at each site on a round the clock basis, while providing an obvious deterrent and recorded on-site presence.
Mobile patrol is rarely a standalone solution and is usually combined with other measures. In particular, many of our Kelowna clients use a combination of mobile patrols, CCTV surveillance, and alarm monitoring so that unauthorized entries can be responded to in a timely manner. In addition to conventional measures, mobile patrols can also be combined with mobile surveillance towers or solar-powered camera trailers that can be deployed in various places within a construction site.
Not every patrol service is built the same. Before signing on, it’s worth confirming:
Frontline Integrated Security currently offers guard, patrol and CCTV monitoring services in the Okanagan, including in the surrounding cities of Penticton and Vernon, backed by 24/7 available dispatch. We also offer mobile patrolling services throughout Kelowna for commercial buildings, construction sites and apartment complexes who want routine presence checks without the expense of a static guard.
Ready to add mobile patrol coverage to your Kelowna property? Contact Frontline Security for a free quote, or call 24/7 dispatch at +1 866-777-2407.
The frequency of visits is determined by the level of risk and budget which can range from once a night to several randomized visits per shift. The visits are randomized to prevent possible surveillance by an intruder on the property who might be trying to determine when guards are present.
In most cases, yes. Because one vehicle and guard can check multiple sites within a patrol route the cost per site can be less than hiring someone to stand guard at one site all night.
The officer documents the issue, contacts dispatch, and follows the response protocol agreed on with your business — which can range from securing the area and filing a report to contacting police, depending on the severity of what’s found.
Yes. Patrols can be supplemented with self-powered options such as solar and generator-powered camera trailers or mobile towers, so coverage is not reliant on the site having power or an established perimeter.
Reputable providers will note each visit with a timestamp and, in many cases, photos so you have a documented record of coverage rather than a verbal assurance.
Yes. Many Kelowna properties, including wineries, orchards, and event venues, augment patrols for their busy season and reduce them for the off-season.
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