security patrols
Guards making rounds
Security patrols are regular inspections of an area by guards, police, or other personnel to deter crime and maintain safety.
The term covers both the activity and the people performing it: Security patrols check the building every hour.
Patrols may be on foot, in vehicles, or monitored remotely.
- flashlightsPortable battery-powered lamps
- night watchmenOvernight security personnel
- graveyard shiftLate-night work period
- making the roundsVisiting in sequence
- foot patrolsOn-foot surveillance circuits
neighborhood watch · perimeter checks · gated community · public safety · crime prevention · rounds · sentry · protective gear · two-way radios · military personnel · body cameras · walkie talkie · beat · threat detection · asset protection · drone surveillance · motion sensors · lookout
- park managementgroundskeeping, trail maintenance, visitor services, landscaping, signage
- securityalarm system, lock, safe, alarm, camera
- crime preventioncrime prevention, crime reduction, crime stoppers, crime hotspots, prevention programs
- military policeMP, MPs, military police, provost, guard duty
- Peacekeepingpeacekeepers, peacekeeping missions, blue helmets, UN peacekeeping, UN missions
- security forcesmilitary, army, navy, Air Force, National Guard
security patrolscriminal activity
burglary · prowlers · intruders · trespassers · break-ins
security patrolssurveillance cameras
Video monitoring equipment
security checkpoints · watchtowers · CCTV monitoring · alarm systems · guard posts