Static post: Definition and What It Means for Your Property

One place, all shift

The value of a static post is that the point it covers is never unattended. A gated community with a staffed gatehouse has someone checking every vehicle at every hour; a warehouse with an officer at the dock has someone watching every trailer that backs in. The post is defined by its location and its hours, and the post orders say what the officer does there: who is admitted, what is inspected, what is logged, and where the officer may walk without leaving the post uncovered.

When a static post is the right choice

A static post fits when one point matters more than the rest of the property, when volume at that point is steady enough to keep an officer occupied, and when the client wants a person visible there at all times. Typical examples on Price Protection posts are the entrance to a gated community, the front desk of a residential tower after hours, the gate of a truck yard, the entrance to a construction site during deliveries, and a hospital emergency department entrance. When the risk is spread across a large site with no single choke point, a vehicle patrol or a combination of the two usually serves better.

What the post produces

Beyond the presence itself, a static post produces a record. Every admission, refusal, delivery, contractor and unusual event is entered in the daily activity report with a time. Cameras at the post are watched by the officer where the client has them, so a camera feed nobody would otherwise look at becomes a live monitor. The static post vs patrol article compares the two forms of coverage in detail.