Emergency Security Guards on Short Notice

Emergency security guards are licensed officers dispatched to a property the same day, usually within hours, because something has happened or is about to happen and the property cannot wait for a proposal and a walk-through. Price Protection runs a 24-hour dispatch line at (281) 326-9189 for exactly this. An unarmed officer can typically be on most sites within hours; armed officers are sent for emergencies where a person is the threat, and both can stay on as ongoing coverage once the first shift is in place.

What happens when you call

Dispatch takes the call at any hour and asks for the address, what has happened, who is on site and whether police have been called. That is enough to assign an officer. The officer is chosen by distance to the property and by licence level, then briefed by phone on the way: the situation, the contact’s name, where to report, what to watch. A supervisor calls you to confirm the arrival and to take the details that become the written post orders. Those orders are usually complete by the end of the first shift, and the officer works from the verbal brief until they are.

The first shift on an emergency post

The officer checks in with your contact, walks the property with them if they are available, and takes note of the damage or the failure that started the call: the broken window, the fence gap, the gate stuck open, the door that will not latch. That becomes the priority in the log. The officer then holds the post as instructed, at the opening, in the lobby, on a walking route, or in a marked vehicle where the property is large. Contacts with people follow the same rules as any post: observe, report, warn where the client has authorized it, and call the police when a crime is in progress. A supervisor visits during the first shift and reviews the officer’s report at the end of it.

From emergency to steady coverage

Most emergency posts run for days rather than hours, because the reason for them takes days to fix. During that time the post orders get refined, the officer learns the property and the daily report starts arriving. Some clients end the post when the repair is done. Others keep it, because the report showed them things they did not know were happening after dark. Either way, you tell dispatch. Nothing rolls over without your say.

Who calls for emergency security

Apartment managers after a break-in or a fire in a building. Contractors after an overnight theft. Owners of vacant buildings after a storm, when the boards go up and the neighborhood notices. Employers before a termination or after a threat. Hotels and restaurants after an incident that drew police. Churches after a threat or vandalism. Property managers whose regular security vendor did not show up. Fire watch emergencies, a sprinkler or alarm outage found at the start of a shift, have their own emergency page, since those posts follow the fire code rather than a security post order.

The call

Dial (281) 326-9189, give dispatch the address and the situation, and stay reachable at the number you give. If you can, have someone on site to open a door and show the officer the ground. The rest of the process is ours.