Why phone calls do not tell you where guards are
Presence confirmed by phone call
A supervisor calling 40 posts every two hours gets the same answer whether the guard is at the gate or at the tea stall 800 metres away.
Guards leaving the post unnoticed
A night guard who goes home at 02:00 and returns at 06:00 leaves no trace in a paper register or a WhatsApp group.
No way to call for help
A lone guard facing an intruder or a medical emergency has only a phone call, if the supervisor answers.
Blanket tracking that guards resent
Apps that track 24 hours a day drain the battery, invite guards to switch them off and create a personal-data problem under the DPDP Act.
How duty-only guard tracking works
Tracking only between check-in and check-out
Location capture starts when the guard marks in at the post and stops at check-out; off-duty hours are never recorded, which keeps the app honest and the battery alive.
Geofence per site with breach alerts
Draw a geofence around each site with a radius that suits its layout; a guard who leaves the geofence during duty triggers an alert to the supervisor and control room.
SOS from the guard app
One tap sends an SOS with the guard's name, site and live location to the supervisor, control room and any configured escalation contact.
Supervisor site visits verified
Field supervisors check in at each site they visit with GPS and selfie, so the agency can show the client that supervision actually happened.
Guard tracking features
Live Monitor Map
Control room view of every on-duty guard by site: present, late, absent, outside geofence and time since last location update.
GPS + Selfie Duty Attendance
Check-in at the post requires being inside the geofence and passing a liveness-checked selfie; mock-location apps on Android are flagged.
Geofence Breach Alerts
Configurable radius per site and grace time before an alert, so a guard walking to the far gate is not treated as absconding.
SOS Alerts with Escalation
SOS reaches the supervisor and control room with location; acknowledgement and closure are logged for the incident record.
Offline Location Buffer
Location points captured without network are stored with original timestamps and synced later, so a basement post is not shown as missing.
Retention & Access Controls
Location history retained for a period you set, visible only to roles you define, with audit logs of who viewed what.
From Check-In to Payroll-Ready Reports
Guard / Staff Check-In
Field employee marks verified attendance at assigned location.
Supervisor Alert
Late marks, absences, and exceptions flagged on dashboard.
Site Visit Verification
Supervisor confirms coverage during field rounds.
Approval & Correction
Manager approves attendance corrections and replacements.
Client / Payroll Report
Verified attendance exported for billing and salary.
What the control room and the guard gain
Post coverage known without calling
The control room sees who is on which post right now, so calls go only to sites with an exception.
Absconding caught during the shift
A geofence breach alert at 02:10 lets the supervisor act that night instead of hearing about it from the client next week.
Guards protected, not just watched
The SOS button and the fact that someone is watching the map are safety features guards value at isolated posts.
A tracking policy you can defend
Duty-only capture, written notice, purpose limitation and retention rules line up with what the DPDP Act 2023 expects for employee location data.
Supervision the client can see
Supervisor site-visit check-ins produce a monthly record of visits per site that supports the supervision charge on the invoice.
Battery and data that last a 12-hour shift
Interval-based capture during duty only keeps consumption low enough that guards do not switch the app off.
Tracking scenarios
Night posts at isolated sites
Cell towers, farmhouses and under-construction plots where a single guard holds a 12-hour night post.
e.g. a guard on the 20:00 to 08:00 post at a tower site triggers an SOS at 01:40; the control room sees his location, calls him, and dispatches the mobile patrol with the incident logged end to end.
Multi-site agency control room
An agency with 60 sites across a city running a 24-hour control room that replaces hourly roll-call calls.
e.g. at 22:15 the live monitor shows two sites with late check-ins and one geofence breach; the duty officer handles those three instead of calling all 60 posts.
Client-visible supervision
A corporate client that pays a supervision charge and wants evidence that the field officer visits each site.
e.g. the field officer's GPS and selfie check-ins at seven sites on Tuesday night appear on the monthly supervision report shared with the client's facility manager.
Frequently Asked Questions
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