Alarm: geolocation-based guard control

Challenge

Build a system to monitor guards' work. An inexpensive Android smartphone carried by the guard tracks location, shift check-in and check-out, and confirms the guard is at the post and awake. An operator in the office sees everything in the web control panel and dispatches a rapid response team when needed.

Goals

• See in real time where guards are and what is happening on sites
• Automatically detect understaffing and schedule violations
• Respond quickly to SOS alarms
• Plan posts, shifts and duties in line with labour rules
• Get reports on duties and incidents

Solution

We built a mobile app for guards and a web control panel for supervisors and operators:

• Interactive map: guards on duty in real time, sites with a perimeter geofence to check that a guard stays on the premises
• Site levels — floors with an altitude range and an overlaid evacuation plan; posts — stationary and mobile, with a minimum guard qualification
• Automatic site statuses by priority: active SOS, understaffing (below 80% of plan), closed and false alarms over the last 24 hours
• Post schedules, shift templates with breaks and briefings, and a duty plan — you can see that every post is covered at any moment
• SOS handling: New, In progress, Rapid response called, False; a repeated signal updates the coordinates instead of creating a duplicate
• Duty reports (plan vs actual, lateness, SOS count) and SOS reports (reaction and handling time, coordinates) with CSV export
• Tasks for guards: individually, to everyone on a site or post, with observers, deadlines and recurrence
• Self-service company sign-up with legal entity details and a public offer agreement, phone login and SMS password recovery