Setting up QR checkpoints for patrol tours

A checkpoint is a printed QR code fixed at a location on a site. When an officer scans it, the system records that this officer was physically at that spot at that minute. That record is the proof a client is paying for.

Creating them

1. Go to Admin, then Checkpoints.
2. Choose the site and give the checkpoint a name a person would recognize, like Rear loading dock or Pool gate.
3. Print the code and fix it at that location.

Where to put them

• Somewhere the officer has to physically stand. That is the entire point.
• The places you would worry about if nobody checked them: back entrances, stairwells, plant rooms, the far end of a car park.
• Somewhere weatherproof, or laminated. A code that stops scanning in the rain becomes a support call at 2am.

Do not cluster checkpoints near the guard hut. A tour that can be completed without walking the site produces records that prove nothing, and a client who works that out will not renew.

What happens after a scan

The scan saves on the officer's phone immediately, whether or not there is signal, and syncs when service returns. The original time is kept, so a scan at 2:14am in a basement is recorded as 2:14am even if it uploads at 3:00am.

Scans appear on the dispatch board as they arrive, and roll into the daily activity report at the end of the shift.