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Residential patrols give a board or property manager eyes on the property, across Halifax and Nova Scotia. A vehicle checks common areas, parking and entrances on a schedule, then reports back to whoever’s running the building.
Each pass covers the areas your board or property manager actually cares about:
Residential patrols suit condo corporations, apartment complexes and gated subdivisions that want regular checks without a full-time officer.
For a single building that needs someone at the door instead, see concierge & front-desk security.
Tell us the property, the problem areas and how often you want passes. Quotes are free and itemized.
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Patrols are scheduled around when issues actually happen, evenings, weekends, the hours a board can’t watch itself. Reports go straight to your property manager or board, not buried in a general log.
Frequency is set with your board or property manager, based on the site and the issues you’re seeing.
Officers report violations to the board or manager, who handles enforcement; officers don’t issue tickets or tow vehicles themselves.
Yes. We coordinate directly with your property manager and share reports in whatever format works for your board.
Same underlying service, scoped to residential common areas and the kind of issues a community actually deals with. See mobile patrol services for the commercial-property version.
Residential patrols are one of sixteen. These are the services boards most often pair with them, or choose instead.
Someone at the door rather than passing through, for a single building.
The commercial-property version of the same service, across a portfolio.
Keyholding and callout for common-area alarms between passes.
A posted officer when passes aren’t enough for the property.
Tell us what you need covered and we will price it. One officer or a full program, guarding, patrols or an investigation. Quotes are free, itemized, and carry no obligation to proceed.