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Access Points
We walk every entrance, gate and dock and note who uses it and when.
Security Consulting
Not sure whether you need a guard post, patrols or both? A security review walks your entrances, busy hours and weak spots, and it is free with a guard quote.
Security Consulting for Your Property
A Vantage review is an on-site walkthrough of your property, free when it comes with a guard quote. Here is what it looks at.
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Service Hours
We map your opening, closing, delivery and empty hours to see when a person is needed.
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People and Vehicle Flow
We trace how visitors, staff and trucks move, and where those paths cross.
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Priority Areas
We look hardest at the spots that worry you most, from a back lot to a stockroom door.
What the Review Gives You
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A Written Comparison
Posts, patrol routes and event roles set side by side against your entrances and hours.
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A Recommended Mix
Where a post earns its hours, where a route covers more ground, and where you need neither.
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Hours and a Price
The suggested schedule comes with a guard quote, so you can see what the plan costs.
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A Reporting Plan
Who gets guard notes, in what order, and how open items pass between shifts.
Services a Review Can Recommend
A review usually recommends one of these, or a mix of two.
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On-Site Security Guards
A guard posted where people arrive all day.
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Mobile Patrol Services
Route checks for lots, gates and quiet hours.
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Event Security
Guest entry and backstage coverage for event dates.
Event SecurityQuestions a Coverage Review Answers
A consulting review starts with the property itself: where people and vehicles enter, which hours are busiest, and which areas your contact considers a priority. From there, the review compares guard posts, patrol routes, event roles and fire watch support against those needs.
The result is a clearer picture of where a fixed post makes sense, where a scheduled patrol covers more ground, and how observations will reach your contacts. When an event is on the calendar, the review can include event access roles as well.
Preparing for Your Review
A site map or simple sketch, your operating and delivery hours and a short note on what worries you are enough to get started. Our guide to what a security consultation covers has the full checklist, from camera locations and alarm procedures to key control and contact order.
Examples From Different Properties
For an office campus, a review might point to a reception post for arrivals and a patrol route linking the garages and outdoor paths. For a food processing site, it might pair gate coverage during loading hours with yard patrols after hours.
A hospitality property with an event venue on site might combine an on-site guard for daily guest traffic with event security on scheduled event days.
When Consulting Makes Sense
Consulting is a good first step when you are adding security for the first time, when the property has changed its hours or layout, or when existing coverage feels misplaced. It also helps before a large event, when guard roles for entry, credentials and restricted areas need to fit around regular coverage. The services overview lists each option the review compares.
What the Options Typically Cost
A consulting review compares coverage options, and most of those options are billed by the guard-hour. On-site guards across Vantage’s service area typically cost $37 to $55 an hour by 2026 market rates, from Watsonville at the low end to San Francisco at the high end.
Here is how a review in Menlo Park can compare two approaches. A reception post from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays is 45 hours a week, about 195 hours a month, or roughly $9,750 at $50 an hour. Three mobile patrol visits a night across the parking areas and exterior paths, every night, total about 90 visits; at $45 a visit that comes to $4,050 a month. A shorter post paired with a patrol route is another option.
When a review turns up several entrances to staff, long operating days, weekend and holiday hours, or posts that also carry route checks, the hourly rate heads toward $68. A property whose activity concentrates at one entrance during business hours stays toward the low end. Bring a site map, your busiest hours and priority areas to the quote request, and Vantage prices the option that fits.
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Security Consulting Questions
What does security consulting cover?
An on-site walkthrough of your entrances, routes, busy hours and problem spots, followed by a recommended mix of posts and patrols. Our consultation guide has the full checklist.
Which services does a security review compare?
A review compares on-site guard posts, mobile patrol, event security, fire watch and executive protection against your property’s needs.
How do I request a security consulting quote?
Send your property address, entrances, busiest hours and priority areas through the inquiry form on this page, and we follow up to talk through the review.
Does a security review look at vehicle traffic?
Yes. The review accounts for how people and vehicles move through the property, along with access points and service hours.
Is the security review free?
Yes. The on-site security review is free when it comes with a guard quote, and it ends with a recommended mix of posts and patrols for your property.
Is consulting useful for a property that already has guards?
Yes. A review checks whether existing posts and patrol routes still match the property’s entrances, hours and priority areas, and suggests changes where they no longer fit.