Security guard tracking software
Know who is on site, when they arrived, and where to step in
GuardOnIQ gives UK security firms defensible attendance evidence — geofenced check-in and check-out, live presence visibility and instant exceptions for late or missed shifts.
If you cannot prove attendance, you cannot defend the contract
Clients increasingly demand evidence — not assurance — that the operatives they pay for were actually on site. Paper sign-in sheets, photos of clocks and end-of-week timesheets do not stand up to scrutiny. When an incident or invoice query lands, you need a clean, timestamped record that ties a person to a place to a shift.
- No clean proof of arrival and departure times
- Disputes you cannot win because the evidence is anecdotal
- Late starts noticed only when the client complains
- No live picture of who is currently on duty
- Hours wasted reconstructing attendance for invoices
- No defensible record when a shift goes wrong
How GuardOnIQ helps
Geofenced attendance evidence, captured in seconds
Operatives check in and out from a mobile web portal at the start and end of each shift. GuardOnIQ captures coordinates, timestamp and distance from the assigned site at each event — never continuously. The result is a clean attendance record you can show to clients, auditors and tribunals, without putting a tracking device on anyone's belt.
What you get
Mobile-first check-in
No app to install. Operatives sign in to a web portal on their own phone and tap to clock on.
GPS and geofence evidence
Coordinates, timestamp and distance from the assigned site captured at check-in and check-out.
Per-shift attendance record
Every check event is tied to a specific shift, operative and site — no orphan punches.
Live on-duty view
Supervisors see who is currently on site across the whole estate in real time.
Late and missed flags
Late at 15 minutes, missed at 30 — surfaced automatically so operations can act.
Exception-first dashboards
Focus on the shifts that need attention rather than scrolling through every covered post.
SIA cross-checks at clock-in
Block check-in if an operative's licence has lapsed since they were assigned the shift.
Audit-ready exports
Export attendance evidence per client or per shift for reviews, invoicing and dispute resolution.
UK security use case
Verifying attendance for a 12-hour retail park contract
An operative arrives at a 19:00 retail park shift, opens the GuardOnIQ portal on their phone and taps check-in. The system captures their position relative to the site geofence and records the timestamp. Through the night, the supervisor's live operations view shows the post as covered. At 07:00 the operative checks out — same evidence pattern. When the client queries an invoice line a fortnight later, the operations manager exports the attendance log in under a minute.
Business benefits
- Defensible evidence for client invoicing and contract disputes
- Faster intervention when a shift starts to go wrong
- Lower payroll leakage from inflated or estimated hours
- Better operative accountability without intrusive tracking
- Stronger client trust through transparent attendance reports
- Compliance-friendly approach to location data in the UK
Frequently asked questions
See live guard tracking on your sites
Book a demo and we'll show check-in, geofencing and the live operations view on a real shift pattern.
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