Patrol checkpoints are physical QR codes you post around a site (lobby corner, side door, parking lot, server room). Your security staff scans them with the ShyftForce app as they patrol — giving you a verifiable, time-stamped record of where they actually went and when.
Setting up checkpoints
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- Click New checkpoint. Give it a name ("Lobby NE corner"), pick the location and post number.
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- Click Print QR. We render a printable sheet with the QR code, a unique short code (for backup if the QR is damaged), and a label area you can write on.
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- Laminate it (or stick it in a clear pouch — patrol sites are humid). Mount it.
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- Repeat for every checkpoint on the route. Most patrol routes have 6–15 points.
How patrol staff scan
In the ShyftForce app, your guards see a Scan button on their attendance screen during a shift. They tap it, their phone camera opens, they aim at the QR code, scan. The app records: who scanned, which checkpoint, GPS coordinates, timestamp.
If a checkpoint is damaged or the QR won't scan, they can type the short code instead. Same result.
What you see as a supervisor
The Patrol Checkpoints dashboard shows a live feed of every scan in the last 24 hours, plus per-shift compliance: did the guard hit every checkpoint on their route?
Required vs optional patrol routes
You can mark certain checkpoints as "must hit during every patrol shift" — if a guard ends a shift without scanning a required checkpoint, the shift gets a compliance warning on the supervisor's dashboard. Useful for insurance / client reporting purposes.
Sharing with clients
If you bill clients per-account, you can give them a read-only view of the patrol records for THEIR site only — proves you did what they're paying for. Generate a share link from Client Accounts.