At 03:17am, in an empty office building, a security patrol either happened or it didn’t.
By 09:00am, when the building manager arrives, there is usually a report confirming that it did.
The uncomfortable truth is this: those two facts are not always the same.
For decades, mobile patrolling has been one of the most fundamental functions in physical security. It provides reassurance. It creates visibility. It deters incidents before they happen.
But historically, proving that a patrol actually occurred; at the right place, at the right time, has relied less on verification and more on assumption.
And assumption, in security, is a fragile foundation.