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Alarm Response

First on-scene, credentialed, empowered to act.

§ Overview

What this covers

False alarms cost Canadian businesses over $30M/year in municipal fines and wasted police responses. We solve this with camera-verified dispatch — every activation is visually confirmed before rolling a vehicle, and every response ends with a signed occurrence report.

If the alarm is real, our officers are trained to secure the perimeter, coordinate with police, and remain on-site until keyholders arrive. If it's false, we reset the panel and log the cause.

24/7 dispatch, average sub-10 minute urban response, camera verification, and standardised handover to police.

§ Our Process

From walkthrough to first shift.

Every alarm response deployment follows the same four-step engagement — no short-cuts, no template quotes, no officer placed on a site they've never walked.

01
Discovery walkthrough

A regional supervisor visits your site, interviews stakeholders, and documents current pain points, existing systems, and shift patterns.

02
SOP design

We draft a site-specific Standard Operating Procedure — post orders, escalation ladder, uniform posture, reporting cadence — and review it with your team before deployment.

03
Officer selection

Officers are hand-picked from our regional roster based on skill fit, language requirements, and prior experience with your industry. No random assignments.

04
Deployment & audit

Coverage begins on the agreed date, with the first two weeks audited by the regional supervisor. We course-correct in real time — not at a quarterly review.

§ Outcomes

What clients get

Sub-10 minute urban average response

Camera-verified before dispatch to avoid false alarm fines

Standardised police handover packages

§ Compliance & Insurance

Paperwork your insurer will accept.

Provincial security services licensing (per officer, verified quarterly)
$25M General Liability insurance certificate available on demand
WSIB / WCB compliance across all jurisdictions
SOC 2 Type II audited operations centre
CAN/ULC-S1000 and ULC-S561 alignment where applicable
§ Common Deployments
01
Retail Chains
02
Corporate Offices
03
Cannabis Retail
04
Warehousing
§ Coverage

Alarm Response — near you.

Guardian Shield deploys alarm response across every major Canadian city. Click through for city-specific coverage, pricing considerations, and local licensing notes.

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Alarm Response
Coast to coast
Same standard
Licensed & insured
Alarm Response
Coast to coast
Same standard
Licensed & insured
§ FAQ

Questions we get about alarm response.

Yes. Every alarm response deployment is fulfilled by officers who hold a valid provincial licence in the province of work — Ontario PSISA, BC BST, Quebec BSP, Alberta Security Services Licence, and equivalent territorial licences across NWT, YT, and NU.

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