Blended Security Management™
What Is Blended Security?
Blended security is a security service model in which trained officers and security technology, such as drones, ground patrol robots, AI video monitoring, patrol vehicles and equipment, are deployed, scheduled, tracked and billed as one operation.
Why Security Companies Are Moving to Blended Security
Officers Are Hard to Find
Qualified, licensed officers are harder to hire and keep every year. Technology lets each officer cover more.
Labor Costs Keep Rising
When wages rise faster than contracts, adding guards isn't the only way to add coverage.
Clients Expect Technology
Property managers and facility owners are asking for drones, robots and AI video monitoring alongside their officers.
New Revenue
Technology services bill on their own, so the same client relationship can bring in more each month.
What Gets Blended
Personnel
Security officers, supervisors and dispatchers: still the center of every post.
Drones
Autonomous patrol, aerial response and site surveillance.
Robotics
Ground patrol robots and access monitoring.
AI Monitoring
Video analytics, threat detection and virtual guarding.
Vehicles and Equipment
Patrol vehicles, radios, body cameras, keys and everything else that goes out with a shift.
Traditional Guarding vs. Blended Security
| Traditional guarding | Blended security | |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage | Grows only by adding officers | Each officer covers more with drones, robots and monitoring |
| Scheduling | People only; equipment tracked separately, if at all | Officers and equipment on the same shifts |
| Equipment | Signed out on paper, often lost track of | Checked out to an officer, who confirms it |
| Billing | Officer hours | Officer hours plus equipment and technology charges |
| Systems | Separate tools for staff, assets and invoices | One platform |
Running Blended Security in AssignPros
Blended security only works if officers and technology are managed together. Blended Security Management™ in AssignPros puts both on one schedule:
- One schedule for people and equipment. Vehicles, drones, and robots are booked on the same shifts as the officers who use them, and equipment already on another site can't be double-booked.
- Equipment checkout officers confirm. An officer gets a text link to accept the equipment and its condition, and the record shows who has what.
- Every item accounted for. Each piece of equipment keeps its location, inspection dates, and full history.
- Billed with the hours. Equipment charges by the shift, or daily, weekly, or monthly when it stays on a client site, are invoiced with the officer hours and posted to QuickBooks Online.
- Built on guard scheduling. Underneath it all is AssignPros
security guard scheduling software: qualified matching, license tracking, shiftnotifications,s and geofenced clock-in.
Blended Security: Common Questions
What is blended security?
Blended security is a security service model in which trained officers and security technology, such as drones, ground patrol robots, AI video monitoring, patrol vehicles and other equipment, are deployed, scheduled, tracked and billed as one operation. One officer supported by technology can cover more ground, respond faster and deliver more value than staffing alone.
Does blended security replace security guards?
No. The officer stays at the center. Technology extends what each officer can see and reach, which helps security companies cover more posts when qualified officers are hard to hire and keep.
What is Blended Security Management?
Blended Security Management™ is AssignPros' way of running a blended operation from one platform: officers and the equipment that goes with them are scheduled on the same shifts, equipment is checked out to officers and tracked, and both are billed to the client.
How do security companies bill clients for drones and equipment?
In AssignPros each piece of equipment can carry its own charge, by the shift or as a daily, weekly or monthly rate when it stays on a client site. The rate is saved with each booking, so later price changes never change past invoices.
Do I need drones or robots to start?
No. Most companies start by scheduling and tracking what they already have: patrol vehicles, radios, body cameras and keys. Drones, robots and AI monitoring can be added to the same schedule when you are ready to offer them.
Ready to Offer Blended Security?
See how AssignPros schedules, tracks and bills officers and technology together.