Private Residential Security
Come Home to Great Security
Your home is your castle and your most precious asset. It’s where you and your family feel safe, and it’s the last place you should be under threat from criminal behaviour. At Blackbird Security, our range of residential security services can be tailored to suit the unique needs of your home, protecting your family from burglaries, property crimes, and other traumatic incidents.
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Why Residential Security is Important
Each year, approximately 200,000 homes across Canada are broken into. Most of these homes lack basic security measures, presenting a low-risk target for criminals, and an attractive one for crimes of opportunity.
Blackbird Security’s residential security team are standing by to assist, offering best in class security and peace of mind for you and your family. Whether you need private security for a gated community, condo complex, or single-family residence, we’ll create a tailored security plan that keeps you and your community safe and secure. Blackbird Security is a member of BOMA and ACMO.
Typical Duties of Private Residential Security
Access Control
Property Monitoring
Grounds Patrolling
Parking Enforcement
Emergency and Delivery Access
Alarm Monitoring
Emergency Response
Strata Bylaw Enforcement
Where is Private Residential Security Used?
Our private residential security guards aren’t just for large private homes and gated communities. In fact, they’re a fantastic choice for a range of residential properties. They work to build community while keeping residents safe and secure. Here are some of the common places you’ll find our residential security guards:
Condo Buildings
Strata Properties
Townhouse Developments
Gated Communities
Private Estates
Social Housing
Residential Mobile Patrol
Our mobile patrols can be customized to provide a level of coverage to suit any budget. Our guards can be assigned to cover routes at random intervals that will keep criminals guessing. Our Mobile Security team can be tracked in real time. This is thanks to our cutting edge TrackTik GPS monitoring technology.
Alarm Response
Heading out of town? Our alarm monitoring team are available 24/7 with a reliable and fast response. When an alarm is triggered, our team responds within minutes, assessing the scene, addressing the cause of the alarm and providing a detailed report of their findings. No matter where you are, you’ll instantly know what triggered the alarm, and what our guards found at the scene.
On-Site Uniformed Security Guard
Available on short notice, for long or short-term need, our security guards can be dispatched to provide a constant and highly visible deterrent to crime. As condo break-ins continue to spike across Canada, our guards can be deployed to monitor access points, garages and other vulnerable sites.
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Industry Leading Training Through our Blackbird Academy
As the role of security professionals continues to evolve, Blackbird Security saw the need to train our staff to handle any scenario in a calm and reassuring manner. That’s why we created our pioneering Blackbird Academy training program.
Delivered via our own in-house team and exterior experts, our comprehensive training program encompasses areas like St. John’s Mental Health Training, Indigenous Awareness Training, and Conflict Resolution. If your current security provider doesn’t offer this level of training, perhaps it’s time to upgrade.
Modules Include:
Customer Service Training
Verbal and Written Communication Training
Incident Report Writing
CCTV Training
Access and Crowd Control Training
Incident De-Escalation Training
Basic and Advanced Security Training
Trespass to Property Training
Crisis Management Training
Emergency Response Management Training
Weapons Awareness and Avoidance Training
Occupational Health (OFA) Training
WHMIS Training
Incident Command System 100 (ICS 100)
In-House Customer Service Training
Dispatch Command Centre Operator and Professionalism Training
Freedom of Information and Privacy Training
Above all else, our guards must hold a valid security license for the province they operate in.
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TRACKTIK TECHNOLOGY
Real-Time Reporting
Many of Blackbird Security’s most popular services utilize the power of TrackTik technology for real-time reporting. Based on GPS tracking, this app allows our security guards to work smarter, more efficiently, and cover more ground. Via GPS pings, clients can watch the progress of security patrols in real time via an app or live dashboard that also includes critical details like pictures and reports from the field.