Handover log
Records site handover activities, observations, exceptions, escalations, supporting evidence and authorised sign-off. A live form your crew fills on their phones, not a Word template you retype on every site.
- Site handover activities
- Observations
- Exceptions
- Escalations
- Supporting evidence
- Authorised sign-off
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When you need this form
Shift changeovers are where security jobs go wrong. Keys, radios, incomplete patrols, an unresolved incident, a door left on the wrong setting. This log captures what the outgoing guard passes to the incoming one: observations, exceptions, outstanding escalations and equipment counts. New sites and new clients need it most, because reporting expectations are still being set and nothing has become routine yet.
Handover written in a site diary is unreadable and easily lost. Digital entries are timestamped, searchable and signed by both guards, so an unresolved escalation cannot quietly disappear between shifts. When a client asks what happened overnight, the answer comes with the entry, the photo and the two names attached to it.
What good looks like
- Both guards named and signed: outgoing and incoming, with exact handover time.
- Keys, radios, torches and access cards counted and reconciled on the spot.
- Open incidents carried forward with the escalation still owned by someone.
- Site state noted: doors, alarms, lighting faults and anything left unresolved.
- Photos of the gatehouse board, damage or anything the next shift must see.
Handover log, answered
Is this a PDF or Word template?
Neither. It is a live form: your crew opens it on their phones, ticks it through, attaches photos and signs on the glass. Every submission is timestamped, GPS-pinned and stored as proof.
What should a security handover log include?
The outgoing and incoming guard, exact time, equipment reconciled, patrols completed, open incidents carried forward and any site faults. Both parties sign so responsibility transfers cleanly and nothing outstanding is lost between shifts.
Why keep a handover log at a new site?
Because expectations are still forming. A dated log proves the shift pattern was covered, shows the client exactly what their guards do each night, and gives you a record if the contract is ever questioned.
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