SkieCan security guards use a limited Skie-managed phone?
Yes. A guard phone can be limited to calls, a patrol app and an SOS flow, with everything else hidden. Skie shows its location, flags a device that goes quiet, and the guard cannot switch location off. Wider panic-button features are not available yet and are something the team is working on.
Security guards need a phone that does a few things reliably: call the control room, run the patrol or check-in app, and raise an alarm. Games, social apps and a battery drained by video are a problem on a night shift.
In Skie, a guards group gets a very short list: the dialer, the patrol app, maps if needed. Everything else stays off, and the Play Store is hidden. Location is protected and reports in the background, and the guard cannot switch it off. Geofences can mark the posts the guard should be near. A missing check-in counts as a breach, and last seen shows when the device went quiet.
There is an SOS flow in the product for parents, which calls an emergency number. Wider panic features for lone workers, such as silent alerts to a control room, escalation chains and man-down detection, are not available yet. For now the practical set-up is a phone with a speed-dial or the dialer, plus your usual radio or control-room process.
Keep the guard informed. Tell them what is recorded and who sees it. Location requires clear consent and a written policy, and this is general information, not legal advice.
Lone workers in other jobs, such as meter readers or site engineers, can follow the same pattern: a short list, location with consent, and lost mode if the phone goes missing.