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# Patrols overview: routes, instances, scans, and logs

> Understand how the Guard Patrol module works in Rekkeh, from scheduled routes and checkpoint scans to patrol logs you review in the admin console.

Patrols let you schedule recurring guard routes, have guards scan checkpoints in the Rekkeh GateOps mobile app, and review the results in the admin console. Four pieces work together: a patrol route you configure, a scheduled patrol instance created from it, checkpoint scans a guard performs, and a patrol log you review.

## Guard Patrol module

The Guard Patrol module must be enabled for your facility before any patrol surface appears. The Patrol Routes and Patrol Logs pages in the admin console and the Patrol screen in the GateOps app are available only when the module is on. Guard Patrol is in the default module set for corporate facilities; it is not in the defaults for residential, apartment, school, university, government, or factory facilities, though module overrides can enable it.

## The four components

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Patrol routes" icon="route" href="/security/create-patrol-route">
    A recurring configuration you set up under Security > Patrol Routes. It defines the route's schedule, ordered checkpoints, and the guards assigned to run it.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Scheduled patrol instances" icon="calendar">
    Each scheduled occurrence of a route becomes a patrol instance assigned to a guard. The guard sees the instances assigned to them on the Patrol screen in the GateOps app.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Checkpoint scans" icon="scan">
    A QR scan the guard performs at each checkpoint in the app. Scans are recorded in order against the running patrol instance and become the evidence shown in the patrol log.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Patrol logs" icon="clipboard-list" href="/security/review-patrol-logs">
    The reviewable record of a patrol instance in the admin console under Security > Patrol Logs. Completed, late, missed, and in-progress instances all appear here.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Where to start

Read the collection in order:

* [Create a patrol route](/security/create-patrol-route)
* [Run a patrol](/security/run-patrol)
* [Review patrol logs](/security/review-patrol-logs)