A distribution centre is a clock. Trailers, seals, pedestrian doors and a yard full of high-value freight all have to stay under control on the same shift. Xtreme provides gate control, yard patrols, dock coverage and after-hours programmes for warehouses and logistics sites across Canada, the United States and Australia.
Logistics sites fail at the edges: an unlocked pedestrian door, a yard that no one walked at 3 a.m., a contractor who was never signed in, a trailer seal that was not checked. We start with the flow of the site — inbound, outbound, employee parking, the guardhouse, the fence and the dark corners of the yard — and write post orders that match that flow, not a generic warehouse checklist.
Gatehouses and scale-house posts control who and what enters. Officers log carriers, check paperwork against the day’s schedule, and keep employee and visitor traffic from mixing with the freight lane. On the yard, marked patrols and walking officers watch for unattended trailers, fence cuts and people who do not belong, with GPS-tracked units from a 270+ fleet when the site is part of a mobile run.
After the last outbound door comes down, the risk does not go home. Overnight programmes combine static coverage at critical doors with randomised patrols of the yard and the office block. Alarm response is dispatched by the 24/7 NSOC. For multi-site operators, the same standard can run on a corridor from Vancouver to Calgary, or from Seattle to Portland, with one account team and one reporting format.
Theft at a DC is often an inside-and-outside problem. We brief officers on the difference between a process failure and a criminal pattern, and we document both. Every programme is scoped precisely to your site after a free security assessment.
Officers on a yard have to be safe around moving equipment. Training, high-visibility posture and a clear understanding of the site’s own safety rules are part of the post, not an afterthought. Supervision sits behind the post: the NSOC, a field supervisor, and an escalation path the shift manager can actually use.
Coverage is supported from our head offices in Surrey, Bellevue and Brisbane. Tell us the site, the hours and the freight profile, and we will design a programme that holds the edges of the operation.
The risks we plan for
- Unauthorised vehicles and people in the yard
- Trailer, seal and freight theft after hours
- Unlocked pedestrian and dock doors
- Employee and visitor traffic mixing with freight lanes
- Fence-line and dark-corner gaps on large lots
How a programme is built
Most logistics programmes combine a gate or scale-house post, yard and dock coverage on the shift, and after-hours static or mobile patrol once the operation winds down. Multi-site operators get a single reporting standard and one point of accountability, with site-specific post orders for each yard.
We field 4,500+ full-time staff with access to a network of 17,000+ licensed officers, operate from 40+ offices, run 270+ patrol units and back every post with a 24/7 National Security Operations Centre and $10M liability coverage. Officers are licensed where required. Coverage is supported from our head offices in Surrey, British Columbia; Bellevue, Washington; and Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.
Every programme is scoped precisely to your site after a free security assessment.
Related services
Mobile patrols · Uniformed guards · Alarm response · Construction security · Loss prevention
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Frequently asked questions
Can you staff a gatehouse and a yard patrol on the same site?
Yes. Most distribution centres need both: a controlled gate and officers or marked units in the yard, especially after hours.
Do you cover a network of warehouses under one programme?
Yes. Multi-site logistics clients receive consistent post orders, consolidated reporting and a single account team, with adjustments for each yard’s layout and hours.
How do you handle after-hours and weekend coverage?
Overnight programmes combine static coverage at critical doors with randomised yard patrols, and alarm response dispatched by our 24/7 National Security Operations Centre.
Are officers briefed on site safety around trucks and material-handling equipment?
Yes. Post orders and on-site briefings include the site’s own safety rules, high-visibility posture and how officers move in an active yard.
How is a logistics programme scoped?
No. every programme is scoped to the site after a free security assessment. Every programme is scoped precisely to the site after a free security assessment.
Where is this service available?
Across Canada, the United States and Australia, supported from head offices in Surrey, Bellevue and Brisbane. Tell us the city and we will confirm coverage.
Yards, doors and the hours after the last outbound
A city warehouse with a tight yard and a regional DC with a kilometre of fence are not the same post. We walk the inbound and outbound lanes, the employee parking, the pedestrian doors, the trailer slots and the dark corners a camera typically misses at 3 a.m. — and we write the gate, the yard and the after-hours pattern from that walk. (We correct the plan if the operation changes a shift or opens a new door, rather than leaving last quarter’s post orders in place.)
Carriers, contractors and staff have to move quickly. Security that blocks freight is not security; security that never checks a seal or a pedestrian door is not security either. Officers are briefed on the site’s own safety rules and on how to work around moving equipment, and the 24/7 NSOC sits behind the gatehouse so a supervisor can be dispatched when the night leaves the ordinary.
Operators who run a corridor of sites — Vancouver to Calgary, Seattle to Portland, Houston and Dallas, or Brisbane and the surrounding motorway yards — can hold one standard, one reporting format and one account team.
See mobile patrols, uniformed guards and city pages such as mobile patrol in Vancouver, Seattle, Dallas and Brisbane.
Freight does not wait, and neither does a yard after the last outbound door comes down. We design logistics programmes that let carriers and staff move, and that still hold the gate, the pedestrian doors and the fence line. If you run one warehouse or a corridor of sites, we will scope the coverage to the operation you actually run, with 24/7 NSOC supervision behind it.
Talk to us about a warehouse & logistics security programme
Tell us about the site, the hours and the outcome you need. Call 1-800-730-3712 (Press 1 Canada (call 1-800-730-3712, then press 1), 2 USA (call 1-800-730-3712, then press 2), 3 Australia (call 1-800-730-3712, then press 3)), message us on WhatsApp, or use the quote form and we will set a free security assessment.