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Retail, Restaurants & Gas

Security for restaurants, gas stations and storefronts.

Guards through close, AI cameras over the doors, forecourt and lot, and patrols and live operators after hours. Built for restaurants, gas stations, convenience stores and plazas.

The threat

A storefront is exposed
from open to close.

Public doors, cash on site, a forecourt and a parking lot. Restaurants, gas stations and convenience stores face loss during the day and break-in risk after dark, with staff often alone at the worst hours.

Shoplifting & loss

Product walking out the door, shift after shift.

After-hours break-ins

Empty building, forced entry, no one watching.

Loitering & drive-offs

Crowding at the entrance; fuel leaving unpaid.

Lot & late-night risk

Late-night disputes, lot incidents and staff alone at cash-out.

The solution · on site

A licensed guard where it deters most.

We assess the layout, map access vulnerabilities and foot-traffic patterns, then place a guard where presence actually changes behaviour: the floor, the entrance, the close. We don't guess. We plan.

  • Visible presence

    A guard on the floor and at the exits.

  • De-escalation first

    Loitering and disputes handled without disruption.

  • Closing support

    Staff aren't alone for the last hour and lock-up.

ACS guard in a SECURITY vest, seen from behind, beside blue barriers on a city street
The solution · cameras

Cameras designed like security.

Cameras hold true colour in low light instead of washing out to infrared, so the detail that identifies someone survives. AI watches the entrances, forecourt and lot, and playback exports clean when you need it.

  • AI detection

    People, vehicle, loitering and intrusion alerts.

  • Full-colour day & night

    Identifying detail holds up in low light.

  • Evidence-ready playback

    Clean, exportable footage, found fast.

Commercial CCTV
ACS camera under the metal canopy of a brick building, facing the street
The solution · after hours

Watched live after you close.

When the doors lock, trained operators keep watching. Not automated motion alerts: they verify the alert, speak down on site to deter, coordinate with law enforcement and document the response.

  • Verify, then voice-down

    Operators confirm and intervene by on-site audio.

  • Coordinate with police

    A real person escalates a verified event.

  • Documented response

    Detect, deter and escalate, with each step on record.

Virtual Security Guard
ACS turret camera on a ribbed metal wall, lit at night
The solution · patrol & alarms

An officer on site when the alarm trips.

Scheduled patrols put a licensed officer on site to check doors and the perimeter. When the alarm trips after close, an officer attends to verify the cause, meets police where a confirmed intrusion needs them and re-secures the property.

  • Randomized rounds

    Planned around your site's exposure, then randomized.

  • Alarm response

    A person attends, so your key-holder does not have to drive out at night.

  • Timestamped reports

    Arrival, findings and departure, with photos of anything that needs attention.

Mobile Patrol & Alarm Response
ACS guard in a SECURITY jacket on a sidewalk beside a parked ACS patrol SUV
The solution · the lot

A tower over the forecourt and lot.

For the forecourt and parking lot, a mobile defense tower goes in with no permanent install. A 25-ft mast carries 4K pan-tilt-zoom cameras, sirens and lights for active deterrence, with live monitoring available on every unit.

ACS mobile defense tower trailer at a downtown intersection beside storefronts, barriers and a traffic light
The value

Fewer losses on the floor, a record when it counts.

Visible deterrence

Guards, cameras and a voice on site that people can see and hear.

Usable evidence

Full-colour, exportable footage that holds up when it's needed.

Fewer losses

Loss prevented on shift costs less than loss cleaned up after.

Safer staff

Support at close and a watch after hours, for staff and customers.

PSISA-licensed guards $5M comprehensive liability One accountable provider
Proof

Sites we assessed and held.

Close-up of an ACS guard's jacket patch, with lit storefronts blurred behind at night
Guarding · Public-facing

Downtown restaurant

Problem: a busy public-facing restaurant where multiple providers had already failed.

Plan: site-specific post orders, presence inside and out, de-escalation first.

Outcome: order restored inside and out, with daily reporting to ownership.

Dailyreports to ownership
ACS tower camera head with horn speakers and a lit strobe, seen from below at dusk
Patrol + tower

Neighbourhood retail & fuel site

Problem: a retail and gas forecourt with after-hours loitering and public interaction risk.

Plan: visible deterrence, with patrol coverage integrated with a monitored tower.

Outcome: deterrence the neighbourhood can see, with incidents documented and reported.

Visiblepatrol + tower deterrence
FAQ

Common questions.

Yes. Live virtual monitoring watches the site after you close: operators verify alerts, voice down on site to deter and coordinate with police. Mobile patrol can add an officer who attends alarms in person.

The cameras record in full colour day and night, holding true colour in low light rather than washing out to infrared, so identifying detail survives. Playback is clean and exportable when you need it as evidence.

Yes. A mobile defense tower goes in with no permanent install. Its 25-ft mast carries 4K pan-tilt-zoom cameras, sirens and lights for active deterrence, with live monitoring available on every unit.

Yes. Guards provide visible presence on the floor and at exits, de-escalate loitering and disputes without disruption, and support staff through the last hour and lock-up.

Every guard is individually licensed under Ontario's PSISA and screened before representing ACS. Operations carry $5M comprehensive general liability coverage.

Yes. ACS delivers guards, mobile patrol, CCTV, live virtual monitoring and mobile towers as one accountable program, assessed together so the layers work as one, not as separate vendors.

Question not covered here? Call (519) 800-3947 and talk to the team that runs the coverage.

Let's secure
your site.

  1. Tell us about the siteSend the short form, or call (519) 800-3947.
  2. A coordinator follows upBy phone or email, to book your walkthrough.
  3. Your free assessmentLayout, access points, high-risk hours and the coverage that fits.