Photo verification that shows the guard is on site, right now

Turn on photo verification for a site and ForceVera asks guards for proof you can see: a photo at the patrol checkpoints you choose and a live selfie at a random moment while on duty. Every picture is taken in the app camera and stamped with the server's time.

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What is photo verification for security guards?

Photo verification asks a guard for a picture taken on the spot as proof of presence. In ForceVera, guards take a photo when they scan chosen patrol checkpoints and a live selfie at a random moment in each 30-minute, 1-hour or 2-hour interval on duty. Photos come only from the app camera, never the gallery, and carry the server's time.

Photo verification: key facts

ForceVera includes photo verification in every plan, from $169 a month for up to 25 guards (Basic).
ForceVera is priced per company by the number of guards; admins, dispatchers, supervisors and client users are not counted.
ForceVera photo verification is switched on site by site by an Admin or Dispatcher; sites without it work as before.
ForceVera asks each guard on duty at such a site for one live picture at a random moment in every 30-minute, 1-hour or 2-hour interval, and sends no requests during breaks.
ForceVera marks each live picture Completed (inside the company's on-time window of 5, 10 or 15 minutes), Completed late or Missed.
ForceVera records when each picture was requested, taken (phone clock) and received (server clock), and flags a phone clock more than 5 minutes off the server's.
Photo verification has been part of ForceVera since 11 November 2026: site settings, the log and KPI points on the web, and photo checkpoints and live pictures in the guard app.

Prices in US dollars before tax, as of October 2026.

Why it matters

Why do security companies use photo verification?

Proof that is hard to fake

Pictures are taken in the app camera at that moment. There is no gallery option, so an old photo cannot be sent instead.

Timestamps you can rely on

Each picture carries the time the server received it, which the guard cannot change, plus the phone's time and GPS where available. A phone clock more than 5 minutes off is flagged.

Only where you need it

Turn it on for the sites that need it and choose how often to ask. Other sites keep working exactly as before.

How it works

How does photo verification work in ForceVera?

Turn it on for a site

An Admin or Dispatcher switches on Photo verification in the site settings and picks a live picture every 30 minutes, 1 hour or 2 hours.
Choose photo checkpoints

Mark the patrol checkpoints that need a photo as "Requires photo". When a guard scans one, the app opens the camera, and the scan counts only once the photo is sent.
Guards answer live picture requests

On duty, a guard gets one request in each interval by push notification and an in-app pop-up, and takes a selfie with the front camera.
Review the log

The Photo verification page lists live pictures and checkpoint photos with thumbnails, times, status and GPS map links, filtered by date, site, guard and status.

Capabilities

What does ForceVera's photo verification include?

Photo verification works with the rest of ForceVera: the same guards, sites, shifts and reports, with no separate app to buy.

Photo verification switched on per site, with a live picture every 30 minutes, 1 hour or 2 hours
Photo checkpoints: "Requires photo" on chosen patrol checkpoints; the scan counts only once its photo is sent
Live pictures: one selfie request at a random moment in each interval on duty, by push notification and in-app pop-up
No live picture requests during breaks
Each request Completed, Completed late or Missed, with an on-time window of 5, 10 or 15 minutes (10 by default)
Camera only: no gallery uploads for these photos
Requested, taken (phone) and received (server) times, GPS where available, and a flag when the phone clock is more than 5 minutes off
A Photo verification log for Admins and Dispatchers, with Live pictures and Checkpoint photos tabs, filters, thumbnails and GPS map links
Recent pictures on each guard's page
Missed live pictures can add KPI points (Pro and Enterprise)
Photos kept as private files, opened through signed links that expire

FAQ

What else do security companies ask about photo verification?

How does ForceVera stop guards using an old photo?

Checkpoint photos and live pictures can only be taken with the ForceVera guard app's camera; there is no option to pick a photo from the phone's gallery. Each picture also records when the server received it, which the guard cannot change, and the log flags a phone clock that differs from the server's by more than 5 minutes.

What happens if a guard misses a live picture?

A picture sent within the on-time window (5, 10 or 15 minutes, set by the company) is Completed. One sent later in the same interval is Completed late. If none arrives before the interval ends or the guard clocks out, the request is Missed, and on Pro and Enterprise it can add KPI points.

Do guards get live picture requests on a break?

No. ForceVera sends no live picture requests while a guard is on break. If the random moment falls inside a break and the interval is still running when the break ends, the request is sent then. Intervals are counted from the guard's clock-in.

Does ForceVera use face recognition on the selfies?

No. ForceVera does not match the selfie to the guard's profile photo, and it does not watermark pictures. An Admin or Dispatcher reviews them in the Photo verification log, where each one shows the guard, site, times, status and a GPS map link when the phone shared its location.

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