Proposal:Security guard

Security guard
Proposal status:	Proposed (under way)
Proposed by:	Kylenz
Tagging:	(amenity=security + security=*) or (office=security)
Applies to:
Definition:	This proposal clarifies the difference between office=security and amenity=security, and deprecates surveillance:type=guard
Draft started:	2022-03-26
RFC start:	2022-03-26

Proposal

This proposal seeks to clarify the difference between office=security and a new tag: amenity=security which replaces surveillance:type=guard.

Rationale

There is a distinct difference between the office of a security company, and a Guard Hut / Guard Post. It is important to identify this difference.

Tagging

Tag	Definition	Characteristics
office=security	An office of a security company.	Houses the administrative staff of the security company. Security guards are not stationed here. Guards might start their shift here, or wait here to be dispatched, but they do not operate from this building. Guards might visit here to pickup vehicles or equipment, but they do not operate from this building. These places are generally not intended for the public to visit, but like any other office, there may be a reception for inquirys.
amenity=security	A place where guard(s) are stationed	A base where security guards stand by. A place where security guards monitor an area. A checkpoint where security guards control access into a location.

Deprecated

man_made=surveillance + surveillance:type=guard will be deprecated in favour of amenity=security

Sub Tags

security=* can be used with amenity=security to further define the type of security. Similar to police=*.

Sub Tag	Definition
security=checkpoint	A checkpoint operated by private security, similar to police=checkpoint and military=checkpoint.
security=operations_centre	An operations centre where security cameras are remotely monitored.

Other situations:

• For lifeguards, use emergency=lifeguard
• For facilities operated by police or the military, use police=checkpoint or military=checkpoint instead
• For facilities operated by customs/border security, use barrier=border_control instead
• For a shop selling security equiment, use shop=security

Examples of office=security

• 
  An office building belonging to a security company.

Examples of amenity=security

• 
  A security checkpoint
• 
  A security base where guards monitor the local area

Rendering

No proposed changes. Current rendering:

Tag	As a Node	As a Building
office=security
amenity=security	Not rendered

Features/Pages affected

• Key:office
• Tag:office=security
• Key:surveillance:type
• Tag:man_made=surveillance
• Key:amenity
• Tag:amenity=security
• Key:security
• Tag:security=checkpoint
• Tag:security=operations_centre

See also

• Proposed_features/Extended_tags_for_Key:Surveillance - an abandoned proposal for surveillance:type=guard which became a de-facto tagging scheme.
• security_desk=(yes/no) - undocumented, but has 785 uses from a French import. Used on indoors’ emergency=defibrillator to describe if there’s an operator’s affiliated "security post" nearby or not.
• security_guard=(yes/no) - undocumented, but has 263 uses from a single city in India
• version 1 of this proposal, which proposed keeping surveillance:type=guard instead of amenity=security

External discussions

• Talk:Tag:office=security
• Tagging mailing list, March 2022

Comments

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