Run your forum like a proper operation, not a WhatsApp group.
Beacon gives CPF executive committees, sector heads and patrollers one place to log incidents, roster patrols, brief SAPS liaisons and file the reports your provincial secretariat actually asks for. Residents get a one-tap emergency button that alerts their sector's patrollers directly.
Built and supported by CommunitySA — everything digital.
Everything a forum's executive committee juggles, in one place.
Most CPFs run on a mix of WhatsApp, a notebook and whoever remembers to update the Excel sheet. Beacon replaces that with tools built around how forums actually operate.
Incident logging & mapping
Patrollers log incidents from their phone, tagged to sector and time. Your secretary sees a running log instead of chasing voice notes.
Patrol rosters
Build weekly patrol schedules by sector, send reminders to patrollers, and track who actually signed on and off.
Joinable patrols
Any patroller can schedule a patrol the rest of the sector can join — see who's signed up before you head out, instead of arriving to an empty street.
SAPS liaison log
Keep a clean, timestamped record of what was reported to your station liaison officer — useful at every sector meeting.
Community alerts
Push a broadcast to residents and patrollers by sector — road closures, safety notices, meeting reminders — without a group chat spiralling.
Points of interest
Flag a house, business or vacant lot worth knowing about — patrollers in that sector see the address, notes and photos before they pass by.
Member directory
One list of active patrollers, executive members and their sectors — no more asking "who has the latest spreadsheet".
Meeting & compliance reports
Minutes, attendance and incident summaries export as a report formatted for your monthly submission.
Resident emergency button
Residents register in the app and get one button — tap it in a stressful situation and it alerts the patrollers covering their sector, with their location attached.
Security company access
Your local security company gets one shared login to see incidents and alerts from the residents who've linked to them — no more chasing your armed response provider for updates.
Set up your forum in an afternoon.
Add your sectors
Map your ward into sectors, invite your executive committee and sector heads, and set who sees what.
Bring your patrollers on
Send an invite link to patrollers and residents. They join their sector and get alerts relevant to their area.
Run your first patrol
Log incidents live, close out the patrol, and watch your monthly report build itself in the background.
What patrollers and residents actually see.
Real screens from the app — no renders, no filler. This is what shows up on the phone once your forum is set up.
Sign on for a shift
Patrol times, team, and points of interest for the sector — before anyone sets foot outside.
Log an incident
Tagged to sector, time and location — a running record instead of a voice note nobody can find later.
Community alerts
Broadcasts reach patrollers and residents by sector, and stay on record once resolved.
Resident emergency button
One tap alerts the patrollers covering their sector, with location attached.
Before Beacon, our incident record was three different notebooks and whoever's memory was best at the monthly meeting. Now the report writes itself.
Get your forum running on Beacon.
Register now — no obligation, no jargon — and start setting up your sectors and bringing your committee on.
Register your forum