| Security cameras as a great management tool |
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Mention security cameras to the average person and the image of a robbery at the local convenience store comes into most peoples minds. Owners of a modern day surveillance system will tell you a far different story. Here is a compilation of some of the uses for security cameras that our clients have discovered. A video log of your business...Sometimes you wish you could be in two places at once. With a modern day surveillance system you can be at 16 places at once , 24 hours a day. Restaurant owners for example can monitor traffic, see if employees are using proper sanitary techniques, check openings and closings and in some cases, with the help of audio, be able to hear how your customers are being treated and, to be fair, how your customers are treating your employees. Video surveillance as a management tool is here to stay in just about every business and industry in America today. Deterrence... Having surveillance in your place of business not only reduces theft from inherently dishonest employees, but prevents the average worker from considering any borderline activity. It also keeps delivery drivers and other visiting vendors from behaving inappropriately. One of out clients has a camera positioned in the storeroom to document deliveries. Items are placed in the cameras range and received into inventory. Since implementing this program, his shrinkage has gone down dramatically. Being there....We have a number of clients with at least two locations and it comes back to the "being at two places at once" problem. Being able to check in via the internet has been the number one benefit mentioned by our clients. Going over the previous day's activity used to take forever. It can now be accomplished in minutes because of motion only recording. The internet...It may surprise you to know that the United States does not have as fast internet speed as other European countries and Japan. For that reason, having a DVR that can record at one speed and stream at another eliminates the "robotic" movement of remote viewing. This is called dual streaming. You should not consider a DVR without it.
Although still one of the top ways of preventing crime and harm to your person, the uses for security cameras are only limited by your own imagination. Factories, warehouses, retail ,residential ,and even churches have seen the need arise for an extra set of eyes to keep things running smoothly and protect the bottom line. They are here to stay. They will continue to become more sophisticated and affordable at the same time and when it's time to install your system, call L&L for a no nonsense approach to your security needs. |