Make a policeman's day - catch an intruder red handed

Police need help Like many of the public services, the police are expected to do more with less. The situation is exacerbated by trivial phone calls for help when people should take responsibility for their own actions and not seek police assistance. In the case of home security, a problem arises.  For example, a homeowner installs an alarm that calls either himself or a monitoring company following activation. What to do next? It may be a false alarm, but it may also be a burglar. Unless the police are convinced that there is an intruder, they will not attend. The alternative is for you to face who knows what at 2 in the morning or employ a security guard. How much better to have a call and short video on your smartphone showing exactly what set off the alarm. If it really is a burglar, then you can call the police with confidence and confirm by video of an intruder. The police are far more likely to respond in these circumstances, a prosecution is more likely and you may not lose possessions. Even insurance companies make approve! To see how it all works we have put together a short video

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Video Verification

Would you like your alarm to be stand-alone and:-

• Tell you when it has been activated?
• Send a video to mobile phones (security guards for example) of the cause of activation?
• To work outdoors - building sites, farm yards, church roof?
• Operate when there is no mains power? 
• Save money - guard only called out if suspicious activity.

Well now you can - listen carefully

Copper prices push cable thefts to new high

If, like Network Rail you are suffering the highest ever levels of copper theft - mostly signalling cables running alongside tracks in their case. (see http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/28/rail_copper_thefts/ ) or from metal theft in general, read on.

Lead and copper thefts have waxed and waned but with the current high price of precious metals, thieves have taken £35m worth of copper from Network Rail since 2006.

To stop this happening to you, consider installing movement sensors that incoprate a video camera that shows the reason for the alarm activation, immediately informs an alarm receiving centre who verifies that the cause is criminal and informs appropriate personnel/police.

The whole system (up to 20 combined PIR's/cameras) is run from batteries with a typical 4 year life. Completely stand alone and portable the equipment can be moved to where the hot spots are within minutes.

Contact us for more information.

Garden centre needs to stop vandals

Following numerous acts of mindless vandalism, a garden centre has fitted my video verification equipment to ensure that both police and guarding company are aware of who is commiting the damage.
A 10 second video of the intruder ensures that resources are not wasted and sufficient information may be provided to assist in recognition of the offender.

It also means that false alarms like the one in the video below are avoided.

Such a simple and easy to fit system because it is wireless and all the equipment runs of batteries.

You could be protected - just give a call