We’ve spoken about the importance of CCTV Towers before and the specific applications in which they are most effective – for example, vacant properties and construction sites. However, this goes far beyond the installation – in fact, the most important aspect is ensuring you maximise their use by having a plan in place to monitor and detect intrusion or unauthorised access.
Often, break-ins are well-planned, and intruders may visit the site many times before actually attempting to gain entry. Having a process in place to ensure the site is monitored 24/7 will highlight any potential cause for concern. You may then look to secure the site further, where entry points may appear more vulnerable.
Sometimes, break-ins can be spontaneous with intruders seizing an opportunity and, in these cases, you need real-time monitoring and detection to ensure sites are resecured and the relevant authorities are contacted.
While CCTV can be monitored from smartphones, laptops and tablets, you are not always near the site, you may even be out of the country and you also may not have the resources to resecure the property/site/. If break-ins occur during the night, you may also not be aware of this until the following day. Therefore, it is worthwhile considering outsourced monitoring, which provides 24/7 protection, 365 days a year.
Our dedicated ARC (Alarm Receiving Centre) monitors sites in real-time, contacting the relevant authorities/emergency services and despatching our teams across the UK, to secure the area again and provide an incident report based on their findings.
Following such a report, we will make further recommendations on how best to ensure a similar intrusion does not occur again. Our team can be on site, with your property resecured within a couple of hours, meaning the incident response time is as quick as possible and you do not even need to attend the site/property should you not be able to.
CCTV Towers are particularly useful in vacant sites as they offer fence-line detection, with no false activations and are both robust and reliable. Powered by mains or by battery, these towers are extendable in height, offer 2-way audio and a 360 view of your site. SPS CCTV Towers are immovable when in position, meaning they cannot be compromised or tampered with to the point of affecting their ability to monitor and detect intrusions.
An outsourced approach to monitoring your CCTV and alarm systems will always bring another level of security and ensure that sites are not vandalised, and that expensive equipment is not stolen.
Get in touch today to discuss your requirements and we will begin the process of finding the solution that is right for you and your property.