Apartment Buildings security

Apartment Buildings

Apartment buildings often become the scene for a number of crimes for many reasons. One way to protect your business and your tenants is to have properly installed quality security cameras in, and around your building. As a start, installing cameras in and around your apartment building serves a number of purposes. You can prevent theft and vandalism; often times a would-be criminal sees a camera and thinks twice about committing a crime. Surveillance cameras at various entrances and in hallways may prevent or detect intruders or even violence or other criminal acts committed by your own residents. And if you used IP  cameras which have the remote access feature which gives you the ability to access your camera footage from almost anywhere. Either you are at home or at your office, you can get online, log in, and instantly see what your cameras are seeing, making it easy to check in on your building.

However, before setting up your security camera system, you will need to consider few things. For example, what kind of security is already in place? If you can’t afford to outfit your entire building with cameras, and you have a guard at a certain door, maybe you can skip that door and mount your cameras at other entrances. If you have problems with certain areas, maybe a stairwell or a particular hallway, you will need to consider putting cameras in those areas first. Other things you’ll need to consider are the layout of your building, where your tenants park, and how many buildings make up your complex.

To answer the previous questions, look at these tips so you can know where exactly to install your security cameras:
1. Place cameras in areas like parking garages, common areas, mail and laundry rooms, and other places where people often go outside of their individual apartment.

2. Place cameras in administrative areas, especially in those where rent may be paid. You never know when something could go wrong.

3. Place cameras at entrances, so when the wrong person enters your building, you have a good look at them and pictures for the police and media.

This is an example of a crime happened in Wiscasset, Maine., a man was arrested in connection with the burglaries of six different businesses – one of them was burgling an apartment building – after local police released images taken from a restaurant security camera -that he made a crime at-, to the local media. An acquaintance of the suspect saw the footage and contacted the police, helping them identify the man. According to the police department, several others phoned in to identify the suspect after the photos were shown on local news programs.

That was an example among hundreds of crimes caught on camera throughout USA each day. Because the owners of these businesses took the time to install surveillance systems, suspects were easily identified and arrested, property was recovered, employees and residents were protected, future incidents were prevented and lives were possibly saved. Therefore, quality security cameras are part of the foundation of success for any business.

In conclusion; CCTV systems serve so many purposes. Protect your business, monitor your residents and deter crime. Moreover, CCTV cameras provide law enforcement agencies with footage of the suspect or even the criminal himself. The proper security cameras or surveillance system can keep your building and residents and keep your business running smoothly.