Change in Camera Position Triggers Alert

Redondo Beach, CA. – An innocent mistake by a painting crew could have resulted in months of worthless surveillance footage if it weren’t for an alert health management software.

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Installing a Remotely Managed Surveillance System

The Strathmore Towers is located across the street from a SkyTrain (light rail rapid transit) terminal and a large shopping center. The public transit terminal has encouraged dense urban growth in this area, both residential and commercial. This three-tower complex started seeing an increase in crime over the last few years and concurrently saw a decrease in owner-occupied units from as high as 90% to only 60%. Parking areas and cars were routinely vandalized and stolen and it was easy for someone from outside the property to access and leave the scene quickly.

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Loss Mitigation Strategies with POS Integration

Integrated POS management software allows your security system to support and strengthen your current loss prevention procedures in a retail environment. Use the transaction data, cross-referenced with security video, to spot employee errors, trends, and monitor suspected theft. The examples below illustrate loss mitigation strategies using integrated POS software with an OpenEye DVR security solution. Grocery outlets installing OpenEye’s POS integration solution, and following the below strategies, have seen losses due to employee theft reduced by up to 90%.

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Reduce Shrinkage With Integrated POS Security

Employee theft continues to be the leading cause of shrinkage for retail establishments in the U.S., accounting for 38% of total losses in 2006. Combined with shoplifting this number grows to over 70%. To reduce these losses, the majority of retail locations now use video surveillance to curb customer theft and monitor employees. But are they really using these systems to their full potential? Are they monitoring the right locations? Video security, with POS integration, offers retailers another method to reduce shrink and increase profitability.

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Sneaky Thief Caught and Identified

Redondo Beach, CA. – The thief was in and out of the office in less than two minutes and he thought he got away, but he didn’t realize that there was a record of the whole incident. Artesia Plaza Office Building recently installed an OpenEye hybrid video recording solution with a mix of analog and IP cameras from OpenEye.

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University Campus Surveillance Solution

Gonzaga University was in need of a new surveillance solution to update their aging analog video recording system. Located less than a mile from downtown Spokane, WA, the Gonzaga campus is home to a student body of over 7,500 with regular foot traffic by non students from the surrounding community and adjacent commuter bike trails. With on campus housing, student amenities, extensive athletic center, outdoor common areas, and over 100 buildings on 131 acres, Gonzaga Campus Security was looking for a scalable system which allowed central management, powerful live monitoring capabilities, and could provide high defi nition video in critical areas.

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