Video Monitoring Case Studies:
Listed below are four instances where video monitoring provided the valuable protection available with enhanced alarm systems. It is clear from these case studies that schools that develop a curriculum to equip their alarm system to include video monitoring can provide at a minimum a piece of mind for customers and at the most offer a drastic reduction of violence. The notion behind video monitoring is that violence is less likely to occur if it can be seen. Some schools have even resorted to using video monitoring equipment on school buses and in school parking lots. Additionally, evidence obtained from such equipment has been utilized in prosecuting law-breaking students. In other words, video monitoring plays a tremendous role in combating crime.

• Alabama. By enhancing their security system, the Huntsville School System experienced a decline in the number of burglaries, ranging from 10-30 a month to five a year. Their new security system also captured a 99 percent apprehension rate. Losses to the school system through vandalism, fire and theft also dropped, as well as their insurance premiums.

• Minnesota. The school system here had a similar incident to that of Aurora’s Waubonsie High School where an intruder raped a student during the mid-1990s. Since installing a new improved security system, the Minnesota school has seen a drop in vandalism at their institution. School officials credit the drop to having a security system that has an ability to respond quickly.
 
• California. After a Glendale school installed a video surveillance system at the building’s entrance and exits, there was a sharp reduction in vandalism especially in locker rooms. Other problems previously plaguing the school like stolen computer equipment and arson soon diminished. In fact, without a video surveillance system the school lost $3 million in damages and had to close 30 classrooms.

• Wimborne, Dorset, England. Named in honor of Queen Elizabeth, Dorset school took steps this year to install advanced cameras to improve security and to automatically track any intruders in and around the institution. These cameras can follow intruders as they move around the site including the school grounds and sports fields. The school further installed static indoor cameras to cover the cafeteria and library. For the school, this means that there is no need to set up guard tours on the cameras – cameras that can simply watch for any defined movement caused by an intruder and follow it, triggering recording and capturing the entire event on the digital recorder and thus raising an alarm. These cameras are valuable for schools and other facilities with either sports fields or large grounds as they automatically provide alarms if an intruder is detected and then spontaneously follows them using a built-in pan, tilt and zoom to ensure that they are tracked and recorded, according to Queen Elizabeth’s business manager. They give us complete peace of mind, he added.

To learn more about integrating video monitoring into your existing alarm system, please contact your alarm dealer today.
 

View the EMERgency 24 Inc.
Online Newsletter for Subscribers!
 

False Alarm Prevention
Prevent false alarms from happening at your residence or business with our handy False Alarm Prevention page.