Construction site crime continues to cost contractors and other construction-related businesses as much as $1 billion annually, with common targets consistently being hand and power tools, lumber, copper, and even heavy machinery. According to the National Equipment Register’s “Memorial Day Equipment Theft Trends (2022)”, over the last 5 years, there has been a significant rise in theft incidents reported during the period around the holiday, with the top location for theft being worksites.
While the end of summer may be one of the busiest periods for construction site thefts, brazen trespassers, burglars, and vandals will take advantage of almost any opportunity to access jobsites and their potentially lucrative spoils. In this Construction Arrest of the Month video, an individual was caught on Stealth live surveillance brazenly trespassing on a Washington construction site- watch what happened next below:
Just after 7:30 p.m., Stealth security professionals observing a Washington construction site spotted an individual boldly trespassing on the property. Stealth’s operators immediately contacted local police due to the nature of the activity observed. Officers responded quickly, intercepting and apprehending the individual without further incident.
Proactive Security Measures Help Reduce and Deter Theft and Trespassing on Your Jobsite
Making use of surveillance on construction sites isn’t a new solution to the ever-rising threats of theft, vandalism, trespassing, and liability risks- but unmonitored surveillance cameras rely on their presence alone to act as a deterrent.
What happens, then, when a thief is bold enough to assume they can avoid the cameras? Or when they hide their face from view using masks, hoodies, or other methods of disguise? Increasingly desperate and brazen thieves and other criminals may not be put off of targeting your site simply due to the presence of cameras, fences, and even security patrols.
Live video monitoring, however, is a proactive security solution that allows for a more comprehensive and complete view of a property or jobsite than traditional guards or patrols, while also helping to deter and disperse criminal or unwanted activity as it happens.
Stealth’s customized remote video surveillance monitoring solutions use a combination of strategically placed cameras equipped with cutting edge video analytics and the human intelligence of trained security professionals to monitor key areas throughout a jobsite, seeking and responding to suspicious or unwanted activity in real time, as it happens. When our highly trained security operators are alerted to someone or something out of place, they can take immediate action, sounding onsite audible warnings to scare off suspicious individuals or contacting local law enforcement dispatch when their intervention is needed.
Thanks to the ability to provide dispatchers with real-time up-to-the-minute descriptions of suspects and locations of activity in progress, call priority is generally elevated, and responding officers are typically able to intervene and make an arrest prior to any significant damage or loss.
Interested in hearing more or about additional applications? Contact us today for a free quote or to schedule a consultation with a construction security specialist in your area.
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