Across North America, owners and managers of shopping and retail centers have been faced with the struggles of dealing with an uptick in criminal activity on their properties. From violent incidents like shootings to smash and grabs in broad daylight– to an increase of substance usage and erratic behavior -security has elevated to a more critical concern than ever before.
Any scenario where someone is lingering out of place, after hours, or behaving strangely can be cause for alarm. See what happened when an individual was observed by Stealth security professionals behaving strangely behind a Texas shopping center.
In the above video, Stealth security professionals monitoring a Texas shopping and retail center caught sight of an individual loitering in the area behind the plaza, near some dumpsters, at 11:16 a.m. The person’s gait was slow, possibly impaired, and they wandered the area before appearing to relieve themselves on a dumpster. Local police dispatch was contacted due to the nature of the activity being observed, and a responding officer arrived within minutes. The individual had hidden themselves behind the dumpster at this point, but the officer was seen making contact with, and ultimately removing the individual from the area.
Help Protect Your Commercial Property and Tenants from Suspicious, Dangerous, and Unwanted Behavior
Community retail and shopping centers deal with a range of security concerns due to their perception as a “public” space. Transients, vagrants, and loiterers of all kinds present some risks, and while loitering alone may not qualify as criminal activity, behaviors associated with it often are.
Couple this with the rise in thefts and violent criminal activity and you have a recipe for liability risks and potential tenant loss.
Stealth’s live video monitoring is a proactive security solution for retail and shopping centers that can help reduce and deter criminal and other unwanted activity at your property.
Rather than responding to an event after it occurs, or relying on the limited scope of a security guard to catch activity throughout your property, live video monitoring uses a combination of human intelligence and the latest camera analytics to detect and deter suspicious activity in real time. Video analytics by themselves are not capable YET of determining intent and the difference between a crowbar and shopping bag, or a tenant employee smoking a cigarette versus illegal drug use. This is where human intelligence and our trained operators become a valuable layer in the security solution.
Best of all, deploying our live video monitoring solution can typically save you from 25-60% when compared to the cost of security guards, and boost police response times thanks to verification of activities in progress.
Ready to learn more about how Stealth can help protect your property and improve security outcomes? Contact us today for details or to request a free quote. Texas Private Security License Number: B14187.
