Why Property Managers Shouldn't Overlook Remote Monitoring

Many property managers overlook remote video monitoring services when developing their security strategy, but these services could be crucial in keeping your residents and properties safe.

According to the National Crime Prevention Council, as quoted in another article, apartments have an 85 percent greater chance of being victims of theft than a single-family homeowner or rental property.

Security for your property or apartment building must be a high priority. Crime will happen wherever there is an opportunity, and apartments are a prime target as often security measures are inadequate.  

Complexes can be hard to monitor, keeping track of everyone who comes and goes can be nearly impossible. Therefore, it’s often difficult to detect and mitigate suspicious behavior.

Keeping your residents safe and secure depends on proactive security cameras; the security experts at LotGuard discuss how remote video surveillance helps secure apartment properties.

How Remote Video Surveillance Helps Secure Apartment Properties

Remote video surveillance services that turn standard surveillance cameras into virtual security guards, able to detect criminal activity in real time, rather than being a passive recording device.  

The most effective video surveillance combines AI video analytics with human monitoring operators who can help catch suspicious activity before it becomes a problem.

For example, if a suspicious person or vehicle is loitering for too long, this will alert the analytics and send a live feed directly to the monitoring professionals.

Our surveillance units, like the LotGuard Pro Solar Surveillance Trailer, can detect this type of activity using edge-based video analytics to alert a remote surveillance operation center.

These alerts are the trigger point for a remote security response, including live or record audio addresses and/or the despatching of security teams or law enforcement.

Advantages of Remote Monitoring for Apartment Properties

LotGuard remote video monitoring provides other benefits besides averting crime from your property:

• Can minimize employee theft: employees will know that cameras watch everything on the property. Training new employees about the security process and systems in place is crucial.

• Helps reduce liability risk: video surveillance means you will have access to recorded footage which the evidence can be provided to law enforcement and passed on to insurers if needed.

• Provide 24/7 protection: crime and problems can occur at any time; therefore, installing LotGuard that protects your property 24/7/365 is ideal.

• Secure retention by protecting residents: The visual presence of LotGuard is enough to assure residents and visitors that they are safe, as the trailer is equipped with flashing blue lights and live audio warnings – enough to scare anyone away.

Video surveillance makes it possible to reduce theft and criminal activities at your apartments, as well as increase its marketability.

It can be the very factor that helps potential residents choose your property over other options, as their safety comes first.

LotGuard For Property Management 

LotGuard provides mobile video surveillance solutions specifically designed to keep your communities safe.

Our units are a 24/7/365 proactive crime prevention system. They are always awake, always on guard, and ready to protect your residents and their vehicles.

Our Mobile Surveillance Trailer can be deployed to your parking lots whether you have power and internet connectivity or rely on solar power and 4G video transmission.

Live and archived video from LotGuard cameras can be accessed anytime from any device, regardless of location.

Get in touch with the experts about securing your Parking Lot