School and University campuses face a wide range of security risks. WCCTV explores how mobile video surveillance cameras can boost safety and protect staff and students.
How Video Surveillance Boosts Campus Safety and Security
Overseeing the security of a campus environment presents a range of unique and dynamic challenges.
Campus crime is a significant issue, and statistics show that in 2020 alone, there were over 28,000 reported campus crimes statewide.
Employees, students, and visitors come and go from campus without considering security or safety concerns.
By carefully implementing suitable security cameras, increasing campus safety can allow them to go about their day-to-day business without any inconvenience with security.
Below, we investigate proven strategies that work when increasing campus security.
Install Mobile Surveillance Cameras
A campus property's first and foremost priority should be to prevent crime, harassment, theft, or property damage from ever occurring in the first place.
Utilizing a mobile surveillance unit offers that visual presence will deter many would-be criminals from acting in the first place. They can also integrate with a campus’s security control room to allow viewing from a central monitoring platform.
Deploying a pole camera or solar surveillance trailer offers a high-definition camera that can be redeployable at unsafe, remote, or in ‘blind spot’ locations that can be monitored, ensuring a safe and enjoyable place for all.
Video Analytics
Video analytics allows for the careful analysis of the video feed before security needs to be involved.
Cameras equipped with intelligent video analytics allow users to pinpoint events that require specific attention in real-time or on demand.
For example, perhaps you need to know if movement occurs only in a specific location or if a vehicle has stopped at a certain point on campus.
Video analytics can automatically assess these situations and alert the security team via email or on-screen notifications when required.
Remote Video Monitoring
Coupling a mobile surveillance camera with remote video monitoring, the camera becomes a virtual security guard, always awake, always on guard, and always protecting the campuses.
Utilizing remote monitoring means a trained security officer will be on standby to monitor your surveillance systems 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
For professional remote monitoring purposes, the video stream is sent directly to an Interactive Surveillance Operations Center (ISOC), where a security professional will receive an alarm or alert from your site, immediately review the footage to verify the alarm, and take appropriate action.
We recently published an article detailing the benefits of remotely monitored video surveillance cameras for those wanting to learn more about the service.
Alarms and Lighting
The final element of securing a campus is ensuring appropriate alarms and lighting. Lighting can be a proactive security solution, creating safe spaces where crime is less likely.
Installing lighting is also critical in setting up an effective surveillance system. Even though WCCTV’s Pole Cameras have an IR night functionality, assisting with adequate lighting, there is less chance of receiving false alarms, and it offers easier identification for remote security monitoring.
Combining surveillance systems with lighting and audio alarm systems will immediately deter campus crime. Voice Down units can be activated by remote monitoring services, security guards in the control room, or via video analytics in the pole cameras.
This allows for an immediate response to potential threats, as a loud siren, live communication, or flashing light are all it takes to deter a criminal.
WCCTV Mobile Surveillance Cameras for Campus Security
WCCTV is the USA's most established supplier of rapid deployment cameras, with more active systems globally than any other supplier.
Our experience, world-class customer support, and leading-edge surveillance technology make us the ideal partner for installing temporary surveillance cameras.
We manufacture our equipment and do not rehire, resell, or rebadge third-party equipment, allowing us to provide direct support and competitive pricing.
Our service is the most comprehensive available in the marketplace and ensures your campus remains safe.
Ready to learn more about how WCCTV's rapid deployment cameras can boost your campus security? Contact our team today on 877 805-9475 or email sales@wcctv.com.
