Prevent Crimes From Happening Outside Of Your Commercial Building

Commercial burglar alarm systems may be boring but as everyone knows, they protect the inside of your business against someone breaking in to steal your valuables. It’s a simple concept that has been around for over 100 years. But what if there was something new, a new type of system that did more than protect just the inside?

Digital Provisions designs and installs burglar alarm systems that do more than keep your inside valuables safe, our systems can now keep everything safe on the outside of your commercial building too, out in the open, no fences required. Recently one of our clients had their system go into action and prevent the theft of some very expensive automotive parts.

Recently, on an early weekday morning, two perpetrators set out on a plan to steal rims and tires from a local Toyota dealership. The suspects parked in a nearby medical building parking lot and stealthily maneuvered all of their tools to the gas station adjacent to the dealership. From there, they moved with their tools over to a car on the front line of the dealership’s lot. Brazenly they began jacking up the vehicle, only pausing briefly when the occasional car drove by. What they didn’t know was that they had tripped a silent alarm the moment they stepped onto the lot. As they were busy undoing lug nuts, our central station operators were logging into the dealership’s security camera system to see what had tripped the alarm.

That alarm verification procedure is the key to any successful exterior protecting burglar alarm system. Without it there would be too many false alarms and the police would stop responding, not to mention fine you for all of the false. With a live operator looking at the cameras in real time, they can assess the entire property in minutes, something that an onsite guard would not be able to do for instance so easily. When the threat is verified, they can contact the police and tell them exactly where the incident is happening on the lot and what they should expect when the police arrive.

Back at the dealership, when the central station operator witnessed that a crime was taking place, he immediately challenged the suspects over the security system’s external loudspeakers. “Attention – you are not permitted to be on the lot at this time!” bellowed out of the system, stopping the intruders dead in their tracks. Startled and scared, they instantly fled the scene, leaving behind their tools and more importantly, the dealership’s very expensive rims and tires.

There is no guarantee they would have stopped there either. Very often thieves will target a particular location for more than just one item. This can leave business owners with multiple cars up on blocks or multiple trucks broken into. There is no limit once they know they can safely stay on your property without anyone knowing about it.

Police arrived on the scene, and the suspect’s tools were taken into evidence. The customer’s inventory remained protected, and the crime was prevented with no loss of property or damage to the vehicle.

Digital Provisions specializes in installing commercial security systems, inside or out, all with little or no disruption to your business. Contact us for a no-obligation site security design which will give you the information you need to properly secure your property and your peace of mind.

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How Video Verified Alarm Systems Can Protect Your Commercial Property Investment


It’s 3 a.m., everyone in the house is asleep, out of the blue your phone starts ringing and wakes you up from your sound slumber. It’s Central Station, and there has been an alarm trip at your building. Is there something wrong? Is someone trying to break in? Or is it just false alarm?

Waking up in the middle of the night, receiving a call from central station, calling to inform you that your burglar alarm is going off, and the Police have been dispatched, is probably the worst way to wake up and certainly something you want to avoid.

A Better Way

What if Central Station knew the answers to those important questions before the police were even called? Using a properly designed IP Video Surveillance system, Central Station operators are now able to use your CCTV cameras to verify visually if there is an actual event at your facility. Some counties have now issued a 2-false-alarm-a-year-rule, which means if police authorities are dispatched to your property more than 2 times a year for a false alarm, you’re going to receive a bill for their troubles. By using video to verify whether an alarm is true or false is a very powerful tool as a business owner to ensure that you are not charged with unnecessary fines.

Additional Uses

Business owners often find this type of system useful to protect exterior parking lots where vehicles and equipment are being stored. Before central station contacts you, they will use your CCTV or IP video surveillance system to visually verify if there is an actual event at your facility. Before the use of video verification, there were few options for protecting the perimeter at an outdoor storage or parking area. Security guards were costly and many times ineffective. Now you can use cameras in combination with outdoor detection sensors and analytics to protect every area in your lot simultaneously. No more situations where a guard was sleeping across the other end of the lot while thieves make off with your valuables.

Ways to Reduce False Alarms

  • Inspect the area you’re protecting to make sure nothing is moving during the night that would trip the alarm, such as balloons or even plants when HVAC system turns on.
  • Schedule monthly checkups & inspections with your current burglar alarm system integrator.
  • Do an intrusion test after hours to see if the system does what it is designed to do.
  • Integrate video surveillance cameras with your alarm system to prevent the police from coming when they don’t need to.
  • Training for all users of the system to ensure it is being armed properly. Alternatively, set the system to auto arm & disarm or tie the system into your access control system for even better control.

It pays to be proactive when protecting your investments. Digital Provisions has been installing video verified intrusion systems since 2011 and knows what it takes to get it done right. Contact us to find out how this proven new technology can help you sleep better at night.