Are un-monitored cameras effective at preventing crime?

Un-monitored surveillance cameras are often useless at preventing crime for a number of reasons. In most cases, usually all you’re left with is a police case number and video of a crime that’s already been committed. Although at times this video can be an essential piece of evidence, it lacks the ability to actually deter anyone who is intent on committing crime on your property. Cameras that function without human intervention in real time cannot respond or react in a preventative manner, which is the basis for your safety. Put your wellbeing in the hands of someone capable, who’s job it is to look out for you.

Are security guards worth the money?

Security guards and patrol programs are a decent alternative when the presence of a person is needed. However, the human element associated with these programs often falls way short of the expectation you might have for them.

Some of these companies have adopted a below living-wage standard that they use when paying their security guards. In order to drive profits, these companies can negotiate low billing rates and still make the same percentage of profit. They do this by compensating the guard far less than they deserve.
For this reason, security guard companies don’t always attract or employ the first-rate guard personnel they require. Simultaneously, you as a client are led to believe that the guard stationed on your property is highly trained and fully invested in your defense.

The truth of the matter is:

• Reports are often hard to read, missing, or don’t even exist.
• Some guards have been known to leave in the middle of their shift.
• At times, guards cannot be seen on the property because they are asleep, at home or in their vehicle.
• Guards can miss a lot of crucial information that all clients need.
• Guards have the option to invite anyone to the job site, whether it’s someone you know or not.

Are vehicle patrol programs effective at preventing crime?

Vehicle patrols, or courtesy patrols as some call them, are a reactive form of security. They reason they’re labeled reactive is because they don’t actively prevent crime, which is usually due to geographical and/or time constraints. In order for a security agency to make money, they have to either charge a hefty amount per client or they’ve got to pile several patrol sites on one patrolling guard. You can imagine that placing such a large volume of patrols on one guard can overwhelm, making it impossible to complete within a 10- or 12-hour period. This is problematic as each client site is under contract to be patrolled 4 or 5 times per night.

This scenario results in all sorts of needless issues. To begin with, the patrol officer is then forced to skip patrols for a number of clients that are deemed out of the way. Guards are pushed to hastily complete their rounds in order to check the boxes on their report sheets and are left with no time to actually do their job: adequately patrol the site for potential criminals and hazards. Look out for you. If they do identify a problem it’s usually after the fact, with the time it takes to deal with it stolen from another client.

The average time a patrol guard takes to complete a round through a client’s property is 5 minutes. This means the officer spends 25 minutes or less on the property within a 10 to 12 hour window. Because of this major gap in coverage, the guard usually spends most of his time behind the wheel, playing catch up by driving to other sites.

Criminals can be clever; they often take advantage of these gaps by waiting for the guard to vacate the site. Once the guard completes the round, they move in on their opportunity. Knowing it’ll be at least 2 ½ hours before the guard returns, the criminal has time to execute the plan, with one less thing to worry about.

With other companies, you don’t always get what you’re paying for. We’ll change that.

How is Knight Protection, Inc.’s service the best around?

The truth behind our service is that we have integrity, and we know we have integrity. We believe in ourselves so that you can too. Knight Protection, Inc. has a low cost of service that will save you thousands per month on security, without compensating your level of protection. We state with conviction that our service will revolutionize the way entities provide security for their organizations.
Knight Protection, Inc. provides live monitoring of digital video surveillance cameras directly from our monitoring stations in Phoenix, Arizona and Turlock, California. We utilize high quality IP cameras at a reduced price and our cameras record in color while also having the capability to stream live video feeds to our monitoring stations.

Our Technology

Knight Protection, Inc. can provide a highly effective, low cost security solution for you or your organization. Our cutting edge technology is truly second to none. Not only do we offer a variety of cameras to match your budget, we also employ an integration-friendly video platform, which can monitor virtually any model of camera. So if you already have cameras on the premises, that’s great. We can monitor them at no extra cost to you.