On-Site Security Blog
Video: Watch Skateboarder Flee Our Surveillance Camera
Security is our passion, and so it makes sense that surveillance camera footage is our entertainment. There’s just something satisfying about watching trespassers getting spooked and running like he**.
Like this skateboarder, probably cutting through the jobsite. Watch him stop on a dime at 16 seconds and sprint out the way he came in.
Conex Box Break In STOPPED: Watch 3 Thieves Run
Look closely at the men in this video – you can tell from their swagger that they think they own the place. Chances are good that they were workers on this jobsite who thought no fences meant no security…
Watch as they gather around the box, and see what happens when we hit them with the strobes and sirens at about 1:05.
Stop Generator Theft: 14 Portable Generator Security Tips
Portable generators stay in high demand in the used marketplace – that’s part of what makes them such common targets for thieves. Their very portability makes them popular theft targets too. In fact, a recent study by ForConstructionPros.com (PDF) found that portable generators are the 2nd most-stolen item from jobsites.
Don’t make your construction site a target for portable generator theft! This article describes 14 different ways you can protect your portable generators, divided into pro-active and reactive measures.
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Video Camera Surveillance Under Fire as a Tool for City Improvement
A surveillance project fulfilled by Pro-Vigil partner ProGuard Security Services in Chandler, AZ has come under scrutiny from some of Arizona’s local news outlets.
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Stolen Fork Lifts Used to Rob ATMs
In the wake of our article on skid steer loss prevention comes news of thieves stealing forklifts and front end loaders from jobsites and then using them to steal ATMs…
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Fence Jumper Deterred: Mobile Video Surveillance in ACTION
Even good jobsite security fencing can only do so much… Security fences mostly help honest people stay honest. It takes mobile video surveillance and onsite deterrents to actually STOP CRIME.
This fence jumper has the coolness of a pro thief… Watch how calm and collected he is, even as the VGS Cube’s strobes and sirens blare.
Watch Pro-Vigil Mobile Surveillance in Action:
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Kid Learns What “Live Video Security System” Means
This kid learned the difference between video security and Pro-Vigil LIVE MONITORED VIDEO SECURITY.
He’s obviously talented, and our live monitors appreciate his ability to entertain, BUT… he has absolutely no reason to be on a Pro-Vigil protected jobsite at almost midnight on a Monday.
Jobsite Intruders vs. Live Security Camera Monitoring
These four guys didn’t stand a chance on this jobsite – it’s protected by three of Pro-Vigil’s Virtual Guard Station Cubes.
Our remote surveillance guards watch the security cameras mounted on the Cubes for signs of intruders like these… Watch what happens when we hit the strobe lights at 17 seconds in the video.
Watch Construction Site Remote Monitoring and Crime Deterrence In Action
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10 Skid Steer Security Tips: The Jobsite Thief’s Favorite Tool
Thanks to jobsite theft research conducted by ForConstructionPros.com we know that items most stolen from jobsites nationwide break down like this:
1) Compressors: 15%
2) Portable Generators: 13%
3) Trailers: 13%
4) Skid Steers: 10%
This data helps GCs better secure their jobsites by adding extra layers of security to those items. However, ForBusinessPro’s findings don’t show one of the core jobsite theft tactics that we’ve seen time and time again. Protecting yourself from this single tactic will reduce jobsite theft attempts considerably.
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Video: 5 Guys Scared Off Pro-Vigil Protected Jobsite
At 00:30 five guys walk onto the jobsite like they own the place. Our best guess is they weren’t there to steal… Jobsite thieves usually pull up in pickup trucks. Whether there to steal, vandalize, hang out or just “cut through” they had no business on a Pro-Vigil protected jobsite at 11pm at night.
At 00:58 you can see the strobe flash – outlined in green – that sends them all running home to bed…
Pro-Vigil delivers the crime stopping power of a security guard by combining remote surveillance and onsite crime deterrents like strobes, sirens and shouts of warning. Put Pro-Vigil on your property today >>
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