Security Solutions for Retail Premises and Shopping Centres
Keeping your shopping centre and retail premises safe and secure 24/7 is vital to ensure that business can be carried out normally. The safety of customers is a top priority, and at Sygma, we are committed to providing state-of-the-art security solutions for your business.
Security Solutions for Retails Premises
At Sygma, we provide an extensive range of CCTV security surveillance systems and intruder alarms to protect your business. We also offer several comprehensive service and maintenance packages so that you can concentrate on your day-to-day operations without worrying about whether your security system is working correctly.
Sygma’s security solutions in retail premises can help with theft prevention, video surveillance, and entrance and exit control. Retail premises and shopping centres have long been targets for opportunist thieves and vandals, which can cause significant financial losses.
Installing CCTV systems and intruder alarms can help protect your premises, customers’ safety, and retail business assets from theft and damage. Security systems can also deter crime and minimise costs and risks to members of the public.
Benefits of security solutions in car sale premises
Deters theft and vandalism
The presence of CCTV will mean that anyone who enters the premises knows that they are being watched and that there will be evidence available if they take or break anything. Installing a CCTV system will help deter criminals and keep your visitors and staff safe. Intruder alarm systems will also help alert business owners and the authorities of any intruders.
Minimise Cost
Security solutions such as CCTV systems and intruder alarms can protect premises and assets, which can be very expensive to replace.
Minimise Risk
Video surveillance and intruder alarms can ensure that your premises are being watched and protected 24/7. By having these systems located around the premises, you can ensure the safety of your assets and customers and can help police with enquiries when necessary.
Compliance with CCTV Regulations and Safety Standards
CCTV surveillance comes with several rules and regulations to protect visitors and employees and their privacy. It is a legal requirement in the UK that CCTV must be operated following Data Protection and Human Rights legislation. This means the following guidelines must be followed when using CCTV security systems:
- Usage for reasonable, justifiable purposes only – informing people what those purposes are and that you are recording them on site.
- Ensuring your system is continually maintained as fit for purpose.
- Make images available to the people in them, if requested, and it is reasonable to do so.
- Keep the images securely stored (the only copies downloaded should be for police and archive purposes) – but do not keep them for longer than necessary.
CCTV Solutions in Retail Premises
We offer a comprehensive range of CCTV systems to meet the needs of retail premises and shopping centres. These solutions range from reliable, cost-effective single cameras to state-of-the-art interconnected technology.
IP Systems
IP (Internet Protocol) is a method of transmitting data over a network, where each computer on the Internet has a unique identification address. As the CCTV system operates over a network, the cameras can be accessed by anyone on the same network or via the internet (and recorded on a networked PC).
Network Camera
With a network camera, you can track everyone passing through a high-security entrance. Recent advances make connecting cameras directly to an IP-based computer network possible. A network camera performs many of the same functions as a standard analogue CCTV camera but does so with greater functionality at substantially lower costs.
Security Surveillance
Network Cameras are used in professional security systems, enabling authorised personnel to view the live video remotely. They are easily integrated into larger, complex systems but can also function as stand-alone solutions in entry-level surveillance applications.
Web Attraction
Network Cameras enable high-quality, Live Video to be shown to the whole Internet community. Live Video is an effective way to bring visitors back to a website.
Intruder Alarm Solutions for Retails Premises and Shopping Centres
Installing an intruder alarm system gives you maximum security and protection from unwanted criminal activity. An intruder alarm will be an effective deterrent and protect your premises.
Bells-Only Alarm
A bells-only burglar alarm will produce a loud noise to scare off the intruder and make others nearby aware of the break-in. Only people in the vicinity who hear the alarm will be aware of the event, as these types of intruder and burglar alarms do not automatically inform the police or a named person.
Audible burglar alarms may be adequate for retail and commercial buildings within densely populated areas. However, if your premises are remote, such as an industrial estate, there may be better solutions than a bells-only alarm.
Monitored Alarms
Monitored burglar alarms offer the highest level of protection from intruders. You should always use a professional to install a monitored burglar alarm, as it should use both a wireless and wired system. Once triggered, the burglar alarm will inform the monitoring station, which can contact the police or the security company hired to monitor the premises.
Remote CCTV Monitoring
Our remote monitoring solution links your CCTV system directly to our partner remote monitoring station (RVRC), allowing round-the-clock surveillance and monitoring of your premises. Once the system is set, images are transmitted from the CCTV cameras to the RVRC. Within seconds of system activation, a camera will focus automatically on the cause. Simultaneously, the system will transmit real-time images from the camera to the RVRC.
The benefits of remote CCTV monitoring include crime prevention, ease of evidence collection, secure arrests and real-time service contact.
All Sygma-monitored solutions are designed to comply with British Standard 8418, the standard for detector-activated remotely monitored CCTV systems in the UK.
Integration with Existing Systems
Some retail and shopping centre premises may have existing security systems and might only be in the market for additional solutions to further ensure patient safety and deter crime. At Sygma, we can help expand your current CCTV solutions with additional solutions that are compatible with your existing surveillance options, such as Network Cameras, IP systems and more.
Privacy Consideration
If you are planning on installing CCTV systems and surveillance cameras inside your retail premises and shopping centre, there are several privacy points to consider;
- Record your reasons for installing CCTV and ensure they are proportionate and legitimate. According to the ICO, the use of CCTV should be reviewed each year.
- Consider the most appropriate surveillance technology for your facility as well as the location of these cameras.
- Install clearly visible signs that state CCTV cameras have been installed.
- Restrict access to stored CCTV images and only view them in a secure area.
- Do not disclose images of patients without consent, except in exceptional circumstances when this can be justified in the public interest.
- Your business’s privacy policy should cover the installation of cameras, the safe storage of images, retention periods, disclosure to the police and subject access requests.
Maintenance and Support
Regularly servicing and maintaining your security system will help to ensure its reliability and compliance while reducing or eliminating any potential downtime. The working life of your high-value equipment will also be extended.
At Sygma, we provide a comprehensive range of security system service and maintenance packages to ensure that your systems are properly maintained.
We offer a comprehensive range of options based on your system’s requirements and budget. These options include a platinum package, which includes free equipment repairs and free replacement parts, an enhanced package, and a standard package.
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Suffolk
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