Remote Video Monitoring (RVM)...

The industry has demonstrated that remote video monitoring systems can achieve payback of the capital expenditure against manned guarding costs within the first year, delivering savings of up to 80% over five years. With the improved levels of security that such systems offer and the reduced management overhead, clearly there are significant financial savings to be made.

Client premises are protected by detection devices, set to activate when an intruder is present. Cameras are associated with the detection devices and are linked to a transmission system, which connects to a central monitoring station when unauthorised activity is detected.

The central station is able to monitor activity on site with near real time video images. The ability of the central station to visually verify unauthorised activity is of enormous benefit to the police, who are called only to actual incidents as opposed to the "blind" events generated by standard intruder alarm systems. The addition of speak to site audio, giving the central station the ability to warn off potential intruders, provides a deterrent for the majority of incidents.