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How Can I Prevent Vandalism On My Property?

Posted by Joe Wilson

Aug 31, 2015 7:54:00 AM

How can I prevent vandalism on my propertyWe often talk about protecting your business from the losses associated with theft and robbery – but what about vandalism?

Vandalism can cause huge losses to your business and almost every industry has the potential to be vandalized.


Over the years I’ve heard many cases of the same school being vandalized repeatedly, and even restaurants, car dealerships and religious organizations are all vulnerable to vandals.  And the persons responsible can be anyone from mischievous kids who decide to break into their rivals school, to gangs defacing your property with graffiti.

“In the USA vandalism costs schools, homeowners, businesses, governments and others more than $15 billion a year.”U.S Department of Justice

 

The cost of vandalism is very high – if you’re lucky enough to have insurance that covers repairs and replacements of vandalized property, you’ll still be facing an interruption of business ... and your premiums will likely go up.  

 

What if you’re business infrastructure is damaged or your entire fleet of vehicles is unusable?  This can take time to repair – reducing your potential revenue for that period.

And depending on the amount of damage or frequency of vandalism, you may be facing lost sales or a loss of trust and credibility. 

 

What is Vandalism?

 

Vandalism is defined as deliberate mischievous or malicious destruction or damage of property.  

 

It can include physically damaging behaviour such as breaking windows, slashing tires, spray painting a wall with graffiti … but also destroying a computer system through the use of a computer virus.

 

In order to obtain a conviction, it must be proven that the accused willfully damaged or destroyed property that did not belong to them, or they had the intent to do so. 


How Can You Prevent Vandalism?

 

The goal of vandalism prevention is to stop vandals before they are able to cause damage to your property.

 

Notifying the Police after they’ve already started the destruction will still cost you.  

 

Therefore you need to deter the behaviour before it begins.  And if you can’t do that, you need the assurance that the Police will arrive to apprehend the criminals on site, as the crime is in progress.


CCTV is a waste of time against vandalism, it provides a record of the event to be watched after the fact. Video surveillance cameras and security signage are both visual deterrents that may help you discourage malicious vandalism – but unfortunately, it’s not a complete deterrence and should not be entirely relied upon.  You'll need to have a SonaVision verified video on the outside of building so the vandals are captured in action, while vandalizing.


Our Sonitrol verified security solutions have a very high rate of success.  We catch a lot of vandals.  
 
With more than 172,000 criminal captures, we have the highest documented apprehension rate in the industry.  It’s not the signs or the cameras that help us deter crime – it’s our unique technology.  We’re so good at capturing criminals, those in the know will purposely avoid entering Sonitrol-monitored sites.

 

What makes Sonitrol special is our integrated audio and video technologies. We're able to stop vandals before they damage your property because we are able to identify a break-in (such as a window being broken, or a door being forced) as it occurs – unlike conventional alarms, there is no delay between the break-in and our ability verify the crime as it happens.  Once we verify that the crime is in progress, we dispatch the Police who arrive, on average, after 3.5 minutes - often before the vandalism is done.

 

And if you’re dealing with frequent break-ins and vandalism is a problem, choosing a security company like Sonitrol Western Canada, known for catching criminals, is the best option for stopping the vicious cycle.

 

In fact we're so proud of our service, and we’re so good at what we do, we guarantee our security service – you can check out our guaranteed commitment to service here.  And one of our guarantees is a crime deterrence.  

 

Sonitrol is a well-known name in the criminal community!?

 

Thieves, crooks, robbers, vandals and criminals of all kinds know our name and know not to mess with Sonitrol security alarms … because catching criminals is what we do. The Sonitrol name is also an effective method of deterrence because we help stop crimes-in-progress and criminals get caught.

 

Commercial Security Experts!  

About Sonitrol Western Canada:


We're so confident in our technology and responsive service, that no one else in the industry can match our guarantee.  Our unique verified audio and CCTV video business security solutions enable our operators to hear and see what is happening in your business before the criminals gain entry!!  We verify the actual source of the alarm, and we get the police to attend the scene immediately.  FOR A FREE SECURITY AUDIT, click here, or call 1-866-766-4876.

We are a security company with over 150 offices across North America. Sonitrol Western Canada services clients in:

Sonitrol Western Canada, with its Verified Electronic Security Systems, is committed to providing customers with the most comprehensive security protection.  Cooperation in the elimination of false alarms is not only beneficial to the system’s user, but results in better protection of the entire community by allowing law enforcement to use their resources as efficiently as possible.

 

 

Topics: CCTV Video Surveillance, Verified Security Alarms

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Joe Wilson, Owner of Sonitrol Western Canada

We provide our customers with the best commercial security solutions and quality service backed by our unique Guarantee and Commitment to Service. It's something unverified conventional alarm companies simply cannot guarantee!


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