Is Your Camera System Smart Enough to Anticipate Threats?
AI-Enabled Cameras Help You Anticipate Threats and Protect Staff
Do you still rely on basic CCTV systems to monitor your New Orleans, LA business? Often, these are passive and only serve to collect evidence after the fact rather than proactively protecting your property. If you have a company with luxury or high-value assets, it’s time to upgrade to a better solution. Surveillance manufacturers now offer AI-enabled cameras that identify unusual patterns and alert staff to issues in real time.
The best way to get the most out of these smart camera systems for commercial spaces is to integrate them with a security platform like Alarm.com that lets you monitor footage, receive instant notifications, and make security adjustments from anywhere.
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How AI Security Cameras Anticipate Threats
While old CCTV systems were passive observers, AI-enabled cameras actively look for suspicious activity and alert you of issues before they escalate. As we mentioned earlier, these cameras work best as part of an integrated system with both sensors that help them monitor areas and control platforms to help them communicate that information.
AI cameras use advanced machine learning to differentiate suspicious activity from a baseline ‘normal’ environment. We’ll help you set up some parameters that define that baseline normal, and then the camera takes it from there. It can tell if people are loitering in high-risk areas or accessing them after hours. It can tell which areas are most crowded during the day, helping you to gauge where security efforts need to be expanded.
If there are incidents, machine learning also makes it easier to identify offenders. It can recognize people, cars, and items to make it easy to look up past footage. Was a man in a red shirt suspiciously lingering by a jewelry display? Go to your video management software and look up all that day’s footage featuring a man in a red shirt to track all his movements while he was in the store.
The Top Benefits of Smart Camera Systems for Commercial Spaces
We’ve discussed how these cameras work at a high level; now, it’s time to get a better feel for them in action by discussing some of the most common use cases and benefits.
- Loss Prevention: For most business owners, this is the top priority for any security measure, and smart cameras deliver. They instantly recognize suspicious behavior, from obvious loitering to quick item removal, and alert staff.
- Perimeter Security: The best way to deter theft is to prevent bad actors from entering your property. AI-powered cameras monitor for unauthorized breaches and even recognize when robbers are ‘casing’ a property by walking the perimeters.
- Quick Incident Response: You get instant alerts of suspicious or dangerous behavior, making it easier for staff to respond quickly to theft or medical emergencies. This will help reduce liability for your business,
- Gather Evidence for Authorities: AI video analytics make it easy to look up footage based on descriptions (clothing, height, etc.) and time of day to gather valuable evidence for incident reviews.
- Optimize Business Operations: While many business owners don’t see security cameras as efficiency tools, they are! By tracking occupancy and crowd flow, you can improve your staffing and inventory.
Campo Better Living is an authorized dealer of smart cameras and business security solutions. We’ll advise you on the features and products that could most benefit your business. Call us or fill out our contact form to schedule an appointment with our security specialists.
