Customer: Essex Realty Essex Realty is a property management company in Southern California with over 17 million square feet of space across hundreds of properties in Ventura County, L.A. County, Orange County, Inland Empire, and the San Diego metro area. They employ 65 real estate professionals working out of 11 offices with headquarters in Irvine.  Challenge: Break-ins, theft, vandalism, and incompetent vendors Essex was losing time and money on problem buildings. There was also confusion and a lack of accountability with multiple vendors for fire, security, and access control.  Se ..read more

Protecting educational campuses and facilities is an increasingly urgent and complicated problem.   Campus buildings can be far apart, making security measures difficult to coordinate and manage. Hundreds, if not thousands, of students, faculty, staff, and visitors use the premises at all hours, leaving campuses vulnerable to theft, vandalism, and other threats. And the stakes are high.  So, how do you cope with these challenges while also contending with staffing shortages and a return to pre-pandemic attendance and foot traffic? By embracing emerging security technologies that ..read more

Time to update your burglar alarm system, but you’re unsure where to start?  We don’t blame you. Between fast-evolving security technology, a rise in theft and vandalism, and an unpredictable economy, choosing a burglar alarm system can feel overwhelming.   That’s true whether you’re protecting a multi-site business, a car lot, a warehouse, a school, or a retail storefront.  And these days, a truly effective burglar alarm needs to be more than just a keypad connected to door and window contacts. Here are five tips to consider when upgrading your system.  Add profession ..read more

Managing properties, whether one or multiple, means constantly juggling challenges. Dealing with buildings in different cities or counties, communicating with dozens of vendors, handling tenant complaints, staying on budget—the list goes on. Not to mention worrying about the safety and security of the people who live in, work in, and visit each property. The biggest challenges facing property managers today If you’re not a property manager yourself, but you own a home, car, or are a parent, you can relate to this feeling: when something goes wrong don’t bother looking around—it’s on you to fin ..read more

As security technology becomes more advanced, so do the options for customizing your security protocols. A security protocol tells your security or alarm company what to do in the event of an alarm. And customizing security protocols can help your business stay secure by focusing on the preferences that matter most —and work best— for you.  However, customization can be confusing and daunting when you’re not sure what can be customized and how. With that in mind, The Bulletin spoke to two experts for insights on security customization at Bay Alarm—and which security features customers can ..read more

What it is: Monitored video security powered by artificial intelligence Live video monitoring is a next-generation security service that combines new technologies in threat detection with live monitoring from trained security professionals. This short video breaks down the system into its different components to help you understand how it works:  The technology behind AI-powered video monitoring is advanced, but it’s intuitive enough for business owners to use without any special training to better protect their customers and teams.   How live video monitoring proactively handl ..read more

Customer: Laborers Training School Laborers Training School provides construction-based labor training to union workers in multiple locations across 12 counties in Southern California. Challenge: trespassing, theft, and frequent alarms on training sites The school’s campuses were a frequent target for crime, and their existing security provider wasn’t making the cut. Security challenges and losses Loss of $100k in welding equipment Frequent trespassers and issues with homeless population Missing catalytic converters, generators, and fuel Challenges with previous security provider Wakin ..read more

Businesses and people are now using facial recognition technology to make payments, bank online, and as a security feature on mobile devices. Despite its growing popularity, facial recognition remains controversial because of how law enforcement, private companies, and governments implement the technology. The fear? A lack of control, transparency, and regulation could do more bad than good.  But facial recognition has powerful benefits and is likely here to stay, particularly in the security sector, where it’s proven useful in many ways. So how can you benefit from the technology while u ..read more

In their research report on “The Future of Physical Security,” execs from Microsoft and Accenture interviewed over 200 physical security leaders across industries about the impact of new AI-enhanced models like live video monitoring. Eight in ten experts surveyed said they believed they would see positive ROI from the technology. But how exactly does live video monitoring drive cost savings for business owners—and how does it prove it’s worth the investment? Reduced Security Incidents Twenty-eight percent of businesses reported an increase in physical security incidents in 2022. These incident ..read more

As we mentioned in a previous article, several trends in the security market have made live video monitoring the most popular new solution in business security.  Due to increased security incidents, challenges in staffing security guards, and cost considerations, an increasing amount of businesses are looking at this new, cost-effective security solution as a way to improve their security operations. Why? With live video monitoring, you get a top-notch security combination: access to AI-enhanced video technology monitored by expertly trained staff.  As businesses embrace LVM, they ar ..read more