One of the best additions to your store’s security are store security cameras. Not only due security cameras bring with them an inherent deterrent to theft and vandalism, but they are also able to document any crime in progress. In addition, store security cameras can often see areas where theft could occur that a clerk or cashier couldn’t.

Store security cameras can be placed in strategic “hot spot” areas throughout the store that offer close-up detailed images or they can also be configured to produce a broad over-all shot of the entire facility. Whatever method or combination of methods you choose; a digital video store security camera system is the answer for complete security monitoring and surveillance.

Another advantage to store security cameras is that the cameras can be monitored from a remote location. With today’s technology, digital video cameras with Internet Protocol (IP) are available and very reasonable prices. If your system is an IP ready system, it means that you can monitor any of the cameras from anywhere in the world that the internet is available. Although IP cameras aren’t necessary for all types of remote monitoring, it is a handy advantage for anyone that may need to view store security cameras off premises.

Even a basic store security camera system can be monitored remotely. For example, typical store security cameras are normally located throughout the entire store facility, including targeted fields of view such as merchandise and cashier centers. However, the cameras monitor and other system component parts are normally housed somewhere else, such as a secure office, where they can be remotely viewed, away from the main floor.

Standard store security cameras are just one component of many in the security system. A typical system has in addition to the cameras, a processor or capture board, some sort of CODEC application, a monitor, and a digital video recorder or DVR.

Store security cameras can be visible, that is in plain sight of customers or hidden in such a way that they are either disguised or undetectable from normal view. For example, digital video cameras come in many shapes and sizes and types. Some of the more common indoor cameras include the bullet or box type and the dome type cameras.

Generally, the bullet or box type cameras are visible, but they can be placed in certain areas that can make them difficult to detect. Dome type cameras are also visible; however, they can be purchased with a cover that makes it impossible to see inside the dome where the camera is housed. This type of camera presents itself in full view, but the subject cannot tell if they are being monitored at any given instant. The assumption one generally makes is that the camera is capturing their activity and this creates a great deterrent factor.

There are also hidden type and disguised cameras. These store security cameras are either so small that they can be placed without being obvious or they are actually disguised as something else. For example, digital video security cameras can be disguised to look like a smoke detector, thermostat or even an electrical outlet plate.

Store security cameras produce high quality high-resolution color video images under normal lighting conditions. There are also cameras that can produce high quality video under conditions of low light as well. These cameras have a very sensitive imaging chip that can produce video with very little light. They are normally called day/night vision cameras.

There are also infrared night vision cameras. These store security cameras produce high quality color video under normal light conditions and can produce high quality monochromatic or black and white video under conditions of total darkness, using infrared technology.

In addition to the store security cameras, the security system normally has a processor that receives the image from the cameras and creates a digital video file. Digital video files are normally very large, so they must be reduced in size somehow to remain manageable. A COmpression/DECompression or CODEC program or hard wired board does exactly that.

Once the video file is processed it is stored on the DVR for archiving or for viewing at a later time. The DVR is like the hard drive on a personal computer and stores the files in the same manner. In the event of a store incident, the entire activity will be recorded and available for playback as evidence.

Store security cameras offer a modern high tech, low maintenance and affordable cost solution to store security.

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