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Let's face it, crime exists in our world. Your
business is a target, and theft is a crime of opportunity. Video
cameras offer both a deterrent to theft and a record for
prosecution. Professional criminals look for easy targets and
businesses with no visible security are inviting. Besides the
problem of external theft, businesses face internal threats as well.
According to a recent Ernst & Young study of retail loss
prevention, employee theft or merchandise is six times greater than
that of shoplifters. Keeping a permanent record of what is going on
in your business protects both you and your
assets.
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Video cameras are an extension
of management, an extra pair of eyes. They are designed to be where
you as a business owner can't. In the ever increasing competitive
business climate, a
business owner or manager must be in many places at one time.
Video cameras allow you to "watch the stores" without actually being
at the store. Whether you are watching employees monitoring a
production process tracking product movements, or surveying customer
traffic a camera can be there even when you are not.
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Because of the relative affordability of surveillance cameras
and the introduction of networked video, cost savings far outweigh
the expenditure of adding a system to your business. Consider the
amount of shrinkage (product losses do to theft, breakage, employee
error, etc.) your business experience each year. If that number was
reduced by even 25% would it cover the cost of a surveillance
system? If you have a business with multiple locations, consider how
much time you spend traveling between those locations. Surveillance
cameras give you a way to see what is going on in those locations
from one central point. Calculate how much time and money you would
save by not traveling between locations. These are only a few ways
that adding cameras can reduce your costs of doing
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