Redd Ninja

Review of Surveillance Secure

I manage an apartment community in Montgomery Coun...

I manage an apartment community in Montgomery County. One of our problems was the unauthorized use of the dumpsters in our community. It was being used both by non-community members as well as our resident for improper dumping. In one year alone the additional cost of removing such items exceeded our budget by more than $6,000. I could not accept that this was a cost of doing business and looked for a solution. I called about 10 security services providers, many did not even return my call. Surveillance Secure returned my call promptly and made an appointment to visit the site. Tony listened to what I told him and we walked the site together. We have a number of buildings that are separated from each other and from the areas we most wanted to see, namely the dumpsters, the entrance to the leasing office, the driveway and the parking lots. Tony recommended a wireless system that would place cameras where they could get a good view of what we wanted, provide easy transmission from the remote buildings to the main building where our recorder would be, and do so with far less labor and cost than trenching and running cable. Their technicians were professional, friendly and knowledgeable. System was installed quickly, IT programming was done and training was given to me and my staff. It was up and running in two days.

Within 12 hours after installation we caught someone dumping illegally. Catching the illegal dumping saved me $500 in haul fees. The camera system installation cost was far less than my annual cost for bulk trash removal. I expect to save the money I spent on the surveillance system within a few months. It's a win win. My property does not have unsightly bulk trash sitting around my dumpster areas and I continue to save on bulk item removal fees. I couldn't be happier with it.