New monitoring technologies like drone security surveillance present significant advantages over traditional manned patrols. They have a much wider field of view, don’t present as much liability, and have various camera options that allow them to perform better in low-visibility conditions.
As Cannabis Compliance Security Solutions and their sister company TLBC, Inc. recently discovered during routine operations, the advantages of these innovations extend beyond safeguarding the boundaries of your property. Remote guarding operators captured an illegal dumping operation outside their client’s property and assisted law enforcement in identifying the perpetrators.
Illegal dumping has long been an intractable problem in the San Francisco Bay Area and the United States as a whole, with an estimated 410 thousand metric tons of solid plastic waste being dumped in 2016 alone. This has had a devastating impact on the environment and presents significant public health concerns. With thousands of miles of mostly unmonitored coastline, illegal trash dumpers have been mostly able to work with impunity, leading to the problem getting worse.
Working with limited resources, government authorities like Public Works often lack the ability to monitor public waterways to stop illegal dumping as it occurs proactively. This means agencies are left treating symptoms of the problem rather than the source, and often at significant public expense. Cleanup operations come up at $600 per ton of solid waste, leading to a massive $246 million annual price tag for countering the illegal dumping going on in our cities.
This is where private-public partnerships and innovative technologies can help create proactive solutions for local, state, and federal agencies to counter this growing problem. Many areas in the Bay Area have become hotspots for illegal activities like dumping, and by deploying low-cost monitoring technologies like monitoring trailers and drone surveillance, municipalities can easily capture and identify perpetrators as they commit crimes.
Deploy Surveillance, a local security company, has recently demonstrated the effectiveness of innovative technologies in preventing illegal dumping. By deploying solar-powered surveillance trailers in high-risk areas, the company’s remote monitors were able to capture illegal dumpers in the act, recording the crime itself and obtaining clear evidence of the offender, their vehicle, and the license plate.
With the information provided by Deploy Surveillance’s technology, local law enforcement was able to take action. They made contact at the registered vehicle address and successfully identified the offender. This successful collaboration between technology and law enforcement has led to a significant reduction in dumping activities in the hot spot, all at a much lower cost than traditional cleanup operations.
Adapting to new security technologies enhances the abilities of public and private institutions to respond to threats at a much lower cost than existing solutions. If you are interested in the potential benefits that remote guarding services can provide your organization, contact CCSS today.
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