Security Consulting
While we are planning for the security of your residence, we take into consideration standards and best practices such as: situational crime prevention, crime prevention through environmental design, and more. We use tried and true measures that have been tested over the years and delivered incredible results so that we can offer a plan that results in the reduction of crime risk and an increase in feelings of safety.
Security Risk Assessment
SecureTech conducts Home Security Risk Assessments at residential properties of all types and sizes. Home Security Risk Assessments a provide a complete review of all aspects of physical security at the home. The typical Home Security Risk Assessment includes:
- Interviews with home occupants to gain an understanding of security concerns, past security problems, and daily activities at the home
- Survey of exterior perimeter of site and home, including examination of site boundaries, perimeter fencing, landscaping, security lighting, and signage
- Survey of interior of home, including living areas, sleeping areas, and storage areas
- Review of physical security devices, including doors, windows, safes, and lock hardware
- Review of safe rooms and other systems used to protect against home invasions
- Review of security systems, including intrusion alarm systems, panic alarm systems, video surveillance systems, and security intercom systems
- Identification of likely security risks and potential threats
- Review of history of losses and security incidents
- Review of the use of security guard or patrol services
- Preparation of Home Security Assessment Report
- Urgent problems that should be corrected immediately
- Things that would greatly improve security at the home
- Optional enhancements to security
Security systems planning
In our planning, we use a multi-layered approach. We assess the estate in concentric rings in its location to ensure that an intruder is detected at the earliest opportunity. The aim of the recommendations are primarily to deter, impede, and detect a criminal.
Deter
To deter a criminal from attempting to trespass to commit burglary, it is vital that the criminal feels vulnerable within the perimeter. All criminals will risk assess their target and weigh whether the chance of being seen and arrested is more likely than getting away with the possessions they are hoping to steal. SecureTech uses crime prevention through environmental design techniques and defensible space theories to make the criminal believe that he will be caught in the act. By making recommendations that combine good ground keeping, physical barriers, and high tech security equipment, a deterrence is achieved.
Impede
If, however, the criminal decides the gains outweigh the risk and decides to take a chance, it is paramount that they are impeded in their attempt. At the perimeter and gates, intelligent solutions can make it more difficult to scale a wall or drive into the estate. All countermeasures that are recommended are considered to ensure they enhance the look of the estate. All recommendations will at least delay the criminal, allowing the police time to reach the property before the criminal reaches the home.
Detect
Detection at the earliest opportunity offers the family time to retreat into a safe area and call the police or allow their security staff to deal with the intrusion. Intruder detection systems and intelligent CCTV systems will alert the family to an intruder and allow them to observe from safety. The layers of security start at the furthest point from the residence and gradually close in on areas closer to the home, ending with the interior of the home. A crime pattern analysis affords a realistic picture of the prevalent crimes in that region. Together with the family’s profile, this offers intelligence as to where the threats lie.
Deter
To deter a criminal from attempting to trespass to commit burglary, it is vital that the criminal feels vulnerable within the perimeter. All criminals will risk assess their target and weigh whether the chance of being seen and arrested is more likely than getting away with the possessions they are hoping to steal. SecureTech uses crime prevention through environmental design techniques and defensible space theories to make the criminal believe that he will be caught in the act. By making recommendations that combine good ground keeping, physical barriers, and high tech security equipment, a deterrence is achieved.
Impede
If, however, the criminal decides the gains outweigh the risk and decides to take a chance, it is paramount that they are impeded in their attempt. At the perimeter and gates, intelligent solutions can make it more difficult to scale a wall or drive into the estate. All countermeasures that are recommended are considered to ensure they enhance the look of the estate. All recommendations will at least delay the criminal, allowing the police time to reach the property before the criminal reaches the home.
Detect
Detection at the earliest opportunity offers the family time to retreat into a safe area and call the police or allow their security staff to deal with the intrusion. Intruder detection systems and intelligent CCTV systems will alert the family to an intruder and allow them to observe from safety. The layers of security start at the furthest point from the residence and gradually close in on areas closer to the home, ending with the interior of the home. A crime pattern analysis affords a realistic picture of the prevalent crimes in that region. Together with the family’s profile, this offers intelligence as to where the threats lie.