Within a community there are always some weaker areas for security, as are accesses (garage and portals, mainly), where it is important to implement some type of security so that owners may feel safe.

Surveillance cameras in the communities have gained prominence for their powerful deterrent action to improve security in a neighbor’s community.

It is one of the main elements of surveillance systems that we usually find in a community. Security cameras have evolved greatly in recent years. Its effectiveness and improvement of the resolution and luminosity make it the perfect option to install and that any outsider that accesses it, will be recorded.

These captured images are recorded in a digital file (image recorder) that can be used by the police, which can facilitate their recognition and subsequent detention. This way, it acts as a deterrent so that thieves can forget to access the facilities and facilitate their identification.

Tips to increase security in a community

Install security cameras

But it is true that it is not advisable to entrust all the security of our community to a surveillance camera that although they may hinder the actions, they do not prevent them.

Remember that it is mandatory to inform everyone who enters the community that is being recorded and protected by the Data Protection Law. Any image presented to the police must be correlated to an act of intrusion, theft or accident.

Our security experts can advise you on the best security solutions and combinations of systems to achieve a real leap in security, they can help you improve security in a neighborhood community or in your home.

To increase their effectiveness it is important to support them with other complementary security measures and achieve the desired deterrent effect.

Put very visible cameras and other more hidden

And is that not all forget their intentions to see that the building has security cameras. They study where they are so they can avoid them and not be recorded. Hide some of them, camouflaging with other common elements of the building is a good option to deceive them and discover a little late that are being recorded.

Efficient installation

The cameras must be placed in walls and low ceilings, so that the taking of images is perfect, registering the face and other characteristics that can easily identify the intruder. The cameras must be placed in areas where the lighting is adequate and allows an optimal recording, because although the systems have improved in the penumbra recording, an ideal recording still needs light. The general plans will not help you much when it comes to filing a complaint or as evidence in court.

Surveillance staff

A security assistant or a security guard are two profiles suitable by law to perform these tasks of control and security. The janitor or cleaning staff hired should not intervene in these tasks and can only ensure the proper running of the community facilities or you can get into a mess, with heavy fines to the company and the community.

Improve the Doors

Many criminals use the techniques of slip and similar as we told you in another article, so we recommend the installation of doors with square slip. In addition, the pre-cut bowls can prevent their extraction together with springs or other retainers and thus we can ensure that the door closes correctly.

Protected storage rooms

In addition to cameras, it is advisable to place an additional bolt and a door similar to grade 3 onwards. Although it may not be all your defense, good physical security always adds to electronic security.

Video door entry

Thanks to technology we can adopt systems that apart from fulfilling their function, help security. This is the case of video door phones. Anyone who wants to illegally access the mediations of the community, will be recorded through the video door entry, taking a clear picture of his face. It is, in short, a system that helps the neighbors themselves to identify the truth of the person calling their home.

Approved products

All the installed security systems, as well as the elements of doors, such as bowls or locks, must have guarantees and always have the help and installation of certified companies that have products manufactured under a quality certificate.

Access control in garage

It is another of the pillars of security. The access by traditional physical key is easily copied and, therefore, vulnerable. For this reason, it is access control systems and new generation opening systems that should take over, such as encrypted and encrypted command opening, the opening of garage doors or portal via mobile app.

The access control systems -Biometrics, mainly- allow to increase the security of a community, with systems such as recognition by fingerprint, hand or image or, numerical type, through key, which in any case makes the access of unwanted people to the facilities. They are not very common yet, but they represent a leap forward in security.

Systems based on radio frequency are increasingly vulnerable with increasingly accessible equipment and we can not trust all our security to an improvement of only physical security (security doors, bars, fences).

Another variant are those that require an RFID system, a card, a keychain or a control device with a coded chip. And one step further are those who already use the mobile as an activation device, which can encrypt the signal and offer great flexibility and flexibility in licensing and use, especially when rented in a community.

Therefore, as security experts in Communities, we recommend combining different systems with which you and your community can achieve a greater amount of security than the parts that comprise it.