Yesterday I spoke to someone who had a break in at his home last Saturday. For reasons I won’t go into he knew that the whole thing had only lasted 5 minutes, including the opening of his front door which was locked. He lost a number of small valuable items. Do you have a modern [...]
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CCTV – Before and After
29 October 2018 – Posted in: CCTV, Crime preventionIf you have CCTV you have the advantage of a deterrent before a potential incident and a way of gathering evidence afterwards. Obvious perhaps but often overlooked.
More examples of modern HD CCTV
23 October 2017 – Posted in: CCTV, HD CCTV, IR cameras, surveillanceIf you liked our previous YouTube demonstrations then you might like to view these. HD (Hi Definition) PTZ (PanTilt Zoom) CCTV Tracking HD (Hi Definition) PTZ (PanTilt Zoom) CCTV – Zoom & Pre-set HD (Hi Definition) PTZ (PanTilt Zoom) CCTV Night Tracking
Could your garden shed be a security risk?
3 March 2017 – Posted in: Burglaries, CCTV, Home securityThe garden shed wasn’t locked because the owner thought there wasn’t much of value in it. The burglar found an old spade inside. With the spade the burglar levered open the conservatory door and made an entrance. The door was badly damaged and need an expensive replacement – but that was nothing compared with the [...]
More GuardHome Videos on YouTube
21 December 2016 – Posted in: Alarms, Burglaries, CCTVWe’ve added a number of videos to our GuardHome playlists – especially about CCTV. CLICK HERE to view
GuardHome Exhibiting At The Gibberd Gallery
1 October 2016 – Posted in: CCTVHarlow is justly proud of its engineering heritage. It is home to Fiber Optics and this year it is celebrating 50 years of its discovery by Sir Charles Kao, at the artistic home of another of its celebrated residents, and designer of Harlow itself, Sir Frederick Gibberd. The Gibberd Gallery at the Civic Centre in [...]
We live in the real world – and deliver real world CCTV systems
2 September 2016 – Posted in: Burglaries, Business Development, Business security, CCTV, Crime prevention, Electronic security, Infra-red, IR cameras, Security, surveillance, The Data Protection ActAs a lover of science fiction, I like nothing more to imagine that I could travel round the universe visiting strange new worlds, seeking out new civilisations etc etc. But I know it is only an artificial image created by clever special effects and computer graphics and will never be a reality for quite some [...]
Our New Tag Line – Dedicated To You Security And Safety
22 May 2016 – Posted in: Alarms, Burglaries, Business alarms, Business security, Car theft, CCTV, Costs of alarms, Crime prevention, Customer Service, Electronic security, Fire alarms, GuardHome News, Home alarms, Home security, Protecting the elderly, Reliability, Security, Smoke detectors, TheftWith the news full of the forthcoming EU referendum, I thought if would be cool to have a little voting session of our own. For the past couple of years our tag line has been Seriously Good Security For People Who Take Their Security Seriously, a bit of a tongue twister and perhaps it tries [...]
Are The Days Of The Dummy Deterrent Numbered?
2 April 2016 – Posted in: After Care, Alarm maintenance, Alarm setting, Alarms, Burglaries, Business alarms, Business security, Car theft, CCTV, Costs of alarms, Crime prevention, Customer Service, Electronic security, GuardHome News, Home alarms, Home security, Insurance, IR cameras, Reliability, Security, Statistics, surveillance, Theft, Vehicle ProtectionI ask this question because unusually I have seen three of my local clients (this includes myself) targetted by thieves, since the start of this year. In each of these cases the thieves left empty handed because the security system that we installed was fully operational. So as soon as the burglars attempted to enter [...]
#GuardHomeVanSafe- Thieves Thwarted
19 March 2016 – Posted in: Alarm setting, Alarms, Burglaries, Business alarms, Business security, Car theft, CCTV, Costs of alarms, Crime prevention, Electronic security, Home alarms, Home security, Security, surveillance, Theft, Vehicle ProtectionIt isn’t just our clients that we protect with our systems. This morning at around 4am my house alarm went off. It was because this chap and his mate attempted to break into my van. They were foiled because we fit our house alarm sensors in our vans to protect the contents and our livelihoods. [...]