CCTV

Could your garden shed be a security risk?

by 3 March 2017 – Posted in: Burglaries, CCTV, Home security

The 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 [...]

GuardHome Exhibiting At The Gibberd Gallery

by 1 October 2016 – Posted in: CCTV

Harlow 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

by 2 September 2016 – Posted in: Burglaries, Business Development, Business security, CCTV, Crime prevention, Electronic security, Infra-red, IR cameras, Security, surveillance, The Data Protection Act

As 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

by 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, Theft

With 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?

by 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 Protection

I 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

by 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 Protection

It 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. [...]

GuardHomeSafe Is Our Watchword

by 18 February 2016 – Posted in: After Care, CCTV, Crime prevention, Customer Service, Electronic security, Home security, Infra-red, IR cameras, Random Acts of Kindness, Security

We are a business, so making money is fundamental to our existence. However we are also a company that operates high moral standards and we recognise that there are times when profit is of secondary importance. Today for example we were talking to one of our clients who commissioned us to provide her CCTV surveillance [...]

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