Top 3 Ways To Prevent Parking Lot Break-Ins

Parking lots, whether located in a shopping centre, commercial office building, or warehouse facility, can be a challenging space for security.

With dark corners, increased comings and goings throughout the day, and multiple entry and exit points for both people and vehicles, CCTV and manned security teams often have their work cut out for them.

Below are three opportunities for security teams to implement to support a more robust security presence and prevent parking lot break-ins.

1. Physical deterrents.

Adding additional physical deterrents is a proactive way to prevent parking lot break-ins. Depending on the set-up of your parking lot, you could look into:

• Swipe card or fob access to the parking lot as a whole or specific floors of the parking lot, meaning people can’t move freely between different levels.
• Full-size access gates rather than single parking barriers that people can typically navigate around on foot or by bike.
• Highly visible CCTV cameras in key areas, including key points of access, stairwells and low traffic areas.
• Audio warning systems triggered by movement that alert people that the area is being monitored and patrolled.

Any one of these provides a sense that the parking lot is well-monitored, making it harder and riskier for anyone with dubious motives to enter the space.

2. Appropriate, well-placed lighting.

One of the attractions of parking lots of less savoury activity is that they’re typically dimly lit with darker corners where lighting doesn’t reach. This not only makes break-in behaviours easier, but also makes identifying suspects caught on any CCTV in the area more difficult.

Appropriate, well-placed lighting throughout the parking structure that takes low-traffic areas and darker corners into consideration, can be a strong deterrent when coupled with visible CCTV operations. This way, potential culprits know they’re under surveillance and there’s (almost) nowhere to hide.

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3. Security robots.

For large-scale parking structures with high traffic or high-value clients/customers utilising the space, it makes sense to look into more efficient and effective security measures.

Australian Robot Technology (ART) autonomous parking lot security robots, Tim and Harry, offer next-level security support. Beyond simply patrolling your parking lots, ART security robots can:

• Watch, analyse and respond in real-time to suspicious activity.
• Utilise people detection and number plate recognition through advanced cameras, knowing exactly who should (and shouldn’t) be within the facility.
• Instantly alert security and building teams about suspicious activity with detailed notifications.
• Support two-way communication to allow for audio warnings.
• Be configured to follow specific individuals or vehicles if needed, providing targeted, on-the-ground surveillance.
• Monitor for loitering, intrusions and vandalism.

This all happens automatically, while Tim and Harry continue to patrol. For a quiet, yet highly visible and clear deterrent, Tim and Harry go beyond static CCTV cameras, physical deterents and floodlights.

Discover What ART Security Robots Can Offer You

ART security robots aren’t just levelling up your security; they’re offering a significant upgrade in peace of mind for you and everyone entering and making use of your space, whether it’s a parking lot, commercial business, retail facility or something else.

If you’re keen to see Tim and Harry in action, you can book a free live demo, and we’ll be happy to show just what ART can offer you and your business.

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