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When it comes to preventing crime, both private and public sectors have three main objectives: to defend against it, detect it if it might occur, and deter it from happening in the first place. Yet, both sectors have a slightly nuanced approach to achieving those goals. The focus of private entities like retailers and businesses is to protect private property and assets that are limited to a specific area such as a store, building, or commercial site. In the public sector, the responsibilities are similar but more far-reaching in scope and geography. The primary responsibilities include but are not limited to protecting the public’s well-being as well as overall infrastructure, with a focus on enforcing law and order. It can be an extensive and daunting endeavor with its own set of unique challenges.
In the private sector, foot traffic is innately filtered by the demographics in which the business serves. If you are a retailer that sells women’s athleisure, most of your customers will likely be women within a certain age range and earning potential who like to engage in fitness- and sports-related activities or prefer comfortable, casual clothing.
However, when it comes to the public sector, its buildings, public spaces, and services attract numerous people from a wide swath of demographics. These spaces and facilities cater to the general population regardless of race, geography, salary, and age. This usually equates to more visitors coming and going which can create more challenges to monitor and more suspicious or unwelcome behaviors to detect and deter.
Public buildings, parks, and transportation systems each have significant footprints. In addition to the pure size of buildings and the vastness of the real estate they take up, each public space has multiple entrances which can make surveillance exponentially more difficult. Each entrance is a potential access point for criminals to infiltrate or use as an escape route.
When you think about buildings and transportation systems with multiple levels and interconnecting mazes of corridors, trains, stairwells, escalators, and elevators, you can imagine all the permutations one can take to get in and out of a building or public subway system. It requires a comprehensive and sound security plan to ensure the safety of all who enter.
One of the biggest security challenges in the public sector is public events and rallies. Events such as free concerts, festivals, parades, rallies, or protests can attract substantial and passionate crowds. The substantial crowd alone is often an unknown variable. Unlike private concerts or events where total attendance is known ahead of time, the number of participants and spectators at a public event can vary greatly. That unpredictability can be dangerous if unprepared for. The volatility of unexpectedly massive crowds at a potentially charged event like a protest or rally, can escalate even the most minor conflicts quickly.
With so many challenges, public safety can feel improbable, if not impossible. However, mobile surveillance units can be an equalizer and a formidable piece of the public safety puzzle.
Mobile security units can be remotely controlled from any smart device, as long as you have an internet connection. This allows security personnel to maintain 24/7 surveillance of areas from a safe distance and in real time. They can control cameras, review video playback to investigate suspicious activities, and communicate with security teams on the ground.
Monitoring events from afar can even help minimize response times. With third-party alert monitoring services, local law enforcement or emergency services can be alerted immediately and dispatched to the scene promptly. This dispatching happens remotely and calmly, without being affected by the potential chaos that on-site surveillance might experience.
When it comes to large crowds and gatherings, mobile security units outfitted with audio capabilities can be helpful in several ways. Mobile security units are set up to allow either pre-programmed or two-way audio messages to be played on loudspeakers. This can be helpful for events where crowd control is needed, or direction is needed. Physically they can also provide a physical and visual barrier to help close off specific areas and guide traffic.
In cases of emergency, loudspeakers can provide warnings and provide information to keep attendees safe and away from dangerous locations. The blaring alarms coupled with strobe lights can also help alert law enforcement if an area has been breached.
Many public events and rallies are short-term events that need short-term security. Mobile surveillance units provide flexibility in that each unit is a self-contained system that can be used as a standalone system or can easily be used in multiples within a larger security network. The units are turnkey, allowing them to be easily positioned and up and running in minutes.
While you can never predict when unexpected natural disasters may strike, mobile security units are a pretty good contingency plan when they do hit. Mobile security units are designed to run on solar energy and collect power from the sun even on overcast days. The clean energy source powers itself, and it doesn’t rely on traditional electricity—which comes in handy in the case of a blackout. Each unit also has a backup power source so that the system can function uninterrupted.
Mobile security units are not reliant on Wi-Fi either. By utilizing cellular connectivity and proprietary software, these systems provide a reliable wireless surveillance camera without internet.
Ensuring public safety is a monumental task. It requires a proactive approach, a bold presence, and the ability to nimbly react to unexpected circumstances. LVT’s cutting-edge mobile security units combine reliable power, portability, and pioneering advancements like automated intelligence to stay at the forefront of crime prevention. They’re the perfect solution for improving security at government buildings, parks, and other public spaces.
Contact our team to see how our mobile security units can be a partner in your comprehensive safety plan.
