Video Surveillance can Protect your Church

The process of installing the right security system in a church is a delicate procedure.  It’s necessary to find the right balance between optimizing the placements to ensure the system fulfills its purpose without detracting from the atmosphere of the church.

Video surveillance systems are a key element as a means to deterring, detecting, and investigating any criminal activity committed against persons and/or property.

As technology advances, the hardware and software behind video surveillance systems has evolved to be less expensive.  Small and medium sized churches can now more easily afford and employ the necessary systems to protect their assets and congregation.  Simply put, it makes sense economically. For any Church looking to protect a wide array of physical assets, video surveillance systems are an obvious choice.  Many of the physical assets that are commonplace in a church include expensive pieces of equipment such as audiovisual systems, unique building components, musical instruments, tithes, and money collected from fundraising.  In addition, video surveillance offers a way to protect church goers in their house of worship and other faith-based facilities.

Similar to most commercial clients, the focal points which should be monitored include all entrances and exits, as well as areas popular for congregation and any place where valuables are collected.  Classrooms, offices, and sanctuaries are popular targets for burglaries, whiles entry doors and parking lots hold higher probabilities for personal safety related issues. 

It’s simple to identify these locations as higher risk, but handling installation effectively to accommodate can be tricky.  Video surveillance must be tailored specifically to each church.  While churches do offer some unique difficulties when it comes to installation, they still do have much in common with other organizations.  Video surveillance is a valuable step in offering protective measure, but also only an initial step.

Video surveillance is a must have when it comes to ensuring the safety of the congregation, specifically the worship facilities that offer programs for children and youths in the church. 

Quality and service are the big factors in making any decision with a security system.  Regardless of expenses, the costliest system is one that fails when it is most needed.  Keeping that in consideration, a surveillance system that is ideal for one church may not necessarily work at another.  It’s for this reason that having trusted, reliable security professionals available to supply their knowledge and expertise on provided the required protections.

The professionals at Sonitrol have the experience, knowledge, and training to adequately assess what risks may be prevalent at your church and hold the solutions to answering those risks.  If you’d like to learn more, our technicians are available to perform a no-obligation security evaluation.