The monitoring station can supervise high risk times and events such as
openings and closings, vault and safe openings and the stocking of display
cases. At specified times during the day and week, a video channel can be
automatically opened and the operator can visually supervise the high risk
event.
Unlike Video Verification, which captures images due to a triggered alarm
and alert the central station of an out-of-the-ordinary event, Video Guard
provides a visual confirmation of an event that is set to occur regularly
(i.e., openings and closings, deposit of monies into a safe, etc.).
With Video Guard, the subscriber specifies a time that they would like
monitored and the central station checks in during the specified time to
ensure the validity of the transaction. The subscriber can also specify an
event they would like to monitor (i.e., the depositing of money into a safe
nightly) rather than a timed condition. The variables and the duration of
time to be monitored are all customized to suit the needs of the client.
This real-time observation of events can potentially replace guard services
and/or additional personnel who are hired to ensure the integrity of an
event. Outsourcing the "check-in" provides additional safeguards that are
not available with in-house verification.