Closed
Circuit Television (CCTV)
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and Biometric Access Control
Checkpoint®
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Lot Control Systems
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About
Risk Control
Closed
Circuit Television (CCTV)
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Most
businesses can benefit immediately from
the installation of some security cameras.
There are several benefits that
immediately come to mind:
Protection of your
physical assets.
Protection of your
employees.
Protection of your
parking areas and buildings.
Decrease potential
illegal activities.
Reducing shrinkage.
Increasing profits.
There are many different types of
shrinkage, and many of them come from
within the company.
Employee theft of raw
materials or finished product.
Giveaways of
merchandise, food or drinks.
Employee theft of time
which equals lost productivity.
Phony workman's
compensation claims.
Shoplifting and
internal theft.
Vendor theft or
"shorting" orders.
False customer injury
claims and lawsuits.
Robberies and
burglaries.
Gasoline drive-offs.
As you can see, there are many areas in
which you can lose your hard earned money.
It is estimated that 97% of all businesses
lose 2.7% - 3.1% of their profits due to
the above forms of shrinkage.
Can you afford to simply sit back and give
your hard earned profits away? A properly
designed and installed CCTV system will
give you insight into what is happening at
your business, 24/7/365, from anywhere in
the world.
Simply get online, open Internet Explorer
or the supplied client software, login,
and instantly view and playback recorded
events. You can use the video that is
recorded onto a hard drive for training,
for evidentiary purposes or for positive
reinforcement for your employees.
Most
businesses can benefit immediately from the
installation of some security cameras. There
are several benefits that immediately come to
mind:
Protection of your physical
assets.
Protection of your
employees.
Protection of your parking
areas and buildings.
Decrease potential illegal
activities.
Reducing shrinkage.
Increasing profits.
There are many different types of shrinkage,
and many of them come from within the company.
Employee theft of raw
materials or finished product.
Giveaways of merchandise,
food or drinks.
Employee theft of time
which equals lost productivity.
Phony workman's
compensation claims.
Shoplifting and internal
theft.
Vendor theft or
"shorting" orders.
False customer injury
claims and lawsuits.
Robberies and burglaries.
Gasoline drive-offs.
As you can see, there are many areas in which
you can lose your hard earned money. It is
estimated that 97% of all businesses lose 2.7%
- 3.1% of their profits due to the above forms
of shrinkage.
Can you afford to simply sit back and give
your hard earned profits away? A properly
designed and installed CCTV system will give
you insight into what is happening at your
business, 24/7/365, from anywhere in the
world.
Simply get online, open Internet Explorer or
the supplied client software, login, and
instantly view and playback recorded events.
You can use the video that is recorded onto a
hard drive for training, for evidentiary
purposes or for positive reinforcement for
your employees.
Should
I hide my cameras?
If your main objective is to distract and
deter thieves, then you should not use covert
cameras. You want the potential threats to
your business to see the cameras. There is a
reason that the places with the most money
(banks/credit unions) do not have many
robberies. Security cameras are mandatory by
law. Thieves may be stupid enough to be a
thief but this doesn't mean they don't have a
little common sense. Most will simply move
onto an easier score, one without security
cameras in place.
If your objective is to watch over your
employees, money and assets and you feel that
cameras would be either a distraction or
offensive, then covert (hidden) cameras may be
the way to go. We can supply pinhole cameras
that are practically impossible to spot when
properly placed. We have a wide range of
covert cameras, pinhole board cameras, clocks,
pictures, motion detectors, clock radios,
smoke alarms, teddy bears, etc..
One more thing, covert cameras cost more than
normal cameras, adding to the cost of a CCTV
system.
Can
I use cameras outside as I do inside?
Yes
you can. We have weatherproof bullet cameras,
dome cameras, armored cameras and cameras in
weatherproof housings with heaters and
blowers.
Here
are a couple of facts that you should know
before making this decision. B&W cameras
on the whole have a better resolution while
also having better low light capabilities over
color cameras.
With that being said, we haven't sold a black
and white camera for over 3 years. Color
cameras give a much clearer picture overall,
plus you can identify features, such a the
color of clothing, cars, hair, etc.. Most
color cameras also are low light and at night
revert to B&W so that they can use low
light levels to see better.
Basically, color cameras are the industry
standard in use today and we highly recommend
using color cameras also.
Wireless
cameras and/or IP cameras are more expensive
that traditional wired cameras. Wireless
cameras are ideal for installations in
difficult and hard to reach places or in
circumstances where the camera may be moved
around (i.e. construction sites, Police
departments etc.).They are also useful for
those who are technologically shy because the
installation process is much easier then when
having to pull and sort hundreds or thousands
of feet of wire.
Wireless cameras also have their drawbacks.
There is always the possibility (as with any
electrical device that uses radio waves) of
external interference. Unlike the 900MHz
cameras of several years ago, our new 2.4 and
5.8MHz cameras and transmitters are mostly
immune to interference that may product
undesirable video.
There also are limitations on how far the
receiver can be from the transmitter if used
inside a building and line of sight
considerations.
There
are many reasons to use a DVR (Digital Video
Recorder) rather than a VCR and tapes:
The
obvious, you don't have to change tapes any
longer, saving money and time.
You
can record for much longer with much higher
quality when using a DVR.
DVR's
normally start recording automatically after a
power outage, lightning, etc.
You
can search for an event by simply entering the
time and date, by alarm, by motion, etc.. Try
this with a VCR!
It
is very simple to burn a CD of an incident
using a DVR. To make a copy of a VCR tape, you
need another VCR or other equipment to convert
the analog tape to a medium the police and
courts can use.
If you decide to install multiple cameras,
which most companies elect to do, you will
then have to decide on a recording system to
use. A DVR or a VCR, multiplexer and tapes.
The
traditional video cassette recorder is
basically obsolete due to technological
advances in digital recording plus the
constant reduction in memory/hard disk costs
is making this method accessible to the
general marketplace.
Digital recording onto a hard drive offers a
much higher quality recording and eliminates
the need for video tapes. One hard drive can
store from one week to several months of video
depending upon the number of cameras, the way
they are set up to record and the size of the
hard drive. Plus digital recording complies
with the recommendations of the Data
Protection Act.
Due to the fact that information is being
stored digitally, another major advantage is
that it can be accessed over a computer
network, thus reducing the needs for monitors
in different locations. This gives the
operators and/or business owner much more
flexibility in running the system.
These systems can be viewed via the internet,
over a LAN/WAN, intranet, etc., enabling a
system controller to monitor what is happening
on site from a remote location, such as in a
different building, a separate store, from
home, on a business trip or while on vacation
anywhere in the world.
Yes,
absolutely. Due
to the fact that information is being stored
digitally, another major advantage is that it
can be accessed over a computer network, thus
reducing the needs for monitors in different
locations. This gives the operators and/or
business owner much more flexibility in
running the system.
These systems can be viewed via the internet,
over a LAN/WAN, intranet, etc., enabling a
system controller to monitor what is happening
on site from a remote location, such as in a
different building, a separate store, from
home, on a business trip or while on vacation
anywhere in the world.
Not
really, especially when compared to the
losses/shrinkage the average business endures.
It is estimated that 97% of all businesses
lose almost 3% of their profits due to
different types of shrinkage. Let's review the
different forms of shrinkage you are likely to
be a victim of:
Employee theft of raw
materials or finished product.
Giveaways of merchandise,
food or drinks.
Employee theft of time
which equals lost productivity.
Phony workman's
compensation claims.
Shoplifting and internal
theft.
Vendor theft or
"shorting" orders.
False customer injury
claims and lawsuits.
Robberies and burglaries.
Gasoline drive-offs.
When you compare the cost of an average CCTV
system with your losses, which actually hurts
your business more? A CCTV system is tax
deductible and will also usually lower your
insurance costs. Theft is profit loss period,
with no recovery possible. With a CCTV system,
the shrinkage will practically stop. Your
profits will increase immediately.
Most CCTV systems will pay for themselves in
short order. We have seen clients that saved
the cost of their systems within weeks of
installation.
You have a choice, keep letting people shrink
your profits through illegal means and lose
money, or spend a little and protect your
profits. When you purchase a CCTV system, your
costs are fixed. With shrinkage, your costs
are fluid and ongoing. Week after week. Month
after month. Year after year.
With the advent of digital technology, even
the smallest business can afford a basic
digital CCTV system with DVR.
The
majority of the cameras we provide come with a
2 year factory warranty. Our own line of DVRs
come with a 2 year factory warranty. These
warranties cover defects in materials and
workmanship.
We
give the full manufacturer warranty on all
equipment we install. The warranty covers
defects in materials and workmanship. The
usual length of the manufacturer's warranty is
from 1 to 3 years, depending upon the
particular equipment that is installed. Contact
us for more
details. Our labor warranty on new
installations is 90 days.
Acts
of God (lightning damage, flooding, etc.),
vandalism, fires, power surges and/or spikes,
theft and other outside causes of damage are
not covered by our warranty. Nor does the
warranty cover items that have been damaged by
the client or their agents, misused, tampered
with or altered in any way. This includes the
installation of unapproved software on our
digital video recorders.
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Card
and Biometric Access Control
Why
would I need an access control system?
All
business owners want to protect their assets,
their employees and their property. When you
give a key to an employee, you have just
opened the door to anyone that employee will
let in. Keys can be stolen, copied or
borrowed.
Using a card access system only the cardholder
can gain entrance. You can grant/deny access
by the door, time schedules, etc.. If a card
is lost or stolen you simply deactivate the
card in the computer and issue a new one. No
re-keying locks or worrying about the security
of your facility.
Additionally,
you can grant/deny access by a time schedule,
a door, access group, etc.. You also have a
permanent record of who went through what door
and when, whether the door was held open or
forced open, and whether unauthorized persons
attempted to use their cards to gain access to
an area.
Biometric access control takes this concept
even further. Only the person with the correct
fingerprint, palm print or retina can gain
access to your facility. Usually, biometric
access control is used inside otherwise secure
buildings for high security areas such as
computer rooms, cash counting areas, valuable
asset storage, etc..
A
card access system uses a card reader to read
a unique electronic signature. It then sends
this "signature" to a computer for
verification. If verified, the computer sends
a signal to the locking device to allow entry
for a given period of time (say 5 seconds).
After this period of time is over, the device
secures the door.
There are many types of access cards
available. Proximity, Weigand, Barium Ferrite,
Magnetic Stripe, Bar Code, etc.. If you need
to upgrade your current system, your current
cards will work with an access control system
from Risk Control.
Biometric
access is the technology of the 21st century.
It uses either a fingerprint, palm print or
retina scan to verify the identity of someone
that is authorized to enter a particular area.
You
can use any of the above in conjunction with
either card access or a keypad for inputting a
PIN for even more security. Biometric access
control can be more cost effective than card
access control also. Please contact
us
for more information.
No they aren't. Keys can be copied, lost,
stolen and borrowed. Granted, access cards
also can be stolen, lost and borrowed, but
you'll have a record of each individual
transaction that occurs and you can simply
turn the card off when you know it is lost,
etc..
In
the movies men can fly, dogs can talk and
there are giant gorillas and dinosaurs roaming
the earth. You don't believe these things do
you? Don't believe what you see in movies,
they are made in Hollywood, land of fantasy.
It is very difficult and very expensive to
duplicate card access keys, fingerprints or
retina scans. Unless millions of dollars of
merchandise is involved, it is very unlikely,
and even then, very difficult to achieve.
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Checkpoint®
Electronic Access Control (EAS)
EAS
are the electronics tags and devices you see
on retail items that prevents someone from
walking out of a store without paying for
them. We are the authorized dealer, service
and parts provider for the states of Utah and
Wyoming for Checkpoint® EAS systems, the most
widely used EAS systems in the world.
Anything
and everything that you have disappearing or
are worried about. Clothing. Shoes. Boots.
CD's. DVD's. Musical instruments. Soft drinks.
Candy bars. Electronics. We have many
different types of tags for any item that can
conceivably be stolen.
Definitely
not. You have the right to protect yourself
and your property. Unfortunately, if
"activist judges" have a few more
years of rulings like the past few, criminals
will be the only ones with rights. For the
near future, you still have the right to
protect your property, your employees and your
other assets as you see fit.
As
shoplifting rings have become more common and
use more sophisticated methods to steal from
you, EAS is a light at the end of the tunnel
for many small businesses. Statistics show
that shoplifters cover all ages, all races,
all ethnic groups, all income groups, all
educational levels, etc..
You can prevent the majority of theft by
installing an EAS system at your exits. Note
that practically all drugstores, WalMarts,
KMarts, Targets, Home Depots and most grocery
stores use EAS systems. Who do you think they
have expended the money to install these
systems? The reason is that they work. They
protect their profits.
It is
estimated that 97% of all businesses lose
2.7% - 3.1% of their profits due to
shrinkage. How much is too much for you?
Is there a level of shrinkage that you
consider acceptable?
Not
really considering the losses that they
control. Shoplifters normally bypass stores
with a state of the art EAS system such as
Checkpoint®. They will go to a store with no
EAS system or a store that has one of the more
unreliable systems installed.
ach
EAS system is a "stand alone"
security system. They don't require computers,
programming or networking, so they can be used
in a variety of applications.
You need to have a receiver and a transmitter
at each doorway. For a double width doorway,
one receiver in between two transmitters gives
adequate coverage. Whatever configuration you
use, it has to be a
transmitter/receiver/transmitter type setup.
Consider
this. If you have 2 pieces of clothing walking
out every week (and you aren't being paid for
them) and each piece is worth $100, this is
$10,400.00 each year. Is this acceptable to
you?
You have to ask yourself, how much in stolen
merchandise is "acceptable". $1000?
$2500? $5000? Our answer is ZERO!
Protect your profits, protect your merchandise
with an EAS system.
If
you lose a candy bar, you lose your initial
investment of purchasing the candy bar, the
cost of paying someone to stock it for you and
the potential profit you would have made. Now
multiply this by a hundred, and then use the
same formula for soft drinks, medicines, etc..
Once again, what level of losses do you
consider acceptable? Just remember an EAS
system always pays for itself. It prevents
theft.
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Service
and Support
What
experience does your technical staff have?
The
VP of Technical Operations has a degree in
electronic technology and has been involved in
the security industry since he was in the
Marines in 1969.. He and the rest of the
service/support staff have years of field
experience. The least amount of field
experience of any of our techs is 20 years.
All techs are factory certified in the
equipment they install, maintain and service.
We
are available 24/7/365. Just call 801.468.1533
and if we don't answer (which would be highly
unusual), we will be in contact with a couple
of hours at most. We would normally physically
be at your location the same or next day at
the latest. This is our commitment to you.
Yes,
all of Risk Control's staff have passed
rigorous FBI background checks and drug
screening as of Oct. 2005.
We
use cellular telephones to keep in touch. Our
techs are within a "good cell" over
95% of the time.
Our
labor warranty is 90 days. Our parts warranty
is from 1-3 years, depending upon the part and
the manufacturer. Contact
us
for
more information.
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Parking
Lot Control Systems
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The
most common forms of Parking Lot Control
systems are the gate arm and the
sliding/swinging gate. These used in
conjunction with a card access system
gives the business owner control over
their parking lots.
We also provide steel or concrete barriers
(movable, hydraulic or static) and steel
or concrete bollards for heavy duty
Parking Lot Control.
- If you
install concrete bollards and/or
barriers your facility becomes
virtually impenetrable. Even heavy
duty trucks cannot penetrate the
barriers. This is why they protect
many of our governmental and other
critical facilities such as oil
refineries, etc..
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Granted,
a car or truck can drive through the
typical gate arm or gate, but they will
cause damage to their vehicle, which most
non-criminals are not willing to do. A
criminal will do whatever he must do to
escape, so in a way you could say it's a
band-aid, but it's a very effective one.
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About
Risk Control
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Yes,
we have both available for your
convenience. Read some of our real
testimonials by clicking
here. These
are actual letters and emails from a few
of our discriminating clients. These are
not the fake testimonials from John Smith
of Los Angeles you see on so many websites
These are real people, with their company
names and titles that can be reached with
a simple phone call. We want you to know
who you are dealing with. We also have
business and client references available
upon request. Simply contact
us for
more information.
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Risk
Control was started in Los Angeles, CA in
the early 1990's. The Utah office was
opened in late 2001. On Sept. 1, 2005,
three Risk Control employees bought the
company from the California corporation
that owned it. We are dedicated to bring
you the finest security products and best
service in the industry. Our Security IS
Your Business.
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Yes
we do. Click
here
to
see a partial client list as of June.
2006.
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