Security can be particularly challenging for residential buildings, especially because tenants, guests, contractors, and delivery personnel come and go throughout the day.
As such, securing multi-family buildings is essential to protect residents, guests, and your property to reduce liability and increase safety. In addition, apartment buildings typically have multiple areas to monitor and secure, so having a comprehensive security solution is a must.
The following are a few key security solutions to consider for apartment buildings and multi-family dwellings that can improve safety, reduce risk, and protect the security of your property and residents.
Integrated Security Solutions for Every Area
Apartment buildings have multiple entrances and common areas that can be difficult to secure, including mailrooms, hallways, lobbies, and amenities such as gyms or pools. Integrated security makes monitoring these areas simpler.
System integration goes beyond incident management, providing building managers with a way to proactively monitor and manage security for better outcomes [1]. How?
Integrating systems such as access control, surveillance, and perimeter security allows security personnel or building owners to see access points, common areas, and even multiple building sites at a glance with a single interface.
The result is the ability to instantly grant or restrict access for better control over property security, immediate investigation of incidents, and real-time alerts. By deploying a comprehensive surveillance solution, apartment buildings can reduce the risk of unauthorized personnel and incidents.
Touchless Access for Residents and Guests
Access control for apartment buildings is another essential consideration for security. Touchless access control is a convenient option, especially for multi-family buildings when different people are coming and going at all hours.
Touchless access control has grown in demand and remains popular post-pandemic for places such as multi-family apartment buildings, college campuses, and businesses [2]. Touchless access can include physical keys such as key fobs; however, it also includes Bluetooth access via a smartphone app.
Cloud-based access control provides additional benefits besides reducing germs and improving security. It also:
- Enables remote management
- Automatically updates
- Can be easily modified for tenants and guests
- Allows people to use their personal device rather than physical keys
Video intercom solutions are also an option, as they provide the same cloud-based software benefits as touchless access control but without the need for residents and guests to use a callbox or their own personal device, further enhancing security and streamlining access.
License Plate Recognition for Parking Areas and Gates
On-site parking areas are an opportunity to further secure your premises. Video and access control solutions can be interconnected with your building security to streamline responses in an emergency.
Parking surveillance can include video and access control solutions such as parking gates, video intercoms, and license plate recognition (LPR) intelligent video analytics. License plate recognition is one of the most popular surveillance solutions for parking areas, and for good reasons [3].
License plate recognition automatically reads license plates, captures them, and stores this information in a database. In addition, LPR technology can provide real-time alerts for flagged or banned plates or those not recognized by the system. Therefore, LPR can act as a form of access control and a surveillance solution for apartment buildings to augment on-site security.
Keep Your Multi-Family Property Secure
Surveillance Secure has the experience, resources, skills, and technology to simplify apartment building security. Our team helps building owners and managers secure their multi-family properties with cost-effective, scalable solutions. Contact us today to learn more at (877) 388-1248.
Sources:
- https://www.securityinfowatch.com/security-executives/protective-operations-guard-services/article/21268364/the-migration-to-integrated-security-solutions
- https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/95004-touchless-access-control-solutions-look-to-alter-the-landscape-of-higher-education
- https://ipvm.com/reports/lpc-4k-test
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