Nowadays in Malaysia, the rate of burglary has increased skyrocketing. Burglary is when a person enters any type of building illegally to commit a crime especially theft but in unfortunate events, an assault or worse cases murder can take place.
It’s scary to say that Malaysian feel like burglary has become a common crime. PDRM is trying their best to keep the neighborhood safe but unfortunately, they cannot guard each building in our country.
The amount of security that we need to stay safe is astronomical. So, we have, do ourselves a favor by arranging security for our residential and office safety. It’s always better to be safe than sorry.
For security, we have 2 options either we can pick a security guard or a surveillance system. But have you wondered which one is the best and most effective? If we are going to spend our money on something it must be worth it right?
SECURITY GUARD VS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
Before we get into the discussion, we need to understand the basic difference. A security guard means a person will be hired to protect a building against intruder or damage.
Whereas a surveillance system means monitoring a building to gather information on activity or behavior through a closed-circuit television from a distance.
ALERT
After the burglar breaks into a building, then the security guard will alert the higher authority. The guards cannot call the authority unless they are sure that the person is a burglar.
During the break-in, there is a possibility that the security guard might get hurt or the burglar might even escape. Burglar nowadays isn’t afraid to use any weapon to get what they want.
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The surveillance system is using the latest technology to alert you even before the crime takes place. How that is even possible you may wonder. With the help of the artificial intelligence video management system, we can make anything possible.
Before a burglary happens, we can sense the difference in the behavior of that person. So, the monitoring officer will alert a warning siren at the building but if this doesn’t stop the burglar, they will directly contact the police and share the location. This is a highly effective and safe way to handle burglar.
The above video shows how bad a situation can become and how bad a security guard can get hurt for our protection. Even tho they are doing their job if there is an alternative way for the best result why not choose that.
Monitoring
By using a security guard, you can surveillance more perimeter of our residential or building area. A security guard can walk around the perimeter to find out if there anything suspicious going on. But to cover up large areas you should hire more than one security guard.
Not only that, in case of burglary happens it’s going to be quite hard to make a report to police because the security guard most likely saw the face but does have any picture to show the police this makes it hard to identify the criminal.
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The surveillance system allows you to monitor the area 24/7. It also helps to record every second of the day and the recording will have cloud backup. Which you can use for further reference.
The surveillance system also allows you to monitor right from your fingertips. By installing multiple surveillance cameras you can cover the whole diameter of the resident or the building.
Surveillance camera nowadays comes with hight quality resolution this helps to capture the face clearly and works well in the dark. This
will come to us when we are about to do a report. We can show the video recorded or a screenshot to the higher authority.
Cost
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On average you will need 2 to 5 security guards if you want 24 hours surveillance. If your building has a large area you will need more than 5 guards. There is also an additional cost if the security guard if they are armed with a weapon.
For a month you might end up paying RM950 TO RM 3,000 for just one security guard. Meanwhile, the surveillance system can cost from RM 140 only per month. There is a huge difference in cost that you can save.
Security Guard vs Surveillance System: Which is Better?
Having a security guard can be useful but there is a lot of drawback to it. Putting other people’s lives in danger isn’t the best way to handle a problem. Technology will help us to get over this problem.
Using a surveillance system is the safest and easiest. There a lot of security system companies around us but picking the best one is important because there is a lot of scam companies. We don’t want to end up getting scammed by the company that we trust.
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