Being a business owner in Toronto can be a rewarding experience, but in a city as large as this you may really want to consider using CCTV as a major security measure against crime. It can be difficult to build up a sense of security for your company when you listen to the daily news only to hear of one business theft after another.
There are several good reasons for using CCTV as security business protection. It is the next best thing to you being there to keep tabs on your business. It allows you to watch staff production, monitor your inventory and provides evidence of anything remiss that may be taking place at your business location in your absence.
Being a good employer you may feel a little concerned about using this type of security, feeling that you are spying on your employee’s. This may be due to the fact that you are an established business and may feel that your long term employees will take offense to this. Like any business you want your company to grow and that often means having to hire new staff.
It can be really difficult screening new staff as to their honesty and integrity nowadays with so many privacy rules being in place. You could explain this to your long term staff and use it as one of the reasons you have made the decision to bring in a CCTV system.
No matter what the value of each individual piece of your stock inventory is, every piece that goes missing means a lost item of sale for you. No business can withstand this type of loss for very long. Good employees who have high work ethics will not balk at this type of surveillance system being put into place. They have nothing to hide, and in fact the recorded material that is gained from this type of security system could even show evidence of all the little positive things that an employee does during a work period that goes unnoticed.
Aside from using CCTV for the internal functioning of the business they are a most valuable resource to be used on the exterior of the business. They can often alert you to unscrupulous people hanging around your premises when you are both there and away. This can be a valuable crime preventative.
Before you make the final decision as to whether CCTV security is the right protection for you make sure you research all of the benefits it could afford you, and whether these would be worth the investment for your business.
