The holiday season has arrived in McAllen, TX! This means your students, faculty and staff will set aside books, paperwork and lectures to get some well-deserved rest and spend quality time with family and friends. During that time, however, your school building will be left alone and unattended, making it an easy target for vandalism and theft. By integrating a security monitoring service, you can rest assured that your property is safe at all times. Want to learn more about today’s smart security technology? Keep reading our blog!

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Get Notified Only When Essential Events Occur

Having a security system that notifies you when something is wrong can be a double-edged sword. If done right, receiving notifications is critical in an emergency response team arriving early at the scene and acting in time to prevent further damage to your building. On the other hand, if you get notified of constant false alarms, it can be tiring, annoying and might even lead you to ignore them all and miss legitimate warnings. 

Our security monitoring services are equipped with video analytics technology that effectively identify events worth notifying. For example, cars passing by your street or a stray dog on your property isn’t a reason for concern, but a person hiding in the bushes or approaching your entries and windows is certainly something you should be aware of. Video analytics identify which occurrence is dangerous and notify you only when this type of event comes up. 

Keep an Eye on Your Property While Being Away

Holidays are a particularly busy time of year for thieves. With business and school campuses being closed for days and even weeks, it’s no wonder these facilities have become targets of all kinds of robbery and vandalism. 

A security monitoring service allows you to continuously track your school property and manage your security systems from a distance. So whether you are watching a movie in the coziness of your living room or dancing the night away at a Christmas party, you can simply pull out your smart device and quickly check your surveillance system, lock or unlock your doors, activate your alarm system and much more.

Beware of Environmental Factors

A comprehensive security system will help you keep your school campus safe against any threat, including environmental hazards. By adding environmental detectors to your security monitoring service, you ensure your campus will be fully ready to begin a new semester in January, because it keeps track of power outages, water leaks, carbon dioxide levels and much more. This allows you to identify and solve any issues at your school long before students and staff return from vacation. Getting your campus ready for another successful school year has never been easier!

Are you interested in adding this smart security technology to your Texas school? Contact us today to learn more. We can’t wait to hear from you!