Live video monitoring for industrial properties and jobsites
Industrial & jobsite Video Monitoring, Stop Intrusions in real time
Surveillance cameras catch break-ins. Live video monitoring prevents them. Our local New Westminster station watches your industrial property in real time — verified by AI, delivering audio warnings over on-site speakers, and dispatching police while the intruder is still on your property. Protecting industrial yards, warehouses, fabrication shops, and construction sites across the Lower Mainland.
Why standard cameras aren’t enough for industrial properties
Recorded footage is great for police reports. But by then, the damage is done.
🌙 After-hours theft
Most industrial property break-ins happen overnight or weekends when no one’s watching. By the time you see the footage Monday morning, your tools, copper, and equipment are gone.
🚓 Slow police response
Unverified alarms get a low priority response in busy RCMP detachments. By the time officers arrive, the thieves are long gone with your inventory.
💰 Rising insurance costs
Repeat claims drive your premiums up. Insurers increasingly require active monitoring, not just cameras, before they’ll continue covering high-risk industrial properties.
⚠️ Hired security gets expensive
On-site security guards run $25–$50/hour. Live video monitoring delivers the same prevention at a fraction of the cost — without the human limitations.
The difference
Real people watching your property in real time.
Live video monitoring is the difference between responding to a break-in and preventing one. When AI-powered analytics detect motion on your industrial property after hours, the alert is instantly routed to a live operator at our local New Westminster station. The operator views the live feed in real time, verifies whether it’s a real threat (not a raccoon or stray cat), and takes immediate action.
The key advantage: a real human verifies the threat. That changes the police priority from “unverified alarm” to “in-progress break-in” — and dispatch is prioritized. Most thieves are gone before authorities show up; with live verification, they’re often caught on-site with expedited response times and seriousness.
How industrial & jobsite video monitoring actually works
From motion detection to police dispatch — typically in under 60 seconds.
01
AI detection
Smart cameras with AI analytics detect a person or vehicle entering your property after hours — ignoring animals, weather, and other variable that cause false alarms with traditional cameras.
02
Operator verification
A live operator at our New Westminster station receives the alert, views the camera feed in real time, and confirms the intrusion.
03
Audio + visual warning
The camera automatically triggers a live audio warning through on-site speakers the second it detects the intrusion — telling the intruder they are being watched by triggering strobes and sirens.
04
Police dispatch
If the intruder doesn’t leave, RCMP are dispatched as a verified in-progress break-in — top priority response, with real-time camera feed backed up for evidence after the arrest.
Built for industrial properties
Who needs industrial jobsite video monitoring?
Live video monitoring is specifically designed for properties with high-value assets sitting unattended overnight, on weekends, or during shutdowns. If your property fits any of these descriptions, video monitoring delivers measurable ROI:
- Truck yards & fleet lots — vehicles, fuel, tools, and catalytic converters
- Warehouses & distribution centres — palletized inventory and forklift theft
- Fabrication shops & steel yards — copper, aluminum, steel, and heavy equipment
- Construction sites & jobsites — tools, materials, generators, and building copper
- Auto wreckers & salvage yards — vehicles, catalytic converters, and scrap metal
- Industrial compounds — multi-tenant industrial parks with shared access
- Aggregate & landscape supply yards — high-value bulk materials and equipment
- Cannabis production facilities — extra-high theft risk requiring enhanced verification
Want to know more about AI cameras? See our Surveillance page →
Video monitoring vs. on-site security guards
The math usually surprises industrial property owners.
Live video monitoring
Smart prevention
- ✓ 24/7 coverage — no breaks, no sick days
- ✓ Multiple cameras catch entire property 24/7
- ✓ Live audio warnings deter intruders immediately
- ✓ Verified threats get priority police response
- ✓ Recorded evidence for every incident
- ✓ More cost effective than security guards.
On-site security guards
Traditional approach
- ✗ One guard covers one location at a time
- ✗ Bathroom breaks, distractions, fatigue
- ✗ Personal safety risk to the guard
- ✗ Limited evidence quality if incident occurs
- ✗ High turnover and ongoing recruitment
- ✗ Typically $5,000–$15,000+/month per guard
Common questions about industrial jobsite video monitoring
Can I use my existing surveillance cameras?
For monitored systems the AI Analytics is crucial. Traditional security cameras are not capable of using intelligence required for live monitored system. Without the latest state of the art intelligence, false alarms will occur regularly.
What hours are my cameras monitored?
Most industrial properties choose after-hours monitoring — typically evenings, overnights, and weekends when no one is on-site. You set the schedule. During business hours your cameras still record normally, but the live monitoring activates when your property is unattended.
How much does live video monitoring cost?
Costs vary based on the number of cameras, hours monitored, and complexity of your property — typically $200–$600/month for most industrial sites. Compare that to a single security guard at roughly $5,000–$15,000/month, and the ROI is significant. We provide an exact quote after a free site assessment.
Does it actually deter intruders?
Yes — and significantly. The combination of live audible and visual warnings with verified police response is dramatically more effective than passive surveillance. Most intruders flee within seconds of the audio warning because they realize someone is actively watching them, not just recording for later.
Where is the monitoring station located?
Our monitoring station is located in New Westminster, BC — 100% local Canadian dispatch with over 25 years of operating history in the Lower Mainland. No off-shore call centres, no language barriers, no delays. Learn more about our local monitoring station →
Protect your industrial jobsite now
Call now for a free no-obligation site assessment. We protect industrial properties and jobsites across Langley, Surrey, Port Kells, Cloverdale, Newton, Maple Ridge, Coquitlam, Burnaby, Richmond, Delta, and the entire Lower Mainland.
Industrial jobsite Video Monitoring in the Lower Mainland — Why It Matters Now
Industrial theft across the Lower Mainland has risen sharply over the past several years. Truck yards in Port Kells, fabrication shops in Cloverdale, warehouses in Newton, and construction sites across Surrey and Langley face increasing risk of after-hours break-ins, copper theft, catalytic converter theft, and vehicle theft. Traditional surveillance — cameras that simply record — captures what happened, but doesn’t prevent it.
Industrial video monitoring solves the prevention problem. By combining AI-powered camera analytics with live verification from human operators, we turn passive recording into active deterrence. When motion is detected on your property after hours, a real operator at our local New Westminster station takes action, verifies a real threat, and responds — often before the intruder has even reached your inventory.
The two technologies that make modern video monitoring possible
AI camera analytics have dramatically improved over the past 5 years. Modern industrial-grade cameras can distinguish between people, vehicles, animals, and weather — eliminating the false alarm problem that made earlier monitoring services impractical. Cameras only alert the monitoring station when they detect human or vehicle activity that matches the threat profile you’ve set up.
Two-way audio with on-site speakers changes the dynamic entirely. Instead of just calling the police and hoping for a fast response, our operators can speak directly to intruders through speakers — describing what they’re wearing, telling them by location (“you, in the dark hoodie standing by the blue truck”), and notifying them that police are on route. The vast majority of intruders flee within seconds.
Service Area
Select Security Systems provides industrial video monitoring services throughout the Lower Mainland — Langley, Surrey, Port Kells, Cloverdale, Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Maple Ridge, Coquitlam, Port Moody, Burnaby, Richmond, Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Mission, Delta, Tsawwassen, and New Westminster.
Call 604-283-7015 today for your free no-obligation site assessment. Learn more about our commercial surveillance services, our local New Westminster monitoring station, and anything more you want to know.
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