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Comtex Surveillance System Saves Client $$ and Aggravation!

One of our existing clients, who chooses to remain anonymous but allowed us to post this story, invested in a surveillance system purchased and installed by Comtex. An employee, who was being disciplined with the intent of termination, had claimed to have been injured at a specific location and time. Our client reviewed the video footage and found no evidence that this “injury” occurred. Our client showed it to the insurance company and they denied the claim. Our client told us that footage “saved them from losing thousands of dollars.” This same client, in the following month, had an employee who was moving some welding gas tanks in an unsafe way. The client had reviewed the footage and after confronting the employee with the evidence of his unsafe actions, he accepted termination without complaint. Our client wrote us and stated: “It turns out that the decision to purchase the system, made for completely different reasons, has benefited us in unexpected ways. Often I find that decisions I struggle with considering what I think are the important factors turn out better or worse because of things I didn’t anticipate.” If you have an interest in a video surveillance system, please visit our website at www.comtex-nj.com or callus at 201-935-2000

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Using Cameras to Stop Drivers from Illegally Passing Stopped School Buses

Iowa is looking to purchase CCTV cameras to help enforce an Iowa law that increased penalties for drivers who illegally drive past a school bus if it is stopped on a road. The law, typically referred to as Kadyn’s Law, suspends a driver’s privileges for 30 days for a first conviction, increasing it to 90 days for a second conviction and 180 days for a third conviction. The law was promulgated in response to the 2011 death of 7-year-old Kadyn Halverson, who was hit by a car when she was crossing the road to board a school bus. Randy Meyer, who oversees transportation  at Mason City and Clear Lake schools, believes an exterior camera on school buses are needed to assist in identifying more violators. Without the camera, it is hard to identify a car when the violation occurs because they drive by so fast. Only about 10% of drivers who pass the buses illegally get reported to the police.If a license plate can be captured on video, a potential violator may think twice and stop. www.comtex-nj.com 201-935-2000

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Protect Your Business – Keep a Watch on It.

If you are the kind of person who understands the importance of good, effective security, then the first thing you are going to want to do as a consumer is make sure that you are familiar with the best items and devices on the market. There are a lot of different cameras and DVRs to choose from and they will make or break the effectiveness of your system. Comtex will design a system according to your  specific surveillance needs; protect property, assets, or employees, deter theft inside or outside of the premises, or simply just monitor employees productivity. If you are the owner of an apartment building, you may want to have a CCTV system so you can know who is coming and going at all times. If you ever have a crime committed in the building, you will be able to check the footage from the DVR to find out who was entering the building at what time. If you are a business owner and you are concerned with theft, you are going to want to make sure that you are keeping an eye on both corrupt employees and potential shoplifters. In other words, CCTV systems are great way to prevent crime and to catch the criminals who are already guilty of breaking the law. If you understand the importance of security and safety, you are going to want to make sure that you shop for the best CCTV on the market. This means that you are going to want to find the most affordable and effective models online. Crime prevention is an important issue around the world and one of the best ways to address it is with the use of surveillance security system. A CCTV system uses one or more digital or IP cameras to monitor and transmit footage to a particular destination, whether that is a control room where several areas are being monitored concurrently by a human or simply being recorded to a DVR hard drive for reference when an event occurs and there is a need to

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CCTV Surveillance and Access Control Systems

CCTV And Access Control: Crime Fighting and Prevention Tools A CCTV video surveillance camera system provides a significant function in our society because these systems fight and prevent crimes.  CCTV surveillance systems installed in public areas help deter crime, help civilians feel much safer, provide the police with leads or evidence as well as improve the surroundings of a crime-stricken neighborhood. Nowadays, most of these systems have been made digital for improved performance, easy maneuverability of the surveillance camera and produce faster feedback as compared to the analog systems. Some Businesses Can’t Afford These Devices There are some cases wherein businesses or other establishments cannot initially afford all the necessary components of these devices. However, many CCTV providers recommend that this dilemma can be solved by putting some CCTV equipments in places where constant observance and security matters most. Such places include the entrance, the exit and the cashier counter. In the succeeding years, extra surveillance cameras may be added as the budget allows. What Modern CCTV Systems Are Composed Of A modernized digital CCTV surveillance system is composed of hardware and software components which gather and transmit important surveillance camera data over fiber optic lines to control rooms run by security professionals who view digital CCTV monitors. DVRs can save CCTV data for long periods of time and a system can also use motion detection technology. This technology is exceptional because footage is are only recorded when motion triggers the DVR system. Digital CCTV cameras range from compact cameras, fixed cameras to direction-controlled ones that can distinguish objects in the dark under different lighting conditions. Surveillance camera system makers have to know what kind of purpose each surveillance camera must accomplish. Fixed cameras are usually used for the main purpose of watching the flow of people passing by while dome cameras with PTZ functions are used for monitoring a crime-targeted place. The ones who make these systems also need to think about weatherproofing their surveillance cameras especially if the cameras are going to be mounted in extremely harsh climates whether hot or cold, or if the viewing areas are normally obscured by dust or dirt. Installing CCTV And Access Control Systems Is An Important Investment The presence of CCTV video surveillance camera system in this day and age has helped in significantly reducing crimes as well as solving them. In many circumstances wherein a CCTV surveillance system is in place, wrongdoers commonly shy away from these monitored places because they fear prosecution and any recorded images involving their presence can be used in court. Security is a top concern these days. Comtex can help keep your business and employees in a safer environment with an access control system from DSX Access Systems. Operated by keypads, cards or biometrics (fingerprints), an access control system gives you full control over who is allowed access through any controlled point, including revolving doors, turnstiles, gates and barriers, at any time of any day. Any Business Can Consider Access Control Solutions Any facility with multiple employees or tenants should consider access control. Keys offer little security, as they can easily be lost, stolen or duplicated. You also have no audit trail of people who enter your facility or when and if they exit. Realizing this, more and more business and multi-tenant buildings of all sizes are utilizing access control systems. With access control, if a card or code is lost, stolen, or compromised or an employee is terminated, they can easily be deleted from the system. When needed, the system can give you reports of who went where and when. It’s Necessary To Be Cautious In today’s need for increased security, an access control system will give you control over your premises, along with peace of mind for your employees and tenants. For added security, integrate the award winning EasyLobby software with your DSX access control system. The EasyLobby visitor management system provides comprehensive, enterprise-class visitor registration, tracking, reporting and badge printing, as well as web-based pre-registration by employees. Select one of the icons below for more information regarding DSX Software, Hardware, EasyLobby or other DSX Integration Information. Choose Comtex For Your Business’s Security Needs For more information on video surveillance systems, cameras, DVRs, and access control systems, please go to our website at www.comtex-nj.com or call 201-935-2000. . Comtex has been in business for over 50 years offering CCTV, Access Control & Telephone Systems. We are a certified DSX and EasyLobby Dealer and offer a FREE on site security survey of your premises. Find us on Facebook  or Twitter You should now better understand the importance of CCTV surveillance and access control systems and know to call Comtex!

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Analog vs. IP Video Surveillance Systems

There are 2 generations of technology for video surveillance systems. The first is the older analog based system and the second is the modern Internet Protocol (IP) based system. The biggest confusions are the cost of the 2 technologies and the relative effectiveness of them. This article attempts to provide a more precise big picture of cost benefits for a company considering a video surveillance system.

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