CCTV has gone from a nice asset to have to an essential part of any business who is serious about protecting their staff and assets.

Not only does CCTV help to prevent crime, and identify the culprit of any crime, but can also be used for much more routine purposes such as optimising your working processes, checking on the process of a project remotely, and creating impactful health and safety training videos.

There are a huge, almost unlimited, number of CCTV options available, from fixed static CCTV systems integrated into your building’s internal wiring system to mobile CCTV towers that can be installed, altered, and removed at will.

If you don’t already have a commercial CCTV system in place, you could be missing out on a whole host of different benefits, 15 of which we look at in the article below.

Ten Biggest benefits of commercial CCTV installation

Preventing theft

In retail stores, CCTV is crucial to catching shoplifters in the act and protecting your stock from going missing. Simply installing CCTV will ward off all but the most foolish of shoplifters and ensure your security team catch the rest.

If you have been the victim of shoplifting in the past, CCTV can help you to identify previous offenders and have them removed from the premises.

Deterring staff theft

Unfortunately, it is not only outsiders who can steal from businesses. Staf theft is horrible to consider but is a real threat and CCTV will dramatically reduce the risk that you fall victim to it.

CCTV can also be utilised to track more innocent staff activities and its presence will encourage high productivity levels.

Improving health and safety

With CCTV on site your staff are far more likely to follow the health and safety advice that you have put in place. Any accidents that do occur will be caught on film that can be used to inform your future health and safety procedures as well as forming part of a health and safety training programme. Real-life examples are an excellent way to demonstrate the importance of health and safety to your staff who will want to avoid being the example shown in the training in the future.

Assist the authorities

CCTV surveillance imagery is often the key piece of evidence that helps the police to track down, arrests, and convict the perpetrator of commercial crime.

In order to ensure that the culprit of crime on your property does not get away scot-free choose a CCTV system that produces high quality crystal clear time-stamped imagery.

Act as evidence for insurance claims

CCTV footage leaves no doubts over the events of a certain incident and can used as valuable evidence in insurance claims as well as police investigations.

Should your premises be the victim of vandalism, theft, or arson, CCTV video will make it clear that you are not the one at fault and that all the required precautions were taken that are required under your insurance policy.

Increase staff safety

If you work in a customer facing industry where staff have, in the past, been a victim of confrontation, or even assault, it is essential that you take appropriate action to ensure that this never happens again.

Round the clock protection

CCTV doesn’t need to take a lunch break or clock off at the end of the working day. It is your hardest working employee and by far the most productive. CCTV provides you with round the clock surveillance and allows you to check what is happening on your site at anytime from anywhere in the world.

Solve staff disputes

Never again will you be faced with a situation where two staff members have a different story about what happened in a certain incident, and you are left stuck in the middle trying to work out what really went on. CCTV will provide irrefutable crystal clear evidence of exactly what happened and allow you to make a more informed decision on the action that you wish to take.

Avoid false claims and allegations

Another benefit of catching events on your site on camera is that it prevents false claims and allegations such as personal injury claims against you from being successful.

Make your staffed feel valued

Installing security measures to protect both your staff and your assets will make sure that your staff do indeed feel like the assets that they are. Employees that feel that you are putting in the effort and going the extra mile for them will usually do so in return for you. There is a well known connection between the installation of CCTV and a rise in productivity levels and it is likely that this is a significant reason for this to be the case.