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Pro-Vigil at PBIOS

Saturday, October 20th, 2012

Pro-Vigil launches two new products at the PBIOS

Pro-Vigil exhibited at the Permian Basin International Oil Show (PBIOS) this past week and unveiled two new product. It was one of the largest oil shows in the US and was well attended. Our surveillance and lighting products were well received.

Pro-Vigil spent the last year developing a solar light tower (SPOT). This is an alternative to the traditional light tower that requires fuel. SPOT, unlike traditional light towers, doesn’t require fuel and produces no sound or fumes. SPOT is also a complement to surveillance units by adding additional lighting where required, improving the range of the cameras.

Pro-Vigil also introduced a Solar Powered Station (SPS) that with provide power to the popular MD surveillance unit when power is an issue. See how SPS works.

The SPS will power the pole mounted Virtual Guard Station MD unit without the need for secondary power. The MD can be shipped to any location and is ideal for those smaller projects, or projects that may require multiple units to gain two or more vantage points.

Call Pro-Vigil today to order one of these products for your job site. 866-616-1318

 

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Mobile Surveillance and Thermal Cameras

Tuesday, July 31st, 2012

Pro-Vigil is now using thermal cameras for those hard to reach places that are far away and poorly lit. This particular site is very dark and the backside boarders a wooded area. The only option was to add an additional unit near the wooded area, or add a thermal camera to the existing mobile surveillance unit. The thermal camera was less expensive and did the job. This individual was detected at 400+ft and the police department responded within 5 minutes with the K9 unit. Individual wasn’t found, but the site was cleared and no theft reported.

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Solar Surveillance Unit Gets New Low-Light Technology

Monday, February 27th, 2012

New camera test for our Solar Surveillance Unit (Scarecrow). Axis Communications claims to have the solution for low-light applications with their new Q1602. We thought we would test our good friends at Axis, so we ordered two of the Q1602 IP Cameras and added them to one of our solar units. This will be the true test. Our Solar Surveillance Unit has no lights or IR and the site we picked is 60 miles south of San Antonio watching the backside of a large commercial construction project.

As you can see in the pictures, there is no additional lighting or structures in the area that could aid the cameras view at night. This is a true ambient light scenario. Because this site is in a rural area, we’ve decreased the resolution to 320×240 to allow us to continuously monitor the site live with little or no interruption in the video stream (limited bandwidth).

2/24/12 @ 2:10pm CDT

Now that the night views are in, we have an idea of the capabilities of the Axis Q1602. The first camera was in our opinion a good enough view, but the second was not. The light in the distance blinded the camera. If it was equipped with wide dynamic range, this view may have looked much better.

Pro-Vigil has to be ready to stand up to any environment and this latest camera is another tool in our belt for low-light situations. If you need intrusion prevention, including a low-light scenario, Pro-Vigil has a Mobile Surveillance Unit ready to go.

Pro-Vigil, Inc.
www.pro-vigil.com
866-616-1318

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Recent Videos – Mobile and Fixed Surveillance

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Pro-Vigil owns and operates multiple remote surveillance centers in multiple locations and time zones to best support our customers. Pro-Vigil also manufactures and manages the largest fleet of active mobile surveillance units in North America.

Our goal is to deter crime using remotely accessible outputs such as sirens, strobes, and public address systems. Each Remote Guard, monitoring video live, has the ability to activate outputs and/or escalate the activity real-time to a supervisor or to one of two central dispatch centers.

To learn more call us at 866-616-1318. Here are some recent videos of arrests and potential crimes deterred.

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Mobile Surveillance – Police Intervention on an Unauthorized Individual

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

In this video, Pro-Vigil Virtual Guards sent the police to check on an unauthorized individual looking at one of our customer’s heavy construction equipment. We first called the customer who told us that no one should be on site.

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Formula for Calculating Mobile Surveillance Savings (ROI)

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Using numbers from actual crime statistics allows us to place a value on each incident of theft or vandalism that Pro-Vigil’s Virtual Guard services prevent on our customers’ sites. We recently switched from using the Texas Crime Analysis to the numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau for our monthly potential savings calculations for our customers.

According to Table 321. Robbery and Property Crimes by Type and Average Value Lost for 2009, from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2012 Statistical Abstract, these are the total number of offenses for characteristics of offense that apply to Pro-Vigil’s service, and their average value lost:

Burglary
Non-residence – 407,000 offenses with an average value lost of $2,521

Larceny-theft
From motor vehicles – 1,520,000 offenses with an average value lost of $737
Motor vehicle accessories – 501,000 offenses with an average value lost of $528
From buildings – 620,000 offenses with an average value lost of $1,233
Other – 1,660,000 offenses with an average value lost of $1,439

The average per offense for these categories is $1,292.

The formula we base potential customer savings on:

Successful Deterrents + Police Interventions + Arrests times Average = Potential Savings for Customer

What this formula does not account for is the number of potential thefts diverted because the presence of Pro-Vigil’s mobile surveillance units. If you took this into account, you could easily add a couple zeros to the end of the monthly savings.

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November 2011 Videos

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

Deterred or Arrested
This is a number of sites protected by Pro-Vigil’s live surveillance services. These videos capture individuals being deterred and arrested. Pro-Vigil remotely activates alarms (sirens, strobes, pre-recorded voice warnings) once a potential threat is identified on a clients site. If the unwanted guest doesn’t immediately respond to the alarms, Pro-Vigil’s dispatch center located in San Antonio, TX quickly contacts the local authorities and managers of the site. The key to our success is the low number of cameras assigned to each Monitor, alarms that can be remotely activated, and our drive to remain the best live surveillance company in the industry.

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Congratulations Barbi Flores of WM

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

Pro-Vigil recently expanded in the North and South Florida markets with Waste Management’s Construction Services Segment. Within the first week, Barbi Flores, WM Construction Services Account Manager in Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area secured her first contract for three mobile surveillance units. We would like to congratulate Barbi for the recent success.

Barbi Flores, Construction Services Account Manager at WM

Mobile surveillance services provide remote project management and proactive protection for your job site. Contact your local Waste Management or Pro-Vigil Account Manager to learn more today.

WM Mobile Surveillance Unit (XL)

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Thanksgiving Security

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Some of you may be closed due to the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. If you are going to be closing at any point during this weekend and would like additional monitoring please fill out this form to let us know.

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Per our standard monitoring procedures, Thursday November 24th and Sunday November 27th will be monitored 24 hours free of charge.

If you plan on closing Wednesday November 23rd, Friday November 25th, or Saturday November 26th and would like your site monitored 24 hours, please complete this form. The fee is $100 per unit/day.

Happy Turkey Day!

Pro-Vigil Customer Service
866-616-1318

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Mobile Surveillance Videos

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Utility Service Center Attempted Theft

Two individuals were attempting to steal copper from an electrical service center. A Monitor remotely watching the site from Pro-Vigil’s Central Surveillance Center activated an alarm and the suspects fled the site.

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Late Night Visitors

Two individuals entered a large commercial construction project late at night and were run off by a Remote Guard watching the site through a mobile surveillance unit.
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Crook Deterred
This suspecious individual was snooping around this construction project and quickly left as soon as the mobile surveillance unit announced its presence.
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Potty Tipp’n
Late night potty tippers caught on video by Pro-Vigil’s mobile surveillance unit.
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Object Left Behind
These kids were caught on video by Pro-Vigil’s mobile surveillance unit leaving a suspecious box in the middle of the street. The authorities were notified.
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In April 2013, Pro-Vigil saved its customers $68,476 in property crimes!

According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2012 Statistical Abstract, the average value lost per property crime in categories where Pro-Vigil protects its customers is $1,292. Find out how we calculate this.