Conventional Response Methods and Their Disadvantages

Classic Ways of Coping

and their disadvantages

Night watchman

Difficulty in assessing the quality of service provided.
Issues with multiple area coverage.
Issues with coverage continuity (absences, sickness, accidents, time off, holidays, other problems)

Night Patrol

Huge monitoring time gaps.
Specific programmes and patterns easily detected by intruders.
Difficulty in assessing the quality provided service.

Alarm systems

Very costly for outdoor location monitoring.
Lots of false alarms in outdoor locations, creating a disturbance.

Recording via cameras

They do not deal with the event, they simply record it.