IS THE BEST PROTECTION FOR TODAY’S RETIREMENT VILLAGE
PROACTIVE SECURITY
Security is top of mind for people looking for a retirement village, so cutting edge security systems
such as CCTV surveillance, intercom systems and 24-hour security guards are the norm – much as
they are on many existing residential estates. But, according to Edward van der Linde of JNCS Beyond
Security, the best-of-breed security goes beyond these standard measures.
‘Retirement developments are most often fully intruders are picked up on the perimeter using
secured thermal imagery that can see even in adverse
communities,
with
generic
security
measures such as staffed 24-hour security control weather
room, guards patrolling the perimeter and the whatsoever. The audio and visual alerts are then
entrance, infra-red CCTV surveillance, intercom relayed to the on-site security officers, reaction
systems, and some form of access control. But state- officers and estate management for quick and
of-the-art security also means optimal effectiveness precise action.
in preventing a crime,’ says Van der Linde. And
that’s what JNCS Beyond Security supplies.
Unbreachable perimeter security
conditions,
requiring
no
lighting
Effective response teams
Scheduled perimeter patrols are predictable in
that they are done hourly. The criminal element
The Thermal Perimeter Defender option from in South Africa is smart and precise. It’s not too
JNCS Beyond Security (PTY) Ltd is regarded as difficult to work out when the perimeter patrols
the world’s best in perimeter detection. Potential are being conducted, and to calculate the interval
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