One of the leading scrapyard chains in the Midwest recently faced a string of thefts that left the company feeling helpless with nowhere to turn. For months on end, several of the St. Louis-area yards were unaware that scrappers, who they were purchasing scrap metal from during the day, were the same scrappers returning at […]
Category Archives: Scrapyard Security
Watchdog Security supplies, services and monitors scrapyard security and surveillance equipment
Security By Night, Operations Management By Day
If You’re Reading This… Who is Watching Over Your Property? Online PR News – 28-August-2012 – No matter how safe a facility seems, all scrapyards are susceptible to break-ins and theft. Just ask John Freedman, the owner of Joseph Freedman Co, who runs two large scrap metal recycling yards in Massachusetts. Before hiring Watchdog Security, […]
The Only Security System In The World Designed For Scrapyards
You’ve learned the hard way that motion detectors, live guards, electric fences, and poor video-capture HASN’T STOPPED intruders, DETECTED FIRE and internal theft… NEVER WORRY AGAIN IF SOMEONE IS ROBBING YOU: In the past 30 days we’ve successfully rescued over 20 scrapyard facilities from 47 thieves during the night and on weekends! That means no […]
Watchdog Security Sends Thieves Running!
Watchdog Security’s innovative scrapyard security solution, Virtual Guard, thwarted another would-be thief at a yard in North Carolina last month. When an intruder was detected on the premises after hours, Watchdog quickly alerted authorities and made verbal contact with the suspect over the yard’s P.A. system. The Ultimate Scrapyard And Junkyard Security System The next […]
Leading Provider For Scrapyard Security In The USA!
How Fast Can We STOP A Thief At Your Scrapyard?INSTANTLY! The leader in scrapyard security now offers you the Ultimate Security System that detects all human movement and uses our 24/7 Call Center to talk-town thieves BEFORE anything is stolen! Our Tested And Proven Scrapyard Security System Instantly Detects ALL MOVEMENT And Then: Verifies That […]
SCRAPYARD SECURITY STARTS WITH ATTENTION TO DETAIL
When you trust your scrap recycling facility’s security to our Watchdog Virtual Guard, we GUARANTEE your metal will stay in the yard. We make guarantees because we thought of everything that can happen at a scrap metal yard. It’s important, and necessary, that everything works perfectly EVERY TIME. With nearly 200 scrap metal yards relying […]
We Do This Every Night At Scrapyards!
I’m sure if you ask this guy what he was doing, he’ll tell you he was just out for a walk and was doing some chin-ups. Likely story, but just in case, our LIVE monitoring station picked him up well in advance of his attempt to climb the fence and steal some scrap metal. This […]
ST. LOUIS SCRAPYARD SAVED FROM INTRUDER THEFT!
Watchdog Security’s state-of-the-art Virtual Guard Monitoring system continues to be the trusted scrapyard security solution for more than 100 yards across the US. A recent break-in at one of our clients’ facilities in St. Louis shows why. Recently around two in the morning, an intruder was detected in a restricted area of the yard by […]
How Your Scrapyard Security System Can Reduce Human Error
Since their commercialization, local scrapyards have been hotbeds for criminal activity. Criminals target scrapyards not only because of their valuable inventory, but also because they are easy to gain access to. Taking this into consideration, owners of scrapyards usually invest heavily in security so that their assets appear to be better protected – be it […]
Prevent the Theft of Your Scrap Metal
In recent years, the theft of valuable scrap metal has been on the rise. Collaborative efforts from police, scrapyard owners, and the community at large to battle and prevent metal theft have been taking place for decades. With recent rises in these incidents, however, economic consequences have been immense. Replacing stolen metal, repairing equipment damage, […]