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3 Types of Auto Dealership Thieves + 10 Ways to Stop Them
2008-06-03 19:42:00 The majority of thefts at car dealerships fall into one of three categories. This article identifies the three primary types of thieves and then offers security suggestions that will help you stop theft at your dealership. We hope you find this article useful, and that you explore our live video surveillance offerings for car dealerships and ... More About: Auto , Stop , Types
Jobsite Intruder Ignores Warning, But Not The Cops
2008-05-15 18:52:00 This guy ignored the sirens and strobes. He had a tough time ignoring the cops when they showed up. Learn more about Pro-Vigil or contact us by email - info@pro-vigil.com or phone 866.616.1318 to learn more about how we can stop theft on your property. Watch some of our other arrest videos: Romantic Walk on Jobsite Interrupted Lead Framer ... More About: Warning , Cops
The Pro-Vigil $500 Per-Unit Referral Fee
2008-05-15 18:44:00 We sat down and asked ourselves what would get US to refer our colleagues to our favorite companies. T-shirts? Nah. They just don’t cut it. $50? You’re getting warmer. Still… that just doesn’t cut it. We decided that a $500 referral fee would really convince us to spread the news about our live video surveillance company. ... More About: News , Referral , Unit
Pro-Vigil Caught on Video: Watch Us Here on KENS5 News
2008-05-14 20:26:00 We were happy to tell San Antonio’s KENS 5 News about stopping copper theft on jobsites: We wrote an article about it too: The Top 7 Ways to Stop Copper Thieves. Copper theft’s going to get worse before it gets better due to continued high demand in China. Fight back! More About: Video , Watch , Caught
It Doesn?t Take a Surveillance Expert?
2008-05-14 20:14:00 To spot us at golfing events… See if you can spot us at this Friday’s AGC- San Antonio Chapter Fun Shoot. More About: Surveillance , Expert
Copper Theft Combat: The Top 7 Ways to Stop Copper Thieves
2008-05-05 18:46:00 When we started fighting copper theft on jobsites we never thought we’d become experts on the Chinese economy… It’s the strong Chinese economic growth that has copper demand so high and has pushed prices from under a dollar a pound five years ago to just around four dollars a pound today… Economists predict that copper producers ... More About: Stop , Theft , Combat , Copper
Pro-Vigil Guards President Bush?s Childhood Home
2008-04-08 16:56:00 In December vandals set fire to President Bush ’s childhood home. Restoration began recently and we donated our live surveillance services. We’re proud and honored to help protect the restoration of this national monument! Squint and you’ll see the Pro-Vigil sign on the chain link fence there in the front. See the news story here: Restoration Begins On ... More About: News , Childhood , President Bush
Thieves Break Through Fence, Pro-Vigil Stops Them
2008-04-08 16:46:00 We got these words and the following pictures from a client: Last night we had a couple of thieves enter the jobsite through the back gate by unbolting the hinges. Here’s a close up of their work: The fence off of its hinges: They drove right past the provigil camera unit and around to building 22 where ... More About: Break , Stops , Fence
Romantic Walk on Jobsite Interrupted
2008-04-08 16:30:00 We’re not sure why these two decided to go for a date on our client’s jobsite. We are sure that they won’t come back. This is what we’re talking about when we say “Pro-Active Prevention.” More About: Romantic , Walk
Lead Framer Busted Stealing Lumber
2008-04-08 16:26:00 This framer - the lead framer on the jobsite - decided to pad his salary a little bit. Pro-Vigil caught him on video and our live surveillance crew called the cops. By request this video doesn’t show the cops arrive but you can sure see the fear in him there at the end! More About: Busted , Lumber , Lead , Stealing
Police Catch Jobsite Intruder Who Ignores Strobes and Sirens
2008-03-12 22:08:00 Watch as the police nab this guy trying to escape on his bicycle. He came back the next night and we called the police on him again. You can see that video here: Video: Jobsite Intruder Learns what Live Surveillance Means More About: Police , Catch
Video: Jobsite Intruder Learns what Live Surveillance Means
2008-03-12 22:00:00 This is the SECOND time the Pro-Vigil security crew spotted this guy trespassing on this jobsite… and the SECOND time we had him arrested! We hope he learned what “live video surveillance” means. More About: Video , Surveillance , Live
Busted by a Pro-Vigil Virtual Guard Station
2008-02-06 16:31:00 Watch the Pro-Vigil Virtual Guard Station call in the cavalry in this short video! More About: Busted
Pro-Vigil? On Fishing-Hole Surveillance?
2008-02-05 17:16:00 We’re proud to announce the Pro-Vigil boat wrap… check it out: Look for this boat patrolling fishing holes near you. And thanks to Charlie David of Hill and Wilkinson for taking Pro-Vigil fishing with him every time he goes. More About: News , Surveillance , Fishing , Hole
Chinese Demand for Copper to Keep Theft High Through 2009
2008-02-05 17:05:00 There are two factors that indicate that copper theft won’t slow down this year: supply and demand. The first is the continued demand in China. Though copper demands have slowed down some in the US there’s still an enormous demand for copper as China’s economy continues to expand. On the supply side, companies have not yet moved ... More About: Chinese , High , Theft , Copper , Demand
Testimonial: Pro-Vigil Jobsite Surveillance Impossible to Ignore
2008-01-31 21:09:00 In two months, ProVigil has run off several suspects and I am sure has scared off numerous others. I have a buddy who lives about 100 feet from one of our projects and when the trailer runs its sirens and lights, he says you can’t ignore it. What that says to me is that the ... More About: Surveillance , Testimonial , Impossible
Testimonial: Pro-Vigil is the Best of Both Worlds
2008-01-31 21:00:00 To whom it may concern My name is Charley David I am a construction superintendent. I have worked in the const. Industry for as long as I can remember. I started for my father when I was 8 years old I am now 40. I have seen a lot of things come & go in the const. ... More About: Testimonial , Worlds
Video: What Happens When The Job Boss is Away?
2008-01-01 20:14:00 Does your job site run smoothly even when you’re not around? That’s a sign that you’ve hired the right people and put them in the right positions. Congratulations. If you’re like the rest of us then you know that “when the cat’s away the mice will play.” Your employees may sometimes decide that they’d like to ... More About: Video , Boss
Pro-Vigil?s New Virtual Guard Station Fights $1 Billion in Construction Sit
2007-12-20 17:53:00 Construction contractors still get hammered by $1 Billion (US) in annual loss due to theft and vandalism. This loss becomes even more deadly to business as construction costs rise and the credit markets plummet. Pro-Vigil, a construction site security company, answered this $1 Billion in theft and vandalism by creating the industry’s first affordable mobile security ... More About: News , Fights , Construction , Station , Virtual
$35,000 in Theft has Church Plumbing Contractor Begging for Help
2007-12-15 18:47:00 A Granger, Indiana contractor has asked police and citizens for help in reducing crime on their job site. Theft has cost them $35,000 since September, said the spokesperson for B.C. Mechanical Inc. On the South Bend Tribune’s website the company’s Production and Safety Coordinator said “We’re pretty much just looking for the public’s help … we ... More About: Church , Contractor , Plumbing
Secure Your Assets - Top 3 Tax Tips for Construction Contractors
2007-12-12 18:05:00 Typically I write about job site security. Today’s post looks at your construction business security by way of tax tips for construction contractors from Grant Thornton. Now, the article I found has 10 tips, but I’m only going to quote my top three. Please find a link to the rest of the article below. (If you’re like ... More About: Tips , Construction , Secure , Contractors
Get Early Warning - Monitor Construction Site Theft in Your Area
2007-12-07 20:16:00 Thieves and vandals aren’t likely to send you an early warning note to let you know they’ll be stopping by. If you’re lucky though you CAN still get early warning… so long as your local area news has decent coverage of construction site theft. Google offers a free “web band” scanner service called Google Alerts that ... More About: Construction , Site , Monitor , Warning , Early
Construction Theft is Expensive and Construction Security Is Not
2007-11-28 16:15:00 I still get “sticker shock” every time I see how many dollars worth of value thieves steal from construction sites. Even the relatively low-value thefts shock me, like this story from Buffalo NY in which thieves netted $2,400 worth of tools. That’s not much in the scheme of things, but the cost of their loss would ... More About: Security , Construction , Theft
Construction Costs to Increase 8% in 2008?
2007-11-26 17:25:00 If the Associated General Contractor’s report is right, we’re set for a steep increase in construction costs for 2008 due to a rise in material costs and current problems in the credit markets. Costs could rise as much as 8%… and you know that any increase in material costs will result in an increase in theft. ... More About: Construction
5th Work Site Vandalism Incident for Utah Site Does $100,000 in Damage
2007-11-20 17:40:00 A Herriman, Utah paper reports that a recent vandalism incident cost them $100,000 in damages. I don’t believe this estimate covers the costs of repairs and lost work due to the vandalism. What astounds me is that this is the 5th incident that this Utah construction company has experienced. You should have theft and vandalism prevention methods ... More About: Work , Site , Incident , Damage
The AIA Creates the ?IPD? to Save The Construction Industry from Eating Its
2007-11-16 19:05:00 If you’re running your own construction operation then you’re well aware of inefficiencies and cost overrun in your projects. In fact, you’re probably visiting our site because you want to knock the high and unexpected costs of theft and vandalism out of your budget entirely with Pro-Vigil’s construction security services. Obviously when it comes to cutting ... More About: Industry , Construction , Save , Eating , Construction Industry
They Rob You Once Shame on Them. If They Rob You Twice?
2007-11-14 19:51:00 I watch the news a lot. Stories on construction site theft always catch my eye. It amazes me how general contractors leave themselves wide open to multiple site thefts - often from the same thief. And if it’s not multiple thefts at the same construction site it’s multiple thefts at job sites in the same AREA. ... More About: Shame
Is Any Press Good Press? Your Company in Construction Site Theft News?
2007-11-06 22:05:00 You may believe that any press is good press. In that case you probably wouldn’t mind getting headlines like these related to your company: Explosives missing from rural construction site Construction Theft in Bonneville County Vandals strike construction site, reward offered $15,000 Reward Offered In Construction Theft Case Brothers charged with construction site burglary I think there IS such thing as ... More About: News , Company , Press , Site
Could Thieves Break into YOUR Construction Site with a Cardboard Box?
2007-11-02 19:56:00 We wrote recently about choosing security fencing for your construction site, but a recent story of two Canadian thieves proves why a physical barrier is never enough… Police recently put a stop to a year-long burglary spree in Canada that netted over $250,000 from fast food restaurants. The two suspects hid “inside a three-sided cardboard box ... More About: Break , Construction , Site , Cardboard
How Secure is Your Construction Security Fence? 11 Questions to Ask
More articles from this author:2007-10-31 17:21:00 Your temporary chain link fence can and should be your first line of defense in your construction site security program. Not only does it aid in keeping your tools and materials in, but it keeps potential lawsuits from curious trespassers out. Of course it’s important to remember that, according to the Chain Link Fence Manufacturers Institute, ... More About: Security , Questions , Construction , Secure 1, 2 |
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