Video Surveillance Blog
« Michigan senior center adds cameras to protect residents | Main | Louisiana State adds campus surveillance cameras to improve student safety »
January 11, 2008
Thrift store installs security cameras to deter unwelcome donations
We've all heard the saying, "I couldn't give that thing away if I tried," right? Well, a Salvation Army thrift store in Juneau, Alaska wants to make sure you do, in fact, hold onto that thing. Fed up with late-night dumping of unwanted donations, the store has installed a three-camera surveillance system to monitor its exterior. Before the cameras were installed, store workers were forced to spend countless hours cleaning up piles of useless junk each morning, and the shop was being charged $500 to $800 a month disposing the unsalvageable items at the city landfill.
The new surveillance system actually cost the store less than a month's worth of landfill fees. Sure they could have argued that, because of litter laws, the fees weren't warranted, but without visual evidence, there was no case. Now, with the security cameras in place, there is. Unwelcome items appearing regularly outside the thrift store include decrepit furniture, broken household appliances, and plain old garbage. The surveillance cameras will help in identifying those who are leaving these worthless items.
The Salvation Army isn't being secretive about the cameras either. Bright signs are now posted in the store's windows alerting would-be litterbugs of the surveillance presence. Already, the system has proven effective, as the store front has remained clean since the camera installation.
Read more in the Juneau Empire...
Posted by Dan on January 11, 2008 2:07 PM
Search
Recent Posts
- Retail and transportation surveillance cameras offer more than just security, report says
- Arecont Vision unveils panoramic megapixel cameras with H.264 compression
- Vivotek wireless IP cameras watch over animals (including monkeys!) on South African game farm
- Axis network cameras provide museum surveillance at the Art Institute of Chicago
- Church surveillance camera catches woman abandoning baby
- Cisco Video Surveillance System to monitor Amtrak rail yards
- Smartvue S8 network camera system set for January release
- Lumenera Le165 megapixel IP camera provides high-quality surveillance in low-light conditions
- JVC introduces VN-X35U megapixel IP camera
- VideoIQ iCVR Storage Encoder introduced at ASIS International 2008
Categories
- Airports
- Banks and Credit Unions
- Bars
- Business
- Churches
- Citizen Surveillance
- Construction
- Controversial
- Convenience Stores
- Courthouse
- Crime
- Economics
- Elder care
- Entertainment
- Farming and Agriculture
- Food Service
- Fraud
- Gaming and Casinos
- Gas Stations
- Government
- Graffiti
- Health Clubs
- Healthcare
- Helpful Hints
- Home Security
- Homeland Security
- Hotels & Resorts
- IP Surveillance Industry
- In the news
- Industrial
- Law Enforcement
- Laws and Regulations
- Libraries
- Malls
- Military
- Municipal
- Neighborhood
- Nightclubs
- Oddly True
- Office
- Outdoor
- Parking Lots
- Parks
- Pet Surveillance
- Post Office
- Products
- Restaurants
- Retail
- Schools and Universities
- Security
- Shoplifting and Theft
- Site News
- Sporting Events
- Sports
- Surveillance
- Surveillance and Society
- Technology
- Tourism
- Traffic/Roadways
- Transportation
- Unique and Interesting
- Vandalism
- Video Encoders
- Video Management Software
- YouTube
- Zoos
