Video Surveillance Systems for Multifamily Housing Projects

This introductory course provides detailed technical information and advice from security expert Michael Silva, CPP, on designing a video surveillance system for multifamily housing communities – apartments, condominiums, townhouses, or senior living communities. Technical advice on choosing the right type of cameras and optimizing the exterior lighting for their use is offered.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After studying this article, you should be able to:

• LIST 3 myths related to the use of video surveillance systems in apartment and condominium communities and their application in providing security to building occupants.
• DEFINE “choke points” and their application to the correct siting of video surveillance cameras in apartment, condominium, and townhouse communities.
• DISCUSS several physical design factors that can impede the efficacy of video surveillance systems in multifamily housing and ways to overcome these design problems.
• REVIEW the impact of intensity, uniformity, and color rendering in exterior lighting on video cameras in multifamily housing communities.