Beagle Watch looks after community’s substations
JOBURG – City substations treated as Beagle Watch clients.
Security company continues to adopt substations for the safety and security of all. Beagle Watch Armed Response has continued to look out for City infrastructure in its footprint.
Since August they have been adopting unsecured substations that are targeted by criminals looking to strip them of the cables and materials.
Power outages caused by such criminal activity not only have an impact on safety and security but are responsible for inconveniences such as traffic lights and businesses not being able to operate.
Managing director of Beagle Watch Andre Aiton said, “Power failures contribute to an influx of false alarms to all security service providers in the affected area and also contribute to a spike in criminal activity.”
They have been securing these substations by repairing doors and gates, adding new chains and padlocks and installing solar lighting to ensure the area will always be well lit.
Over the past three months, Beagle Watch has taken a number of additional substations under its wing. Aiton said, “The project continues to grow and we are confident that all of these actions – and the substantial financial investment from Beagle Watch – contribute to the increased safety and security of not only our clients, but also of the greater community.”
They have also committed themselves to monitoring and surveilling the substations with the usage of technology as they would any of their clients. Aiton added, “We believe in making technology work to the benefit of our clients’ safety. We therefore add each substation as a ‘client’ to our highly advanced CRM system.
This enables us to programme ‘panic alarms’ from the premises at regular but random intervals day and night that will ensure our officers visit the premises frequently and conduct thorough checks.”
