Peoria Police Department Offers Tips to Business Owners to Avoid Robberies
By Tami Vigilante The Peoria Police Department recently distributed pertinent information to business owners to help discourage crime at local businesses throughout the Phoenix metropolitan area. While the police department cannot prescribe a potion or cure-all to rid a business of robbers, there are ways to discourage them and to minimize the chances of violence […]
Video Surveillance Cameras in Pool Areas Can Decrease Drowning Epidemic
By Tami Vigilante As the temperatures rise in Phoenix when we enter the hot summer months, sadly so do the number of children that drown or have near-drowning experiences in swimming pools in Arizona. Just last week, a 2-year-old girl drowned in West Phoenix after Phoenix firefighters pulled her from a backyard pool after she […]
Phoenix TV Station Discusses Surveillance Cameras with Centralized Vision After Boston Marathon Bombing
With the FBI and Boston Police Department reviewing every photo and piece of video footage they can gather from the Boston Marathon bombing tragedy on April 15, 3TV television reporter Jared Dillingham looked into the increasing role of surveillance camera video and how it is being used in solving various crimes. Dillingham interviewed Centralized Vision […]
Increase in Auto Inventory Could Lead to Potential Criminal Activity at Car Dealerships
By Tom Vigilante, Jr. The current economic rebound has been great news for auto dealerships throughout the United States. According to a recent J.D. Powers and Associates study, new cars and trucks sales are expected to reach nearly 1.5 million vehicles in March and experts are forecasting that 15.3 million automobiles will be sold in […]
Phoenix Police Arrest Metal Thief at Arizona Recycling Facility
A Centralized Vision technician noticed that a male suspect was trespassing on the property of Arizona Recycling Corp. after seeing him on video surveillance going through copper and other metal materials in cardboard bins at 8:45 p.m. on Feb. 13, 2013. The technician immediately called the Phoenix Police Department’s dispatch center and three units were […]
Centralized Vision Adding More Space at Phoenix Corporate Headquarters
By Tami Vigilante I read an article recently that said small business optimism levels were down during the last quarter of 2012 after reports from the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) showed slow sales were holding back job growth and expansion plans. Whether these reports were true or just political propaganda surrounding Election Day […]
Scottsdale Police Arrest Metal Thieves After Video Surveillance Capture at Vacant Auto Dealership
By Tom Vigilante, Jr. A large portion of our client base at Centralized Vision that we provide video surveillance monitoring for are auto dealerships throughout the Phoenix metropolitan area. Overall, we provide remote-camera monitoring with real-time response options at 14 car dealerships in Arizona. The dealerships have a variety of reasons (theft, trespassing, vandalism) of […]
Centralized Vision Tabs Casey Casdorph as Company’s 2012 “Tech of the Year”
By Tami Vigilante My husband, Tom, and I have seen incredible growth for our company in the video security monitoring industry since starting Centralized Vision five years ago. In 2012, we grew our revenues more than 30 percent and expect similar growth in 2013 as well. The main ingredient that has allowed our company to grow […]
Real-Time Video Monitoring Could Deter Car Thefts at Phoenix Shopping Malls
By Tom Vigilante, Jr. With Black Friday and the holiday shopping season fast approaching, Phoenix’s ABC television affiliate recently aired a segment on their evening news about the number of car thefts at Valley shopping malls. According to research done among car thefts at Phoenix-area malls from September 2011 to August 2012, ABC 15 (KNXV-TV, […]
Centralized Vision Camera Monitoring Leads to Copper Theft Arrest at Phoenix Recycling Facility
After a Centralized Vision technician noticed suspicious activity while monitoring surveillance cameras at a Phoenix recycling facility around 6 p.m. on October 27, 2012, he alerted the Phoenix Police Department about the incident. As the tech zoomed in with the security camera, he noticed the trespasser in the bottom-right corner of the screen was wearing […]