Estate Living Magazine Retirement & Healthcare - Issue 31 | Page 54

IS THE BEST PROTECTION FOR TODAY’S RETIREMENT VILLAGE PROACTIVE SECURITY Security is top of mind for people looking for a retirement village, so cutting edge security systems such as CCTV surveillance, intercom systems and 24-hour security guards are the norm – much as they are on many existing residential estates. But, according to Edward van der Linde of JNCS Beyond Security, the best-of-breed security goes beyond these standard measures. ‘Retirement developments are most often fully intruders are picked up on the perimeter using secured thermal imagery that can see even in adverse communities, with generic security measures such as staffed 24-hour security control weather room, guards patrolling the perimeter and the whatsoever. The audio and visual alerts are then entrance, infra-red CCTV surveillance, intercom relayed to the on-site security officers, reaction systems, and some form of access control. But state- officers and estate management for quick and of-the-art security also means optimal effectiveness precise action. in preventing a crime,’ says Van der Linde. And that’s what JNCS Beyond Security supplies. Unbreachable perimeter security conditions, requiring no lighting Effective response teams Scheduled perimeter patrols are predictable in that they are done hourly. The criminal element The Thermal Perimeter Defender option from in South Africa is smart and precise. It’s not too JNCS Beyond Security (PTY) Ltd is regarded as difficult to work out when the perimeter patrols the world’s best in perimeter detection. Potential are being conducted, and to calculate the interval 52 | www.estate-living.co.za