TFF - Security Supplement

[TFF]

TFF have worked with Acres and a number of security providers to put together a guide on Agricultural Security Solutions and how to keep your insurance premiums as low as possible. You can download in here or click on the image below.




We will be looking to add to this with "Tips and Tricks" in the future. So if you have any good ways to improve your security on Farm, then add them to this thread.

 

[Ranger Security Solutions]

This was posted over a month ago, I was waiting to see what others had to say, but no one has. So I will get the ball rolling... or rather, the feathers ruffling...

The first tip - have the right attitude towards your security. The appropriate mindset. Carry out the correct behaviours. This goes a very long way to improving your security, and can save you money.

For those that have read the download, the third paragraph rightly states:

It really is essential that the progressive farm operation takes a proactive approach to farm security if it is to avoid the threat of losses, theft and injury, potentially resulting in the risk of becoming uninsurable and ultimately unable to continue as a viable business.

Not taking an interest in your own security, expecting the rest of the world to take responsibility for your security, not taking due care of your property and equipment, having a reactive approach to security, are all significant contributors to becoming a victim of rural crime.

According to the Cambridge Dictionary, the definition of 'apathy' is:

"Behaviour that shows no interest or energy and shows that someone is unwilling to take action, especially over something important."

apathy

1. behaviour that shows no interest or energy and shows that someone is…

dictionary.cambridge.org

I find the rural communities 'apathy' towards their own security is one of the biggest problems the rural community face. Until something happens, then there is absolute uproar, carnage and disgust.

An often used but apt quote, often wrongly attributed to Einstein, but actually no one knows who said:

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

Carry on doing nothing, carry on not taking an interest in your security, then sooner or later expect unwelcome visitors.

It need not be expensive at all, but you have to make the effort.

 

[Vizslaman]

Though my experience does not come from farm security I did have an attempted theft of a Race Shuttle car transporter from outside an industrial unit.

This highlighted one problem with the CCTV system! The camera were installed under the eaves to avoid them being tampered with, but sadly it only got the top of the perpetrators heads.

I wonder if with the advance in technology is it possible to get a system with a remote lens that could be mounted inconspicuously at say 6ft above ground level. I have bore scopes that I use for examining the inside of engines so surely it is possible.

 

[Clive]

Though my experience does not come from farm security I did have an attempted theft of a Race Shuttle car transporter from outside an industrial unit.

This highlighted one problem with the CCTV system! The camera were installed under the eaves to avoid them being tampered with, but sadly it only got the top of the perpetrators heads.

I wonder if with the advance in technology is it possible to get a system with a remote lens that could be mounted inconspicuously at say 6ft above ground level. I have bore scopes that I use for examining the inside of engines so surely it is possible.

All cctv has ever provided me with is the privalige of watching my stuff get stolen! Police have never seemed in any way interesting in footage

Automatic / controlled access gates made the biggest difference here

 

[Vizslaman]

We often had Hampshire Police check our CCTV as it covered the entrance to the industrial estate but that was over 10 years ago, not sure they would still have the same response

 

[Ranger Security Solutions]

Speaking of CCTV, this is an extract from my "Rural Security Handbook". Point one is the main and most important function of CCTV - and also the most overlooked and ignored. Even by CCTV sellers.

3.3.2.1. CCTV

With regards to CCTV, this is a very useful tool but is too often misunderstood or mis-sold and is not used appropriately or effectively. There is nothing worse than arriving at work, to find that you have been burgled and the ATV's, GPS' and other tools, equipment and vehicles have been stolen. While a member of your team has to ring round your clients, giving them the disappointing news that you can no longer deliver your products or services as promised, you sit and review the CCTV footage of the criminals getting away with your Assets. This is not an effective use of CCTV.

The functions of CCTV are:

i. Alert to the presence of suspicious activity
ii. Support the analysis of an alarm (is it correct or a false alarm?)
iii. Assist in the response of an incident (direct security staff or police to criminals’ location)
iv. Gather images to be used as evidence

If your CCTV is not informing you that something may be going wrong, at the exact time that it is possibly going wrong, then you’re CCTV is not reaching its maximum value.

Most people use CCTV for point four only, and this is not just wrong, but a waste of good money. If you're not using CCTV properly, you may as well hire a security guard, and buy him/her a nice comfy bed to sleep in.

 

[Ranger Security Solutions]

Automatic / controlled access gates made the biggest difference here

Automatic access / ANPR controlled plates are a great tool. Similar to CCTV, what you're getting is an "automated sentry / gate guard". Whereas a human sentry would do their checks and raise the barrier or open the gate, this is carried out by technology.

This is great for access control, and keeps out 99% of people, and is a good deterrent. There is a saying though, "what may deter one person, may not deter another".

So a polite word of warning, beware that cloned plates can defeat ANPR.

Therefore, do not have a false sense of security, you still need to have good security procedures for storing your vehicles, kit and equipment - and where keys are kept (separately).

Procedures cost nothing.

 

[L P]

Automatic access / ANPR controlled plates are a great tool. Similar to CCTV, what you're getting is an "automated sentry / gate guard". Whereas a human sentry would do their checks and raise the barrier or open the gate, this is carried out by technology.

This is great for access control, and keeps out 99% of people, and is a good deterrent. There is a saying though, "what may deter one person, may not deter another".

So a polite word of warning, beware that cloned plates can defeat ANPR.

Therefore, do not have a false sense of security, you still need to have good security procedures for storing your vehicles, kit and equipment - and where keys are kept (separately).

Procedures cost nothing.

Might be worth mentioning in your line of work just how little cctv footage can be used as evidence in court without having a strict data management policy, being registered with ICO, having the right signs up etc. No point paying a fortune for cctv you cannot use, may as well put up £5 dummy cameras.

One way in, same way out is the best deterrent. No massive padlocks on show, bollards etc, it just attracts attention that something valuable is inside

 

[Ranger Security Solutions]

You are correct to raise the subject, though it goes without saying that appropriate guidance is always given (not that I sell CCTV or any products, I advise people what they need or, sometimes more importantly, what they don't need).

CCTV with suitable evidential value is used quite a bit. The police actively encourage members of the public to submit dash cam footage which falls in the same remit. The police also go 'door to door' in search of CCTV that can be used as evidence.

All businesses, farms included, should already be adhering to GDPR UK rules and regulations, as they will hold personally identifiable data on people. The ICO offers guidance on CCTV:

CCTV and video surveillance

ico.org.uk

Signs should be erected with a notice on, similar to the very bottom of this sign...

 

[Ranger Security Solutions]

The police also go 'door to door' in search of CCTV that can be used as evidence.

Here is an example of CCTV footage, gathered by the police, from various commercial and private properties.

CCTV footage released of attack on murdered 14-year-old Jermaine Cools in Croydon

Marques Walker, 17, can now be identified as the killer of Jermaine Cools, who at the age of 14 was the youngest victim of a fatal knife crime in 2021. Jermaine was stabbed as he lay on the ground outside a chicken shop in Croydon, south London, on 18 November that year.

news.sky.com

 

[Mickey mouse]

Might be worth mentioning in your line of work just how little cctv footage can be used as evidence in court without having a strict data management policy, being registered with ICO, having the right signs up etc. No point paying a fortune for cctv you cannot use, may as well put up £5 dummy cameras.

One way in, same way out is the best deterrent. No massive padlocks on show, bollards etc, it just attracts attention that something valuable is inside

Sad when people degrade their spirit by lowering themselves to stealing things.
They are lowering them selves to the darker realms when they Passover.