Archive: January 2024
2023
What IS Radius Security?
January 17th, 2023 | by admin admin | in News | 300How much do you know about Radius Security? Tour our new web site and find out who we are and how we can help protect your home and business.
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2023
Video Surveillance FAQs
January 17th, 2023 | by admin admin | in Security Advice | 1How does a remote video monitoring service actually work? Who is responsible for what? We answer some of your questions.
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2023
Grandma Fell!
January 17th, 2023 | by admin admin | in Safety Advice | 18Did you know that... falls are the most common cause of injury among seniors in British Columbia?
According to research compiled by BC Research and Injury Prevention Unit, each year more than 200,000 seniors in B.C. will e
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2023
How to Avoid Road Rage
January 17th, 2023 | by admin admin | in News | 0Road rage. Every day brings another headline. Ordinary commuters and tourists in a stress-filled world, driving on congested roads, suddenly snap. And someone gets hurt.
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2023
Bike Thefts Increasing
January 17th, 2023 | by admin admin | in Security Advice | 0As the weather warms up, you may be riding your bike to work more often. Did you know a commuter is 30 times more likely to lose her bike than her car in Vancouver? Bicycle thefts have exceeded motor vehicle thefts in the city every year since 20
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2023
10 Camping Safety Tips
January 17th, 2023 | by admin admin | in Safety Advice | 0Victoria Day marks the start of the summer camping season. Here are some safety tips to keep in mind as you leave Metro Vancouver for B.C.’s great outdoors.
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2023
Scams Against Seniors
January 17th, 2023 | by admin admin | in Security Advice | 0Con artists target seniors more than any other group. Learn to recognize and avoid common scams.
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2023
Tax Shelter or Scam?
January 17th, 2023 | by admin admin | in Security Advice | 13Filed your taxes already? Or planning to join the line up outside the CRA office at 11:55 p.m. on April 30th? Either way, it’s time for a friendly reminder about tax fraud: if it sounds too good to be true, it pro
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2023
Boost Your Immunity to Online Bugs
January 17th, 2023 | by admin admin | in Security Advice | 0Cold and flu season has arrived, but the folks at Get Cyber Safe are focusing on electronic bugs these days. October is Cyber Security Awareness Month. As with most diseases, prevention and early treatment is the key to containing outbreaks. Prot
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2023
Unplug and Tune In
January 17th, 2023 | by admin admin | in Safety Advice | 10It’s a typical morning commute: Traffic backed up on the highway. Sip your coffee. Grab a snack from your console. Scan texts. It’s a parking lot anyway, right? What do they mean they can’t find the present
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2023
Safe Grilling 101
January 17th, 2023 | by admin admin | in Safety Advice | 0Nothing says “summer” in Vancouver like a salmon on the barbecue. With plenty of sun in the forecast, this is a great time to fire up your grill. BCAA offers some great safety reminders
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2022
How Does Security and Safety on the Lower Mainland Compare to the Rest of Canada
January 11th, 2022 | by admin admin | in Security Advice | 0Let's talk about the security and crime on the lower mainland compared to the rest of Canada.
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2022
Which are the Most and Least Safe Neighborhoods in Metro Vancouver?
January 11th, 2022 | by admin admin | in Security Advice | 0Metro Vancouver, formerly known as the Greater Vancouver Regional District, is a large area consisting of major city and urban centres including Vancouver, Surrey, Burnaby, Richmond, Delta, Langley, Coquitlam and more.
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2022
What Would It Take to Protect My Vancouver Business?
January 11th, 2022 | by admin admin | in Security Advice | 0Security professionals do a careful assessment of any business before making any recommendations. The best way to protect your business in Vancouver depends on several factors, but mostly what kind of business it is.
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2022
How Will an Access Control System Help Secure my Place of Business?
January 11th, 2022 | by admin admin | in Security Advice | 0Your business security is only as secure as you make it. With any booming business, it can be difficult to keep track of who is coming and going, whether this is employees, deliveries, customers, clients or any number of other people.
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2020
Are There Legal Limits to Commercial Video Surveillance in Canada?
January 13th, 2020 | by admin admin | in Security Advice | 0An overview of the legal limits to using video suveillance in Canada.
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2019
Protecting Your Home from Water Damage with Water Detection Devices
January 31st, 2019 | by admin admin | in Safety Advice | 0A leaky pipe, or a damaged drain, and suddenly there can be disastrous results that could end up costing hundreds if not thousands of dollars in damage. How do we protect our homes from water damage?
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2016
Caught on Camera
January 8th, 2016 | by admin admin | in | 895Surveillance video helps catch crooks. Security cameras also capture some not-so-clever antics. Radius success stories over the holidays, and video clips of 2015's dumbest criminals.
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2014
Graffiti: Art or Vandalism?
January 31st, 2014 | by admin admin | in Security Advice | 2Banksy plays artist in residence on the streets of New York. Billionaire Chip Wilson, Lululemon founder, commissions an elaborately tagged mural on the seawall of his $35 million home. Someone scrawls unintelligible two-storey-high words across a
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2014
Violent Crime Spree Sparks Fears
January 14th, 2014 | by admin admin | in News | 0On January 5, Jonathon Gerald Leblanc was arrested following an alleged violent crime spree across the Lower Mainland, including three stabbings, two carjackings and one home invasion. He now faces 16 charges.
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2014
Top Safety and Security Tips of 2013
January 1st, 2014 | by admin admin | in | 0At Radius Security, “Your Safety is Our Vision.” Our goal with the Radius Security Blog is to provide useful safety and security information. However, we try to reach a broad audience: young families, business owners, seniors,
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