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Commercial security systems by industry
A dispensary and a warehouse are not the same job. The hardware overlaps; the rule that sets the spec does not. Each guide below names that rule, cites it, and prices the scope it produces.
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Nine building types, each with the compliance rule that sets its spec, a typical scope with a cost range, and the questions to ask a bidder who claims to know your industry.
Warehouse & Industrial
Under CTPAT, cameras are optional. The moment you install them, several criteria become mandatory.
Rules, scope and costConstruction Sites
Stolen construction equipment mostly does not come back. The reported recovery rate was 22 percent.
Rules, scope and costOffice Buildings
You cannot badge-lock a stairwell door on its own. The code makes it an all-or-nothing decision for the building.
Rules, scope and costRetail & Loss Prevention
The federal robbery-prevention guidance for late-night retail is mostly about sightlines and cash, not cameras.
Rules, scope and costCannabis Dispensaries
Retention minimums run from 30 days to six months, so the same camera count needs six times the storage in Ohio that it needs in Colorado.
Rules, scope and costSchools & Education
A classroom door lock has to release with one motion from the inside, which disqualifies most barricade devices.
Rules, scope and costHealthcare Facilities
If a camera can read a screen, the recorder is now storing protected health information.
Rules, scope and costAuto Dealerships
The FTC Safeguards Rule names auto dealerships by example, and it reaches physical access, not just IT.
Rules, scope and costMultifamily Properties
In New York, a majority of tenants can require their landlord to install self-locking entrance doors and an intercom, and the clock is six months.
Rules, scope and cost
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