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Cannabis Remote Video Surveillance for Dispensaries and Grows
Enhance cannabis facility security with 24/7 live monitoring that supports regulatory compliance and safeguards valuable inventory with real-time surveillance.
Cannabis remote video surveillance means trained operators watch a dispensary’s or grow facility’s security cameras live from an off-site monitoring center and respond while an incident is happening. Monitex Security connects to your existing cameras, adds loudspeakers, and has operators warn intruders, alert your team or on-site guards, and call police. It works alongside the recording system your state license requires, not in place of it.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Cannabis businesses hold product, cash and equipment in one place, which makes them targets for break-ins and internal theft.
- State rules set how cannabis facilities must record video. Remote monitoring adds people who watch it live.
- Monitex operators speak to intruders over loudspeakers, notify your designated contacts and dispatch police when needed.
- Coverage spans dispensaries, cultivation sites, processing areas and distribution centers.
- Your current cameras can usually be connected, and setup takes a few hours to a few days.
Cannabis Remote Video Surveillance for Dispensaries and Grows
A cannabis business keeps product, cash and equipment in one place, and much of that value sits in vaults, grow rooms and storage areas that are empty overnight. Your cameras are probably already recording, because state cannabis rules such as New York’s and California’s require it. The question is whether anyone is watching when it matters.
Cannabis remote video surveillance from Monitex puts trained operators on your cameras in real time. They speak to intruders over on-site loudspeakers, notify your team or on-site guards, and call police while the incident is still underway.
Contact For Inquiry and we’ll map out coverage for your dispensary, grow or warehouse in a free consultation.
Why Recording Alone Isn’t Enough
State cannabis rules focus on what your cameras record and how long you keep it.
New York, for example, requires licensees to point cameras at “all safes, vaults, sales areas” and other areas where cannabis is handled, and to keep recordings for at least 60 days under 9 NYCRR §125.3. Recording must be continuous during operating hours and whenever cannabis is handled, and motion-activated at other times.
California requires cameras to record “continuously 24 hours per day” at 15 frames per second or more and to keep footage for at least 90 days under 4 CCR §15044.
Those rules make sure there’s a record. They don’t put anyone on the cameras while a break-in is happening. Footage reviewed the next morning helps the investigation, but by then the product and cash may already be gone.
Cannabis live security surveillance adds the missing piece: a person who sees the problem and acts. That is the difference between cannabis security surveillance that documents a loss and monitoring that interrupts it.
The solution: 24/7 Remote Monitoring
With every angle covered by our cameras, we prevent break-ins, robbery and employee theft. We also install loudspeakers around your property, using them to deter prospective criminals when suspicious activity is noticed.
Our remote surveillance team saves you hiring an army of live guards. Instead, we monitor the cameras throughout your dispensary or plant, communicating closely with the guards on-site simultaneously.
By connecting up your existing cameras to our systems*, getting started with Monitex is a quick, hassle-free process.
(*or installing new ones where necessary)
With shifts of highly trained virtual guards observing the screens every hour of the day, your facility is never exposed. Day or night, any time of year, your plant is under our watchful eyes.
Where Cannabis Facilities Need Live Eyes
With cannabis live security camera monitoring, operators focus on the parts of a marijuana business where losses start:
- Entrances and storefronts. Customer and employee doors, after-hours visitors and anyone testing a lock or a window.
- Vaults, safes and inventory rooms. Who goes in, when, and whether they belong there.
- Cash-handling and point-of-sale areas. Counting rooms, registers and cash pickups.
- Grow rooms and processing areas. Restricted spaces where product is cultivated, trimmed and packaged.
- Shipping, receiving and loading docks. Deliveries, transport vehicles and back doors.
- Perimeter, gates and parking areas. Fences, outbuildings and the lot outside the building.
Learn more about cannabis facility entry and exit monitoring and cannabis perimeter security.
Internal Theft and Product Diversion
Not every loss comes from outside. Product can walk out with an employee, and inventory can go missing between the grow room and the vault. Cannabis live security monitoring puts an accountable set of eyes on restricted areas such as vaults, trim rooms and packaging lines. When counts don’t match, recordings from those areas can help you trace who handled the product and when.
See how operators help with auditing staff in cannabis processing areas.
Built for Every Kind of Cannabis Operation
- Dispensaries. Storefronts, sales floors, vaults and cash-handling areas, with extra attention after closing.
- Cultivation sites. Large properties, greenhouses and outbuildings where overnight guards are expensive to staff.
- Processing and manufacturing. Restricted production rooms and product handling spaces.
- Distribution centers. Loading zones, storage areas and transport vehicles.
- Multi-site operators. Several locations watched by one operator team.
Simple Set-up
Getting started with Monitex security can be a matter of a few hours, and never more than a few days.
Quote
Our team analyzes your property and any existing security measures, giving you a custom quote for a strong surveillance plan that meets state requirements.
Install
Our technicians install speakers (and more cameras if necessary), connect your CCTV and configure it to integrate with our state-of-the-art system.
Stream
Streaming continuous live footage from your site, our remote guards watch out for threats and suspicious activity, collaborating with your on-site team and reacting swiftly if anything is noticed.
Secure
They’ll issue warnings via loudspeaker, dispatch law enforcement where necessary and communicate closely with on-site personnel and the PD to apprehend the criminals efficiently.
Relax
You’re free to focus on other aspects of your business, knowing that under the watchful eyes of our skilled team, your cannabis and cash are protected from robbery and theft.
Compliance: What Monitoring Does and Doesn’t Do
Monitex supports your security program, but it isn’t a substitute for your compliance program. The recording system your license requires, retention, camera placement and alarm requirements stay your responsibility under your state’s rules.
In New York, for instance, the perimeter alarm must communicate with “a third-party commercial central monitoring station” when intrusion is detected, which is a separate requirement from live video monitoring [CONFIRM whether Monitex offers alarm central-station monitoring].
What live monitoring adds is people watching in real time and a faster response when something goes wrong. Check your state’s current regulations, or ask your compliance advisor, before changing your system. For more detail, read our guide to cannabis dispensary security requirements.
Getting Your Facility Connected
Getting started with Monitex can be a matter of a few hours, and never more than a few days.
- Quote. Our team looks at your premises, camera layout and on-site security, then prices a plan.
- Install. We mount speakers, fill camera gaps where necessary, and link your CCTV to our system.
- Stream. Live footage reaches our monitoring center, and operators coordinate with your on-site team.
- Secure. Operators warn, alert and dispatch, and stay in close contact with on-site personnel and police.
Why Cannabis Operators Choose Monitex Security
- Eyes on every shift. Shifts of highly trained operators observe the screens day and night, any time of year.
- Works with your guards. Operators communicate with your on-site guards, so you don’t need a guard at every door.
- Uses your cameras. Your existing CCTV stays in place; new cameras go only where there are gaps.
- Audio deterrence. Speakers around the property let operators challenge people before they reach your doors.
Read more about the service behind this page on our live video monitoring solutions page.
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Cannabis Remote Video Surveillance FAQs
Does remote monitoring make my dispensary compliant?
No service can promise that. State rules cover your recording system, camera placement, retention and alarms, and they vary by state. Live monitoring adds real-time response on top of those requirements.
Do we have to watch the cameras ourselves?
No. Monitex operators watch the live feeds for you and contact your designated people when something needs attention.
Can live monitoring stop a break-in or smash-and-grab?
No one can promise to stop every incident. What operators can do is challenge intruders over the speakers, notify your contacts and get police moving while it’s still happening.
Do you work with grow facilities as well as dispensaries?
Yes. Monitex monitors dispensaries, cultivation sites, processing facilities and distribution centers.