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One person sat through the walkthrough. Everyone else got a PDF and a number. This page is the ten-minute version of what that person saw: real footage of a unit stopping a theft, what a trailer does that a guard can't, what the cameras actually cover, and what your crew will see on their phones.
Crossing the virtual fence line (orange, along the chain-link in Camera 1) trips a detection rule the instant it happens, and a live agent checks it — so leaves, birds and headlights don't page anyone.
A live monitoring agent confirms it's real, then talks down over the speaker while strobes light the site. The intruders know they're being watched — by a person.
They leave with nothing. Every second is recorded and retained for 30 days — evidence for police, insurance and your own records.
What to watch for: in Camera 1, two would-be thieves come over the chain-link fence — the orange virtual fence line — and work toward the enclosed equipment trailer. About 0:45 into the clip one comes over the fence (the red box tracks him), works his way to the trailer around 1:00, and the talk-down from our monitoring center sends him back out the way he came in. Camera 2 picks up the same intruder (red box) as he walks out from behind the trailer and leaves. Nothing was taken. Footage shared with the customer's approval.
A guard sees one place at a time, works one shift at a time, and bills by the hour. A monitored trailer watches the entire site every night, records everything, and costs a flat rate. Put your own numbers in.
Guard cost = rate × hours × nights × 4.33 weeks. Rates shown are California blended averages for billed guard services. Urban centers — Los Angeles, San Francisco, San José — run higher because of local minimum-wage laws, and the low end of any range usually requires a long-term contract (often 12 months or more). True 24/7 single-post coverage is $20K–$35K+ per month.
Typical single-unit deployments run under $2,000/month all-in: monitoring, police dispatch, unlimited data, cloud recording, delivery and setup.
| What you get | Security guard | Cameras only | Meridian |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eyes on the entire site, all night | One post at a time | ✓ | ✓ |
| Every incident recorded (30-day cloud) | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Instant strobe + audio response | — | — | ✓ |
| A live person verifies and talks down | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Human-verified police dispatch | If awake and on site | — | ✓ |
| Visible deterrent before anyone touches anything | Varies | — | ✓ |
| No power, internet or trenching needed | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Moves with your project phases | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| One flat monthly rate | Hourly | Plus install & data | ✓ |
Every Meridian head carries two 180° wide-angle cameras and a 25× PTZ — on the Valiant and UNIV platforms a dual-lens model with a fixed overview lens plus the zoom, which auto-tracks whatever trips a rule. Every lens runs detection at once, all night. Tap a camera to see what it covers.
Show all: tap a highlighted camera again. Ranges are conservative planning figures; your quote's coverage map shows the exact aim for your site.
Your crew uses the CHeKT app. Unlimited users, no per-seat fees. This is a real screen from a live Meridian unit.
Each camera on the unit is its own feed with a timestamp. Tap one to go full screen.
Blue bell means that camera's detection rules are armed. Your team gets push notifications on verified events, not on every passing headlight.
Every detection becomes a clip with the time and camera. Scrub back through the night, save a clip, share it with police or your insurer.
The megaphone icon is the on-site speaker — the same one our monitoring agents use to confront intruders live.
We deliver, position, raise the mast and aim every camera to your coverage plan — typically live the same day. No wiring, no IT.
Intrusion and cross-line rules trip the moment someone enters a zone, day or night. Advanced AI analytics are available on request.
Strobes and a live voice from our monitoring center confront intruders in the moment. Most leave before touching anything.
A monitoring agent verifies the threat on live video and dispatches police to your exact location — a confirmed crime in progress, not a false alarm.
No site visits to schedule, no contractors to coordinate. Here's the whole sequence.
Reply to the quote email, or send a PO referencing the quote number.
We send a link. It captures the site address, gate and access details, your on-site contact, who gets app access and alert calls, and your certificate of insurance if one is required.
Our deployment team confirms a delivery window with your site contact and assigns the unit.
We position it to the coverage map, raise the mast, aim the cameras, test detection and confirm the monitoring center sees every feed. Live before we leave.
Everyone on your access list gets a CHeKT invite and a two-minute walkthrough. Unlimited users.
We confirm the unit is tuned to your phase of work and adjust detection zones as the site changes. Call the local team any time.