Dealership lot security that watches every row, every night
A dealership lot is an open-air warehouse of six-figure assets, arranged for visibility and access — the exact properties thieves exploit after close. Catalytic converters, wheels, tailgates and the vehicles themselves disappear from DFW lots on schedules that track auction dates, and a single organized hit can erase a month of margin.
Fixed building cameras watch doors; the losses happen in the rows. A mast-mounted SiteFortress unit positioned over inventory sees the whole lot at once, and its AI distinguishes a customer browsing at 8 PM from a crew moving between vehicles at 3 AM. Detection triggers recording, strobe, talk-down audio where configured, and — with monitoring — live human verification and escalation.
The LPR add-on completes the picture: every vehicle entering or leaving the lot after hours is captured as a plate event, which is exactly the evidence pattern police and insurers ask for after an incident.
Car Dealerships — common questions
Can this stop catalytic converter theft?
No system can promise theft never happens — and we won’t claim it. What the unit does: detects people moving between vehicles after hours, fires deterrence immediately, records evidence, and (with monitoring) puts a live voice on the lot within the verification window. Converter crews rely on being unobserved for 60–90 seconds per car; removing that cover changes outcomes.
We have cameras on the building. Why a trailer on the lot?
Building cameras cover approaches and doors at building height and angle. Inventory losses happen deep in the rows, out of that field of view. A 20 ft mast over the lot covers the rows themselves — and it relocates as your lot layout changes.
Does it work during a lot expansion or off-site storage?
Yes — overflow lots, auction staging and off-site storage are ideal deployments, precisely because those lots rarely have power or fixed infrastructure.
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