Residential Parcel Theft And How To Prevent It? - Redmark Security

In the last number of years online ordering has surged on popularity and home delivery of these parcels has increased in conjunction with this. As people are busier and busier, they are often not at home to receive their parcels and this often leaves them vulnerable to theft of these parcels. Avoiding this outcome has become a focus now and management often needs to find ways to keep their tenant’s packages safe.

For most residential apartment buildings in the city areas, having a concierge security is very normal. This can be beneficial in trying to prevent parcel theft in a few different ways. Red Mark Security is a security guard company that is an industry leader in concierge security and can provide you a reasonable quote. This is a very good idea if you currently do not have security in your building at present. So, let’s look at options for parcel theft.

-Firstly, having concierge accept parcels and having a secure room or closet is a great way to secure parcels for your tenants. In this way tenants can provide identification when retrieving parcels and this will be effective 99% of the time. Obviously, human error can happen but this is a great way to prevent parcel theft and make sure your tenants are receiving their packages.

-Having a card reader/ fob system for entry into the building. This feature will keep things safer in general but in particular for any deliveries for the building. Frequently companies like Amazon will leave parcels at the tenant’s door, mail area or in the 3^rd party lockers if you have that in your building. Having a locked and secure building only accessible via fob or access card will help keep items safe.

-There are companies who provide package lockers and you can usually find these kind of locker cabinets in various buildings in the Vancouver area. It is another way to secure parcels. These parcel lockers are a convenient secure space for packages in your building.

-Canada Post mail locker cabinets also include some small size parcel lockers and tenants will have a key left inside their mailbox, that will be left with a locker number on it and instructions. They can retrieve their parcel and then drop the key through the mail slot. Tenants can also leave parcels in those lockers to be sent as well, so the convenience is huge.

-Another option if your building is big with a large number of tenants; is to have two concierge security guards on, at least during the day times. In particular when large number of parcels are coming in. This way you will have one concierge always available who can deal with other problems as & when they come up, at times when parcels are also coming in. Any number of issues can happen in a residential building throughout the day, so this can provide the comfort in knowing all bases are covered.

This is something that will be more and more of a concern as people are busier and order online more and more. Amazon is thriving and we doubt this will slow down. Online ordering is second nature and the convenience of getting parcels delivered to our residence is super convenient. It will provide peace of mind to your tenants; to know their parcels are secure by using one or more of the suggestions above.