Ted’s Pawn, located in Norwood, OH, opened in 1970 as Ted’s Market, a corner grocery store. As of 1984, Ted’s has operated as a pawn shop, offering cash loans on items of value. “Ted’s has had analog video surveillance for about 8 years, and we had been utilizing audio verification of alarms for the inside of the store. The outside lot was a whole different challenge,” Wayne Lisle, VP and GM for Sonitrol SW Ohio. The outdoor lot is filled with cars, motorcycles, boats, and more—high value items Ted’s must protect. “We wanted to do video verification for the lot,” said Lisle, “but until recently there were many challenges: complicated installation, connectivity, reliability, and eliminating false alarms.” Now with a 3xLOGIC hybrid NVR, the Ted’s system uses analytics to associat

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