UPDATE – Check our other posts for updated information on safety:
Safety and Security In Apartment Buildings (This particular post dealt with a robbery that took place at 165 Barrington Avenue, an apartment building owned by Ranee Management) .
Safety and Security in Apartment Buildings – Security Guards to be Eliminated. (This post addresses concerns about the impact on tenants’ safety resulting from removal security guards by Ranee Management.)
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Security for underground parking garages in apartment buildings is a topic that deserves closer scrutiny. There seems to be an increase in the number of break-ins in underground parking garages. This is costing tenants dearly.
While some tenants have been victims of auto theft, others have had their vehicles broken into or badly vandalized. This is certainly a cause for concern. Underground parking garages in residential apartment buildings are supposed to be equipped with an electronic entrance door and a special access key. This key allows legitimate access to tenants who park their vehicles in the underground parking. These garages should have functioning surveillance cameras to capture all activities and help keep the location safe. Apartment buildings also have security guards patrolling the entire premises. So we have to ask some troubling questions about how criminals manage to gain access (more…)
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