A dealer lot in Burnaby or a tire shop in Richmond holds a lot of value in the open air. Most of it sits outside after the doors lock, often behind nothing more than a chain and a few lights. Secure Defence protects car dealerships, repair shops, tire shops, parts stores and fleet yards across Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey, Coquitlam, North Vancouver and West Vancouver with live video monitoring. Trained, licensed operators watch your cameras in real time and step in before a theft turns into a claim.
live video monitoring. We watch your lot as things happen and stop crime while it's still starting.
smart cameras that pick out people and vehicles, paired with trained, licensed operators in our own command centre in Richmond, BC, 24/7.
a Lower Mainland salesperson who plans your coverage and a technician who installs and services your system.
all of Western Canada, including BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Vancouver is our home market.
11 years in business, award-winning, and named the Fastest Growing Security Company in Canada on The Globe and Mail and BIV lists for 2025 and 2026. 500+ businesses served and 1,000+ sites monitored across Western Canada.
Whole-vehicle theft keeps falling. The Vancouver Police Department recorded 573 vehicle thefts in 2025, down from 651 the year before, and 5,390 thefts from autos, down 9.3% per 1,000 people (VPD Crime Incident and Crime Rate Statistics 2021 to 2025). Across BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Équité Association counted 17,906 vehicle thefts in 2025, down 11% (Équité Association, 2025 Auto Theft Trend Report).
That's good news, but the same VPD report still shows thousands of thefts from vehicles, 4,866 mischief files and 1,307 business break and enters in the city last year. For a dealer or a shop, that means broken windows, missing wheels, cut converters and keyed paint. Each one is a unit you can't sell this week or a customer's car you have to explain.
Say it's 3 am at a used car lot on Kingsway. A hatchback rolls in with its lights off and parks between two rows of trucks.
Our cameras flag the vehicle as it enters. An operator in Richmond is already looking at the live picture and watches someone slide under a pickup with a battery saw. The operator speaks through the pole speaker: they are on camera and police are being called. If they keep going, the siren and strobes come on. With a crime confirmed, the operator calls for Verified Police Response with the plate, a description and the direction they leave in, and stays on the line until police arrive.
That's a 1-minute verified response. Because a person checks every alert, you get zero false alarms. Our clients see 98%+ overall crime reduction. More on our live video monitoring page.
Front line, back storage and the service drive, with clear coverage of the key drop box so after-hours drop-offs are on record.
Customer cars parked overnight and parts cages. Incident reports with operator notes and HD video give you clear evidence against false damage claims.
Wheels stacked outside or in containers. LPR (licence plate recognition) records the plates of vehicles that come back after close.
Service trucks, vans and fuel tanks in Burnaby and Surrey yards. GPS and cargo tracking can be added to units that leave the yard.
Overflow and storage lots often have no power or internet. A solar camera tower covers them with no trenching.
One monthly fee covers the equipment, installation, maintenance and live monitoring. Here's how it goes:
Your local rep walks the lot with you and sends a recommended layout and quote within 24 to 48 hours.
Existing cameras can usually be connected to our command centre the same day.
Our technician installs pole cameras, speakers and strobes around your sales and service hours. Pole-camera sites go live in 5 to 7 days.
Lots with no power get a solar tower within 24 hours. Each tower carries 4 to 8 cameras, and the battery lasts 2 weeks without sun, winter included. See off-grid solutions.
Every powered site also gets a 24-hour backup power system, so a winter windstorm won't take your cameras offline. Gate access control lets staff or a tow driver in without handing out keys. We keep 30 to 90 days of video and can search across all your cameras in under 5 seconds when you need to find a car, a person or a plate.
Clients save up to 70% compared with on-site guards, and one operator watching every camera sees more than one guard walking the rows. Guards are still available as a secondary option for a big sale weekend or a late delivery. The service is insurance-approved, and our 30-Day Performance Guarantee lets you see the results before you commit.
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Tell us about your lot, shop or fleet yard. Our local team will visit and send a recommended setup and quote within 24 to 48 hours.