Like many utility companies around the country, City Utilities in Springfield, Mo., was the victim of copper theft. To protect the substations, security cameras were a must. However, providing the lighting for the cameras posed a problem.
“We have substations in rural areas but also some of our substations are in communities and near houses,” explains Nick Rasey, manager of physical security with City Utilities. The lighting needed for security cameras would have been a disturbance in these neighborhoods, and Rasey says City Utilities didn’t want to be a bad neighbor. So he decided to turn to thermal cameras from Axis Communications.