Success Story: Barwatch Association
Securing Vancouver’s Entertainment District
Barwatch is a group of bar and nightclub owners, who came together to work with community groups and law enforcement personnel to work on security issues in their entertainment district. After trying cameras, signage, and encouraging member venues to install metal detectors, Barwatch turned to TreoScope’s EnterSafe system to enhance security while maintaining patron’s personal privacy.
Implementing TreoScope’s EnterSafe System
After diligently reviewing EnterSafe’s features, with a keen eye to personal privacy protection for their patrons, 100% of Barwatch’s members installed the system. In fact, it’s now mandatory for all Barwatch members.
As a result, members are able to share Alerts with one another via TreoScope. When a patron is unruly, or engages in criminal behaviour, an Alert can be published, which TreoScope then conveys to the entire Barwatch group, thereby ensuring that all establishments avoid suffering the same problems as their peers.
The impact was significant and immediate: Crime and other troublesome behaviour is down significantly in the entertainment district. EnterSafe has proven to be an excellent deterrent to those individuals who might otherwise have caused trouble. And feedback from law enforcement officials has been excellent. In those instances when trouble does arise, nightclubs, the police and TreoScope have been able to work together as responsible citizens, providing information police have subpoenaed, leading to arrests and prosecutions.
Law enforcement hasn’t been the only stakeholder group to deliver good feedback. Barwatch members have also benefited from decreased liability insurance, due to the diligence they’ve demonstrated around security issues by installing the EnterSafe System on their premises.
The Results
Barwatch focused on enhancing security and safety, but put equal emphasis on personal privacy. Following their lead, almost every nightclub in Metro Vancouver has implemented EnterSafe. Evidencing the care and attention paid to personal privacy by both Barwatch and TreoScope is the overwhelming support for the system by the general public. TreoScope EnterSafe delivered results in a safe and effective manner, which has dramatically improved the safety in Vancouver's nightlife scene.