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Guard

When the doors close, your security shift starts.

After-hours intruder detection on existing CCTV. Zero-touch arming the moment your last staff member leaves. Night-vision detection and a police-ready evidence pack, assembled and waiting before you can answer the phone. Floodlights or a siren can be triggered too, where they're wired in via an IoT integration.

Night-vision CCTV frame from a UK shop backyard, timestamp 2026-05-03 23:58, a person walking through the yard between stacked plastic crates near a metal cage.
Why it matters

Opportunistic forced-entry incidents are growing faster than in-hours theft across UK retail. QuantumEye delivers real-time AI loss prevention on existing CCTV, ICO-registered and ISO 27001 certified, with human review on every consequential action.

What it does

Three things, the moment the doors close.

The handoff between staffed and unstaffed is the highest-risk moment in retail. After-Hours Guard turns it into a defended one.

01

Zero-touch arming

Arms automatically the moment scheduled close-time hits. No code to remember, no panel to set, no human error window.

02

Intruder & forced-entry detection

Motion and forced-door detection on the alert track. Night-vision capture and an instant manager page; optional floodlight or siren via an IoT integration.

03

Pre-filled evidence pack

By the time your phone rings, the report is waiting. Face, clip, live feed link, prior events tied to that face, all attached.

How it works

Set the schedule. The store defends itself.

The schedule lives in the dashboard. Per store, per day. Bank holidays, late-trade days and refit periods are configured once.

ARM

Auto-arm at close

Cameras switch to night profile, motion thresholds rise, detection windows tighten. The system knows the store is unstaffed.

REACT

Multi-trigger response

Detection triggers a notification cascade, manager phone first, then your monitoring partner, then 999 if configured, plus floodlights or a siren where they're wired in via an IoT integration.

EVIDENCE

One-tap police forward

The evidence pack is bundled and sent the moment the alert fires. Your manager reviews and one-taps to local force email.

Live example

23:42, the rear emergency exit is forced.

Illustrative scenario. Motion fires on the alert track, night-vision capture begins, an evidence pack is assembled and the manager is paged before the call. Floodlights or a siren trigger too, where they're integrated via IoT.

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After-Hours Guard

Armed

Auto-armed · out of hours

Illustrative
Cameras armed18 / 18
Store closed22:00
ModeForced-entry
Forced entry· Rear exit · CAM-18 · 23:42Critical
Night-vision capture · CAM-18
Capture redacted
IR modeREC 23:42:11
ZoneRear exit · loading bay
Automated response
No human delay
  • Night-vision captureLive
  • Manager pagedLive
  • Evidence pack assemblingRunning
  • Police pack readyReady
Response timeline
Append-only · 9-second response
  1. 23:42:11Forced entry detectedRear exit · CAM-18 · door breach
  2. 23:42:11Manager pagedPush + call cascade started
  3. 23:42:12Night-vision captureIR frames bundled, faces redacted
  4. 23:42:20Evidence pack assembledClip + camera chain + audit trail

Pairs well with

GDPR & accuracy

Detect and evidence. Still human-reviewed.

Detection, night-vision capture and evidence assembly are automatic. Floodlights or a siren can be wired in via an IoT integration as a physical deterrent. Everything that affects a person (police forward, banned list) still needs a human to say yes.

01

Detection is automatic. Person-affecting action is not.

Detection, night-vision capture and evidence assembly happen automatically, and floodlights or a siren can be triggered where they're integrated via IoT. Forwarding to police, adding to a watchlist, or any other person-affecting action requires explicit human approval.

02

Night-vision capture follows the same retention rules

Standard 30-day retention. False alarms anonymised before retention, same as daytime events.

03

Schedules are auditable

Every change to arming schedules writes an AuditLog entry. Who set what, when, for which store.

An unmanned store overnight shouldn't be an undefended one.

Many operators start with this module. It tends to make the most direct payback case, so it's a natural first step.