Video Monitoring

The Cannabis Security Guide for L.A. Operators: Dispensaries, Grows, and What DCC Actually Requires. Cannabis businesses in California face a security problem that’s more layered than most industries. There’s the external threat: smash-and-grab crews hitting dispensary storefronts at 3 AM, organized theft at remote cultivation sites, armed robberies at delivery handoffs. Then there’s the internal

Off-Grid Sites, DCC Rules, and the Security Stack That Actually Works Without a Power Line Your grow operation is 45 minutes from the nearest town. No grid power. Spotty cell service. The fencing meets DCC requirements on paper, but anyone with bolt cutters and 20 minutes of darkness can get through it. You know you

Your Biggest Cannabis Security Threat Isn’t the Guy with the Ski Mask Your cameras are pointed at the front door. Your alarm is set every night. You upgraded the locks after the dispensary down the street got hit. And your inventory numbers still don’t add up. The count is off by a few hundred dollars

Every LA Dispensary That Made the News in 2025 Had Cameras. Not One Camera Stopped a Theft. North Hollywood, April 2025. Masked suspects smashed through a dispensary on Hartland Street at 3:50 AM. Bags filled in under 90 seconds. Gone before LAPD arrived. All on HD camera. A month later, The Woods in West Hollywood

The DCC Inspection Checklist Your Installer Never Gave You. You just got the notification. DCC is scheduling your security inspection, or worse, they already showed up and you’ve got 14 days to fix what they found. Knowing how to pass a DCC security inspection comes down to getting a handful of technical details right. Most

Security Guards vs. Remote Monitoring for Dispensaries You’re paying somewhere between $15,000 and $30,000 a month for security guards. You know the number. It’s one of the biggest line items on your budget after rent and inventory. And the last time you got hit, it happened at 3:47 AM, six hours after your guard went

Setting Up Security for a New Cannabis Dispensary You’re deep into the build-out. The lease is signed, the architect is drawing up the floor plan, and your licensing consultant is walking you through DCC paperwork. Somewhere in that stack is the DCC-LIC-018, the Security Procedures form that makes your new dispensary security setup the first