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Apartment security camera systems built for real property workflows.
Tec-Tel designs, installs, and runs cameras, access control, visitor management, and behavior analytics for apartments, condos, HOAs, and mixed-use properties. Package rooms, garages, amenity spaces, and resident-app workflows are scoped together.
- NDAA-compliant
- Platform-agnostic
- 1,000+ deployments over 15 years
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Apartment security camera systems protect shared spaces like lobbies, package rooms, garages, hallways, elevators, pools, gyms, rooftops, and loading areas. Tec-Tel combines cameras, access control, visitor flow, garage LPR, resident-app integrations, retention rules, and property-manager runbooks so footage is useful when an incident, package dispute, or access event needs review.
§01 What we install in apartments
The system a property manager actually uses.
Once a property is commissioned, package disputes, garage incidents, amenity-space issues, and visitor questions resolve from the same evidence trail. Here is what your PM, asset manager, and front-desk staff work with from day one.
§ How we work
Package theft, garage incidents, and access disputes create the daily workload. We install cameras, access control, and resident-app workflows so the property team can find the right event without hunting through disconnected systems.
How Tec-Tel works in multifamily
§02 How a Tec-Tel deployment works
Five steps, one accountable team.
Walk every property before we quote
No quote-by-floorplan. We come on site, talk to your property manager and asset manager, and document amenity, garage, and entry coverage.
Standardize across the portfolio
One or two camera platforms. One access platform. Twenty properties get one VMS and one access credential format, not twenty.
Integrate with PM and resident-app early
Most modern PM and resident-app platforms expose APIs that can bridge to access control. We scope the integration to your specific software before any analytics.
Tune analytics for residential contexts
Amenity-space analytics need calibration. Pool, gym, and rooftop traffic differ from any other vertical. We tune until the false-positive rate is low enough to trust.
Hand off with a runbook + resident comms
Property manager gets a written ops doc. Resident-facing FAQ ready for distribution. Fair-housing-aware messaging about what cameras capture and what they don't.
§03 What a Tec-Tel install looks like
Three property shapes. Three different stacks.
A garden-style property, a mixed-use mid-rise, and a portfolio each need a different stack. Here are the three shapes we deploy most, and what each runs.
50-250 units, single building or pod, on-site manager
- → Lobby + amenity + garage coverage
- → Package-room camera + parcel-locker pickup
- → Resident-app visitor credentialing
- → Cloud VMS, no on-prem server
150-400 units, ground-floor retail, multi-floor amenities
- → Separate retail and residential access tenancy
- → Amenity-space behavior analytics (pool, gym, rooftop)
- → EV-charger LPR + garage perimeter
- → PM software bridge where the platform supports it
Owner-operator across multiple markets
- → Standardized hardware spec rolled out by market
- → Central VMS with role-based property-scoped access
- → Regional install + service crews
- → Single 24/7 monitoring contract across portfolio
§04 Compliance buyers ask us about
Frameworks we build to.
Camera placement and analytics designed not to disparately impact protected classes. No behavior analytics that profile by visible demographic. Coverage rules consistent across amenities regardless of resident attribute.
State-specific rules on camera placement in shared spaces, resident-notification requirements, and the no-coverage-of-private-spaces standard. We design to your specific state.
For properties with STR allowances: occupancy-count and noise compliance for HOA enforcement. Designed to municipal STR rules.
HUD-funded affordable and mixed-income properties: NDAA Section 889 applies. NDAA-compliant cameras + switches, documented BOM for federal compliance.
Questions buyers ask us
FAQ
- What should an apartment security camera system include?
- A useful apartment security camera system covers shared spaces where incidents and disputes happen: lobby, mailroom, package room, parcel lockers, garage, entrances, side doors, elevators, corridors, gym, pool, rooftop, loading zones, and EV charging areas. It should also define retention, resident notice, who can access footage, and how property staff request clips.
- How much does multifamily security cost per unit?
- It depends on unit count, amenity mix, and whether it is a new build or a retrofit. New-build wiring is cheaper than retrofitting an occupied property, and amenity-heavy buildings cost more than simple garden-style ones. We scope against your property list and amenity mix in the free consultation and give you a defensible per-unit number.
- Are cameras allowed in apartment units?
- No. Resident-occupied units are off-limits. Cameras live in shared and amenity spaces only: lobbies, hallways, garages, pool, gym, rooftop, party rooms, package rooms. State landlord-tenant laws and Fair Housing both prohibit in-unit coverage without resident consent.
- Can apartment cameras and access control work together?
- Yes. The stronger system connects video, access control, visitor management, garage events, and package-room workflows. When a door opens, a visitor credential is used, or a garage plate is captured, the system can tie that event to the relevant clip. That makes investigations faster for property managers and reduces guesswork for residents.
- Does it integrate with our resident app?
- Where your platform supports it. Most modern resident apps and PM systems expose APIs that can bridge to access control, which we scope to your specific software. Guest credentials issued through the app, audit trail in the property-management system.
- How fast does package-theft attribution work?
- Camera coverage of the package wall and pickup window moves attribution from days to hours: a disputed pickup has a timestamped clip instead of an unresolved resident dispute. We pair it with the resident-app notification workflow so a missing package gets investigated before the resident calls maintenance.
- How do you handle resident-notification requirements?
- We provide a resident-facing FAQ + signage package as part of every install. Your property manager distributes it during the install window. Most states require notice of camera coverage in shared spaces; we provide the language and signage.
Talk through your site
Scope your apartment security system.
Book a free consultation with the Tec-Tel team. We will map cameras, access control, package-room coverage, resident-app constraints, and a defensible per-unit budget.
- Tell us how many sites you run and what's already in place. We'll show you what a build or upgrade looks like.
- Straight answers from the team that does the work. We're platform-agnostic, so you get the system that fits your sites, not one brand's catalog.
Since 2010 · 1,000+ deployments nationwide · ISN-accredited
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