1Degree Surveillance provides dealership video monitoring for automotive lots, available directly to dealerships or white label through your monitoring company, alarm dealer, or security integrator. We staff the operators, run the detection, and handle after hours response, so your lot gets covered around the clock without you building a monitoring center yourself.
Dealership lots are not a low risk vertical. Vehicles, parts, and catalytic converters sitting in the open overnight make them a frequent target, and coverage has to be built around that reality.
A person walking toward a vehicle at 3 a.m. needs a response in seconds, not a review of last night’s footage the next morning. Detection has to happen at first approach.
Dealership lots are large, open, and often lit unevenly across rows of vehicles. Coverage has to extend across every aisle and the perimeter, not only gates and building doors.
Dealerships have legitimate foot traffic at odd hours, detailers, tow trucks, delivery drivers. Monitoring has to separate that from someone cutting through a fence line or crouching near a vehicle.
A theft report only helps if it comes with clear, time stamped video and a documented incident trail, not a grainy clip pulled together after the fact.
Dealership lots are expensive to watch well. Cameras alone do not stop theft, and standing up an in house monitoring center for one vertical rarely makes financial sense.
Per camera pricing stays cost effective even when a dealership client runs dozens of cameras across a sprawling lot.
A larger, more active bench of trained operators means every aisle and entrance gets watched at once, not just the highest risk corners.
AI assisted detection flags someone approaching a vehicle or lingering near the undercarriage, then routes it to a live operator for a real decision.
1Degree provides the operator bench and the detection technology. You keep the client relationship and your brand.
Dealership clients need coverage that runs quietly in the background during business hours and responds immediately once the lot empties out. 1Degree gives your monitoring operation the operator bench and detection tools to deliver that, under your brand, without adding headcount.
Most monitoring providers treat every vertical the same. Dealership lots need pricing that scales with camera count, an operator bench big enough to watch a whole lot at once, and detection tuned to how vehicle theft actually happens.
Per camera pricing stays predictable even as a dealership client’s lot grows, so your margin holds up.
More trained operators on the bench means full lot coverage, not just the entrances and the showroom door.
AI assisted detection flags activity fast, but a trained operator makes the call before anything gets dispatched.
A lot of monitoring setups watch the entrance and the showroom door and call it coverage. Dealership theft happens across the whole lot, usually overnight, and usually fast.
Per camera pricing is clear from the start, so you can quote dealership clients confidently and keep your margin predictable as their lot grows.
Subscription, retainer, or fixed engagement, whichever fits how you already bill your dealership clients.
Dealership lots are one of the highest theft verticals in the country. We build our detection and response around that reality, not a generic template.
Send us the camera count and lot layout and we get coverage running quickly, without a long implementation cycle.
As your dealership client roster grows, the bench grows with it. You are not limited by how many operators you can hire and train yourself.
Our detection is tuned on real theft patterns, including after hours vehicle approach and catalytic converter activity, so operators spend their attention on what matters.
You get organized incident summaries and documentation your clients can use, not just a folder of video clips.
One person on our side who knows your account, so you are not re-explaining your setup every time something comes up.
Clear documentation of coverage, incidents, and protocols, so bringing on a new dealership client is straightforward.
Choosing how to cover dealership lots should not be complicated.
| Features | 1Degree Surveillance | Building In House | Generic Call Centers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing |
Cost effective, scales with camera count |
High fixed cost regardless of volume |
Cheap but inconsistent quality |
| Packages |
Flexible per camera and per site plans |
Fixed cost structure you build yourself |
Rigid, one size fits all contracts |
| Consistency |
Dedicated trained operator bench |
Depends on who you can hire and retain |
High turnover, inconsistent training |
| Start time |
Weeks, not months |
Months to hire, train, and staff |
Fast but shallow onboarding |
| Timelines |
Predictable, ongoing coverage |
Delayed by hiring and training cycles |
Fast to start, hard to scale well |
| Communication |
Direct account contact |
Internal, but stretched thin as you grow |
Shared support queues |
| Dedicated contact |
Yes, assigned to your account |
Depends on your own team size |
Rarely |
| Monitoring specialization |
This is all we do |
Built alongside your core business |
One of many services offered |
| White label delivery |
Yes, under your brand |
Not applicable, it is your own team |
Rarely offered |
| Best for |
Monitoring companies that want to grow without adding headcount |
Companies with the capital and time to build their own center |
Businesses that just need basic coverage |
If you want cost effective, dealership ready monitoring capacity without building a center from scratch, 1Degree is usually the better fit.
Dealership lots behave differently than a warehouse or a retail storefront. Our operator training and detection tuning reflect that, drawing on work across other high theft verticals, so your clients get monitoring shaped around how dealership theft actually happens, not a one size fits all template.
A regional monitoring company was fielding requests from alarm dealers whose clients included several auto dealerships, but did not have the operator bench to cover large lots overnight. They started with one dealership client on a pilot, using 1Degree’s white label capacity to add live monitoring, AI assisted detection, and video verified dispatch under their own brand. Coverage expanded to their other dealership accounts once the pilot showed it could handle the after hours volume.
Continuous monitoring for high compliance, high value cannabis sites.
Coverage for large open yards with high value trailers and equipment.
Monitoring across parking lots, common areas, and after hours storefronts.
We work only with monitoring companies, alarm dealers, and security integrators. We do not sell directly to dealerships. Your clients work with you, and we operate in the background under your brand.
Yes. Detection is tuned to flag someone approaching or lingering near a vehicle, and operators can trigger live voice down deterrence before a theft is completed, not just after.
No. Coverage is set up around the dealership’s business hours, so normal customer and staff activity on the lot during the day does not trigger unnecessary alerts.
Yes. Coverage extends across sales lots, service bays, and vehicle storage areas, wherever cameras are placed.
Yes. Your clients see your brand. We provide the operator bench and monitoring technology behind the scenes.
Cost effective, per camera pricing and a larger, more active operator bench, combined with AI assisted detection that flags activity for a live operator to verify before anything gets dispatched.
Yes. Most monitoring companies start with one dealership client or lot, then expand coverage to other accounts once it is running well.
A rough camera and lot count, and the coverage hours you need. From there we can put together a plan and timeline.
