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Guidance · August 11, 2026

What Charlotte businesses should know about perimeter camera placement at warehouses

Perimeter camera placement at warehouses — practical security guidance for Charlotte and North Carolina from licensed professionals.

Warehouse perimeters fail in predictable ways: cameras aimed at sky, docks back-lit at sunset, and license-plate hopes pointed at a driveway thirty yards too far away.

Placement rules that survive the first month

  • Cover the fence line and the door faces — not “the building” as one abstract object
  • Put light where you need plates and faces; a 4K camera in the dark is still dark
  • Keep trees, banners, and trailer parking out of the view you just paid for
  • Design for the summer leaf canopy and the winter 5 p.m. dark, not the noon site walk

A site survey beats a camera count every time. We will tell you if four well-placed views beat twelve cheap ones.

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