Webcor — People's Park Student Housing

Challenge

The People's Park student housing development in Berkeley — a high-profile, politically sensitive UC Berkeley project — needed perimeter security during long stretches of grading, foundation, and tower-crane work. The site has been a flashpoint for organized protests, encampment build-back attempts, and copper/lumber theft. Static guards weren't covering the multi-block perimeter and weren't documenting events to evidence standards.

Solution

VuePointSecure deployed solar-powered camera trailers around the perimeter and at the staging yard, with AI loitering analytics tuned for the site's specific risk profile (encampment build-back attempts get different handling than opportunistic copper theft). U.S. operators monitor 6 p.m.–6 a.m., issue verbal challenges over speakers, and dispatch UC Berkeley Police or Berkeley PD with verified video and chain-of-custody documentation.

Results

• ↗ Documented after-hours intrusion attempts reduced 76% in the first 90 days
• ↗ Zero successful copper/lumber thefts during the monitored window
• ↗ Three encampment build-back attempts dispersed via speaker before physical response needed
• ↗ Court-grade evidence packages delivered within hours of each incident

“This site has unique risk we can't talk about on a normal job. VuePointSecure understood that on day one — the operators were briefed on our specific scenarios, not just 'trespasser detected.' We've had nights where one verbal challenge over the speaker turned around what would have been a six-figure incident.”

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