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THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2019 • YOUR HOME YOUR WAY • THE BRANDON SUN 3

Darren Hossack and Wade Davidson, owner/operators of Westman Security & Automation, pose for a portrait at their office in Brandon. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Keeping your fortress secure

BY BUD ROBERTSON enterprises: from high- owner’s phone allows them a live-person monitoring
definition surveillance to control their security sys- station contracted by West-
There is one very good cameras to systems that tem by arming or disarming man Security and is then
reason a big dog with an control lights, locks and it. automatically forwarded
attitude isn’t your best line thermostats from anywhere “They get notifications if to the customer’s phone or
of defence against some- in the world. even a door’s open, windows computer, wherever they
one who would invade your “It’s come a long way are open,” he said, “even if are.
home. from the standard of just it’s not an alarm. They can “You get logged in and
“Because dogs like steak,” a monitoring station call- control their door locks, you can see who’s there,” he
chuckled Darren Hossack, ing the customers to alert light switches, thermostats said, adding the system is
co-owner of Westman Se- them,” Hossack said. “Now, as well as locking and un- motion-activated as well as
curity & Automation Ltd. in today’s age we have in- locking (doors) and even push-button activated.
in Brandon along with part- teractive security systems. having a doorbell camera to “So when somebody
ner Wade Davidson. So people can be connect- see who’s at the front door.” pushes the doorbell, it’ll
Westman Security ed to their home via their Hossack said the door- actually alert you on your
provides a wide range of smartphone or computer bell system is connected to cellphone.”
products and services for anywhere in the world.” the home’s Wi-Fi.
both homes and commercial An app on the home- The video signal goes to » Continued on Page 4