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Cannabis businesses face tight regulations, high-value inventory, and growing theft risks – often across multiple locations. Protecting it all remotely isn’t just convenient, it’s necessary.
This guide covers the best security systems, proven strategies, and setup tips to help cannabis operators monitor their stores, grow ops, and warehouses from anywhere. Whether you’re running one dispensary or managing a multi-state operation, the right remote security approach can save time, reduce loss, and keep you compliant.
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Cannabis dispensaries deal with unique risks – high-value products, strict compliance rules, and cash-heavy operations. Being able to monitor your store remotely gives you more control, better visibility, and faster response times when something goes wrong.
Here’s why it matters:
Stop loss before it happens
Remote monitoring helps catch issues early, whether it’s employee theft, after-hours access, or inventory discrepancies. Live alerts and real-time video let you act before losses add up.Stay compliant, avoid fines
State cannabis laws often require video coverage of key areas like point of sale, product storage, and entrances. Remote access helps you verify that cameras are working, footage is saved, and compliance is intact, without stepping foot on site.Protect staff and customers
With the ability to check in anytime, you can make sure team members follow safety protocols, de-escalate conflicts quickly, and review footage if an incident occurs.Run multiple stores with less stress
If you’re managing more than one location, remote monitoring means you don’t have to be everywhere at once. You can compare activity across stores, spot patterns, and make smarter decisions.Save time, build trust
Being able to log in from your phone or laptop gives you confidence that things are running smoothly. It also shows your team you’re paying attention, even when you’re off-site.
Remote monitoring turns your dispensary’s security system into a management tool. You don’t just see what’s happening, you can use that data to improve operations, reduce risk, and grow responsibly.
What are the best security systems and features to remote monitor a dispensary?
Not all security systems are built for cannabis. Dispensaries need more than basic video – they need tools that combine visibility, compliance, and smart data access from anywhere. The best remote monitoring systems go beyond cameras. They give you control.
Here’s what to look for, and how Solink fits in:
1. Cloud-based video security
Old-school DVRs are risky. If the system fails or footage is lost, you’re not just dealing with security gaps, you’re facing potential compliance violations. Cloud video lets you access footage anytime, from any device remotely.
How Solink helps:
Solink stores all footage securely in the cloud, with smart search features that let you find incidents in seconds. No more scrubbing through hours of video. Need proof for regulators or insurers? It’s already saved.
2. Video linked to POS data for remote reviews
Cameras show you what happened. POS data shows you why. The best systems combine both, so you can remotely investigate issues like suspicious refunds, big discounts, or after-hours transactions.
With Solink:
You can search transactions across locations and instantly see the matching video. If there’s an issue, you don’t have to call the store or dig through footage, you can confirm it from your phone.
3. Real-time alerts and remote control
If someone enters the store after hours or a camera goes offline, you need to know immediately. The right system sends smart alerts so you can act fast, even if you’re miles away.
With Solink:
Get customized alerts for motion detection, door activity, and unusual transactions. Open the app, check the live feed, and respond – without needing to visit the store.
4. Centralized multi-store monitoring
Managing multiple stores without real-time visibility is a guessing game. You need one dashboard to compare operations and security across every location.
With Solink:
Monitor all stores from a single platform. See what’s happening at each site, compare performance, and investigate issues remotely without logging into separate systems.
5. Remote compliance checks and audit prep
When regulators show up, they’ll want to see specific footage—sometimes from weeks or months back. You should be able to find and share it without needing help from onsite staff.
With Solink:
Footage is stored, searchable, and shareable from anywhere. You can confirm compliance remotely and send video to regulators, insurance providers, or law enforcement in just a few clicks.
How to set up remote monitoring at your cannabis store
You don’t need to rip out your current security setup to modernize. Solink works with your existing cameras and infrastructure, turning a basic video system into a remote monitoring platform that helps you stay compliant, reduce loss, and manage smarter.
Here’s how to get started:
1. Keep your current cameras
Solink connects to most commercial-grade cameras, so there’s no need to replace what’s already installed. You save on hardware costs while gaining full remote access to your video feeds.
2. Add Solink’s cloud-based video management system (VMS)
This is where the shift happens. Solink’s VMS pulls footage from your cameras, stores it in the cloud, and links it to key data points like POS transactions, door events, and motion alerts. You get searchable, shareable video from anywhere.
3. Integrate with your cannabis POS system
Once connected, Solink automatically matches video clips with register activity. This makes it easy to review refunds, voids, and discounts remotely, no more guessing or relying on secondhand reports.
4. Set up remote alerts
Customize alerts for things like motion after hours, unusual transaction patterns, or doors opening when they shouldn’t. Solink notifies you instantly, so you can respond in real time from your phone or laptop.
5. Manage it all from one dashboard
Solink gives you a single platform to view, search, and manage video across one or many stores. Whether you’re running one dispensary or a multi-location operation, you can keep tabs on everything without being on site.
Remote monitoring for cannabis dispensaries is the future of security
The cannabis industry is evolving fast. Security needs to keep up. Relying on local DVRs and manual checks won’t cut it anymore—not with strict compliance rules, growing theft risks, and multi-location operations becoming the norm.
Remote monitoring gives you control without being onsite. It turns your video system into a business tool, helping you spot problems, stay compliant, and run a tighter operation.
Solink makes that possible. By connecting your existing cameras, POS data, and smart alerts into one platform, Solink gives you full visibility from anywhere. Whether you’re managing one dispensary or scaling across states, remote monitoring with Solink keeps your business protected—and puts you one step ahead.