Sentinel Watch®
Trained watchers keep an eye on your existing cameras and warn you the moment something happens.
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Your existing cameras get smarter
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Someone is watching, not just recording
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You’re warned while it happens
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Powered by people, assisted by AI
Every hour of watching is paid work for trained watchers in Asia. Your security creates fair income on the other side of the world.
How it works
Step 1
Connect your cameras
A small computer at your location links the cameras you already have. No new cameras, and your footage stays on site.
Step 2
Watchers keep an eye out
Trained watchers follow the live picture. You choose which cameras get watched and how you reward them.
Step 3
You’re warned right away
When something happens, you get an alert while it’s happening, with a link to the recorded clip.
Our Programs & Services
Shops & businesses
Turn your existing cameras into an active guard. Trained watchers warn you while it happens.
Public spaces
Extra eyes on parks, stations and town centres, with people, not just cameras.
Neighbourhoods
Link home cameras on your street into a shared neighbourhood watch.
Nonprofits & research
Watch over nature reserves, wildlife or projects, with cameras and trained watchers.
For Watchers
Join our global community. Earn income, gain skills, and contribute to a safer world simply by being vigilant.
Make a Donation
Support our non-profit mission directly. Your contribution helps us provide income and technology to those who need it most.
Signals & Stories
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Facial Recognition in Shops Is Getting a Rulebook. Good.
The UK government has committed to codes of practice for facial recognition, including its use by private businesses like shops.…
Sentinel Watch and the UN SDGs: Six Goals, One Platform
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For a shop you need three things: cameras you already have (most IP cameras that support ONVIF or RTSP work), a small computer at your location running the Sentinel agent (a mini PC such as an Intel NUC), and an internet connection.
Then choose a plan: a Site Activation for each location, Camera Licenses for the cameras you want watched, and a monthly Watch Credits budget to reward the watchers. See the plans.
Neighbourhood, local council or nonprofit? We start with shops, but we’d like to hear from you. Get in touch and we’ll look at what fits.
Sign up as a watcher in the Sentinel Watch app. You start with training on simulated camera footage. Once you pass the first ranks, you watch real live cameras and earn Sentinos for your watch time and for events you spot.
Shop owners set the rates and rewards, and many look for experienced watchers, so your earnings grow as your rank goes up. Sentinos are paid out every Friday.
Connect your existing cameras, choose which ones you want watched, and set your rewards. Trained watchers follow the live picture and alert you the moment something happens: shoplifting, someone in the stockroom after closing, or a customer who needs help.
You can also create your own events, like “alert me if anyone touches the jewellery display”.
Your footage stays in your shop. Video is never stored on our servers.
Cities and public bodies can connect existing cameras in places like parks, stations or town centres. Watchers add a human layer: they notice incidents and emergencies, such as an accident or someone who needs help, so the right people can respond sooner.
Privacy settings, such as blurring faces and number plates, can be set to match local rules.
We are starting with shops. Interested in a public-sector pilot? Get in touch.
Neighbours can link cameras that face the street into a shared watch for their street. Watchers keep an eye on the public view and alert residents when something happens.
Faces and number plates are blurred before the video leaves your home. Designed to meet GDPR requirements.
Neighbourhood watch groups come after our shop launch. Want your street to join early? Get in touch.
Nature reserves, wildlife projects and research teams can connect their cameras to trained human eyes: spotting poachers or intruders, animals in distress, or counting and observing for research.
People notice context that cameras and AI alone often miss. Get in touch to discuss a partnership.
Donations support our mission: fair, paid work for people who need it, watching over shops and communities.
They go towards watcher rewards and training, and towards keeping the platform running. We aim to be fully transparent about how every donation is spent.
