Remotely Activated Monitoring Service

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising
• detecting an event associated with a user device,
• determining that monitoring of a proximity of the user device is to be initiated based upon the event,
• determining a geographic location of the user device,
• identifying monitoring hardware to monitor the proximity of the user device, and
• issuing, by the server computer, a command to the monitoring hardware to initiate monitoring of the proximity of the user device by the monitoring hardware.

A computer storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• detecting an event associated with a user device;
• determining that monitoring of a proximity of the user device is to be initiated based upon the event;
• determining a geographic location of the user device;
• identifying monitoring hardware to monitor the proximity of the user device;
• and
• issuing a command to the monitoring hardware to initiate monitoring of the proximity of the user device by the monitoring hardware.