1. A system, comprising: an analytics module implemented in at least one of a memory or a processor device, the analytics module configured to analyze an image received from an image source associated with a monitored premise to detect an event in a first portion of the image; an encode module operatively coupled to the analytics module, the encode module configured to: encode the first portion of the image based on a first level of encoding to produce a first encoded image portion, encode a second portion of the image based on a second level of encoding to produce a second encoded image portion, the second portion of the image being different than the first portion of the image, the second level of encoding being different than the first level of encoding; and an alert module operatively coupled to the encode module, the alert module configured to send a representation of at least one of the first encoded image portion or the second encoded image portion.