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By: Kitty_T
Did they study only residential alarms? I’ve got both a business and a home alarm system. The cops here don’t respond to either (though in some municipalities, they tell you they are dispatching, which...
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By: Hideyo Imazu
In Japan, burglar alarms are common but they do not directly call police. They notify the companies running alarm systems and their personnel goes check the home or office firing alarm. If the alarm...
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By: FactChecker
The statistics that you site from Hakim are nearly a decade old. Several hundred municipalities have introduced false alarm ordinances during that period and alarm technology has evolved. Do you...
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By: AZ LEO
How can you put a price tag on the false alarm problem when the cost must include the lives of the police officers who are killed in the line of duty? The “rut of responding on false alarms” is one of...
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By: Chris
Here is yet another great example of why we need private and not public security. 0 0
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By: Roger Jones
Having been in the Alarm Industry for more than 30 years, I have heard the 94% False Alarm argument many times. My response is this provocative statement in response: “I want the False Alarm Rate to be...
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By: Kristoffer
So you would rather officers be reactive than proactive? I would much rather have the officers have time to patrol my neighborhood with the possibility they are going to stop something before it starts...
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By: SECURITYEMPLOYEE
I think it’s more important to bring to the public’s attention the police are not responding to a lot of these alarm calls. I work in the security industry responding to alarm events and you would not...
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By: Sean T
How much does it cost to pay a cop to sit on his ass? What is the cost difference between a cop sitting on his ass and driving to a false alarm? Answer: The cost of gasoline. 0 0
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By: FARGO
We have been in the security industry for 25 years, we do our best to reduce false alarms by introducing false alarm verification at the keypad and through video feeds to the monitoring station...
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