RE: Re: Major panic last night

["Paul" <groups@xxxxxxx>]

Who is it that pays for the police? - I've only ever called the police
twice in my life (I think). The first time to report an accident I saw and
the second last night when I seriously believed someone was breaking into
my house. I couldn't give a **** about any material possessions but was
more worried what some thief might do to my dog.



The public pays for the police through taxes. I expect to get some kind of
protection when I need it (and in my case it wasn't an obvious false alarm
- I listened repeatedly to the alarm log, and 'listened-in' before deciding
I should contact them). I shouldn't have to pay for a private monitoring
service but neither do I expect them to attend every false alarm (only the
ones where the user seriously believes there's a problem, whether it turns
out to be a false alarm or not).

Paul.



-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Lowe [mailto:ian@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 27 June 2003 17:39
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Major panic last night



> Mr Plod doesnt like alarms.

...and realistically, why should they?

Rather than "sitting drinking tea" as one respondent put it, the
police
spend their shifts doing a job fundamentally more important than
troubleshooting someone's dodgy alarm system.

The vast majority of times an alarm triggers, it is a false alarm. In our
housing development, we get an alarm going off every other day...
Personally, I'm happier knowing that the police are not running around
after
these sorts of nuisances.

Ultimately, my view is that if an alarm user is not prepared to pay for an
intamac style private monitoring service, then they should not be expecting
the publicly funded Police force to provide the service for them f.o.c.

Ian.