Re: Commercial Alarm - help

["Jackcsg" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Holy Shit! Someone else has discovered reality...
Well said John.

"J. Sloud" <jsloud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On 28 Oct 2005 05:00:53 -0700, "Al Colombo"
> <securitymission@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >If you're concerned about false alarms, I believe one of the biggest
> >problems on the consumer side is the mentality of "price shopping."
> >The cheapest alarm system is not necessarily the best, just as the most
> >expensive may not be the best either.
> >
>
> Let's take a look at the false alarm problem from 20,000 feet.  I'm of
> the opinion that almost all residential and the majority of burglar
> alarm systems are a waste of money.  Name another product that has a
> 99%+ failure rate.  It wouldn't be tolerated.
>
> If the average consumer knew the astronomical false alarm percentages,
> the ridicuously low police apprehension rate, and the general
> perception of law enforcement about electronic burglar alarms, nobody
> would be buying this stuff.  This entire industry is based on a false
> sense of security.
>
> It doesn't have to be this way, but until false alarm ordanances and
> no response policies force change, there will be none.
>
> For those who have real security needs, the intelligent video products
> are starting to show real promise.  Even for basic systems, video
> verficiation may fix half of the problem.