Re: Commercial Alarm - help

["Al Colombo" <securitymission@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, video is used as a tool to deter crime.  Look at grocery stores
using spot monitors to demonstrate to the public the store's use of
video.  Would-be criminals at least have to think twice before
shoplifting in the store.  If they did not intend it to prevent crimes,
why bother to use a spot monitor?

> Sure video can record crime, and video is a good tool, but the intervention
> side of things is what altimately prevents the crime. It's why typical
> Central Stations call the police. The problem is 99 times out of hundred,
> the requests for police intervention are based on inacturate/incomplete
> information.

The only thing that CS response does is limit the loss because it
limits the amount of time that the criminal can spend on site.  Once
the alarm sounds, he knows he has to get in and get out in 5 or 10
minutes, given that the national average (the last time I heard one) is
15 minutes for police response.

It took me the first 9 or 10 years of my 31 to understand that
prevention is the key to a successful installation.  Of course, the
alarm system by itself is not going to deter every burglar, but when
you educate your client in the various other crime prevention
techniques, such as deadbolts, outdoor lights, etc., especially CPTED
(crime prevention through environmental design), the entire effect as a
whole can send a perp down the street to another home who's owner
failed to take all the right precautions.

Reading through the rest of your post, it seems like we agree more than
we disagree.  I"m not sure if I'm just misunderstanding you because of
the way I define "intervention," but it's always good to bring these
issues forward in such a public venue as this so home and business
owners can think about what they're doing or not doing to protect their
homes and business places.

Al.



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