Re: Commercial Alarm - help

["Norm Mugford" <1alarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jack...where did you get that info from the USDOJ.
I'd like to get some info like that.

Norm

"Jackcsg" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Russell Brill" <russwbrill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Alarms don't have a 99% failure rate, the end-users do... I believe the
> > problem is with the people that purchase the systems,
>
> While your numbers are off, alarm systems actually do have a 99% failure
> rate.
> Real world numbers (2002) from the USDOJ annual report:
>
> 76% Human error (mostly user defined)
> 15% Monitoring Station error
> 8% System/Malfunction error
> 1% Valid Crimes
>
> I don't believe the problem is the people who purchase the alarms though.
> The residential security business, IMO, is no longer considered a
> professional trade, and it's been that way for years....
> But you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure it out; you have to
> able to break through your personal denial barriers and read the FACTS.
> Facts are J. Sloud is right on the money.
> Facts are the USDOJ receives this information Nationwide from responding
> authorities, and publishes this collected data to the American Public.
Fact
> is, few care! And even fewer care to get involved.
>
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