Re: False alarms

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So you are willing to pay fines for clients that are idiots and leave doors
unlatched and blowing in the wind...or ones that refuse to buy a backup
battery (the one they have is fine...even though it's 9 years old). ?

 And, what about those diy'ers...you gonna pay for false alarms because Joe
Schmoe fixed his own alarm system with a piece of chewing gum?

yah..


"Everywhere Man" <alarminstall@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Last week I was asked to address the local Chamber of Commerce
| regarding false alarms.
| Here's a brief article on the event.
|
| http://www.mvinquirer.com/chamber_meeting_of_april_6.htm
|
| What I would like to know is if I am alone in believing that if the
| alarm company were to be fined we would have a greater control over the
| amount of false alarms?
| My belief is, as stated in the interview, that we have the ultimate
| control over those who are not educated on how their alarm functions,
| as well as those who have faulty systems, or are just chronic abusers.
| How many fines would we need to get hit with before we say goodbye to
| those who abuse their systems? Are we really hooked on that RMR so
| badly that we will let the customer go wild?
| How many fines would we need to be hit with before we make sure
| everything is properly installed, and the customer knows exactly how it
| works?
| Fining the customer is a ridiculous solution that many cities employ.
| Our greatest detractors (the police) would become our biggest advocates
| if we could lower the current false alarm rate of 90+% to less than
| 50%. At the rate we are going now the police will soon adopt no
| response policies so we can't really ignore this.
| In the end we would garner more business, and have less headaches.
| I'd welcome your opinions.
|