Re: the police was dispatched to ... the wrong house

[Frank Olson <Use-the-email-links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert L Bass wrote:
>> Hang on here...
>>
>> You are blaming this on an installer right off the bat.
>> The o.p. never said wheter he even had a dealer.
>> The central cannot verify where the signal came from.
>
> Correct.  However, the signals didn't come from the
> OP's system.  They originated from another alarm which
> was erroneously programmed with the same CS phone
> number and account number as his.  Since the vast
> majority of installs are "professional" and most of the
> few remaining DIY jobs are non-monitored, the odds
> strongly favor the SNAFU being a professional one.
>
>> Bottom line.. he has a poor central station,
>> and possibly a poor dealer.
>
> And possibly one that has multiple poor installers
> screwi9ng up multiple installations.
>
>> The mystery signal could have come from a
>> "DIY'er" ar a pro, though like many others i would
>> lean more towards a diyer...
>
> Lean all you like.  Fall off your bike, too, if it pleases you.
> The odds are way against you.
>
>> or a lick and stick tech....
>
> Far more "lick 'n' stick" jobs are done by "professional"
> installers than *all* DIY jobs so the odds are if the job
> was bushed up it was done by a paid pro.
>
>> A pro would have tested the system and found
>> the problem immediately...
>
> The problem is there are way too many morons who
> don't care a Whit about testing, QC or anything else
> out there carrying installer's licenses.
>
>> the signal was sent in the middle of the night...
>
> Which tells us precisely nothing.
>
>> another indicator that it wasn't a pro. most of them
>> work during the daylight.
>
> You figure false alarms only happen while the paid
> techs are on site?  Heh, heh, heh...  :^)
>


A professional installer would have ensured the central was receiving
signals and thereby verified the account number.  The phantom signals
are obviously being generated by a DIYer seeing as how they happened at
night.

And most false alarms are generated by end users, and not paid techs or
even poorly installed systems. If the state alarm association will even
let you sit in on one of their meetings, you'd probably benefit from
some real statistics and not ones you "make up" to serve your "mantra".