Re: Verified Response

["Bob Worthy" <securinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Joe" <spam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> George Siegle wrote:
> > How many Cities have tried Verified Response and then found B&E's went
up or have cancelled the Verified Response program?
> >
> >
> > And just how busy do you think the police would be if ALL of us said for
one day: "We will not call anyone when the alarm goes off?"
> if you mean calling the premise to verify, I thought everybody does that.

The term "verified response" is being used by municipalities that have a
sensitive political flavor within the community. What it really means in "no
response". They don't want their citizens to go ballistic. They will
respond, but only after someone else goes first (guard company) and then
calls if there is a problem, hence "verifying" prior to response.

There are more cities than you want to think about that have gone to some
sort of verified response. SIAC has statistics about the crime rate
question. If you talk to them, which I tend to lean towards their standing
on the issue since they are joined at the hip with the IACP, they will tell
you that crime has escalated dramatically in these cities. If you talk to
the cities, again for political reasons, they will tell you every thing in
great. It is great because they have cut their budget so they look like
heroes while shuffling the paperwork to hide the rising crime rate.