Re: Linear Corp system defeated by pulling off wall?

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

JoeRaisin wrote:
> Jim wrote:
>> On Feb 11, 2:17�pm, mleuck <markle...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Feb 3, 1:13�am, DeanB <deanbrow...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What's to stop someone breaking into a house, and within the entry
>>>> period, just pulling this system off the wall?
>>>> http://www.linearcorp.com/product.asp?product=SSC00036
>>>> Are you supposed to put this using somewhere out of the entry area and
>>>> use a remote keypad at the entrance instead?
>>> I'm not much on all-in-one systems but you'd be surprised how seldom
>>> burglars think to do that
>>
>> Every time I read about this subject (tearing the units off the wall)
>> It's like they're going to be burglarized by the MIssion Impossible
>> team.
>>
>> I can't remember any time that equipment was damaged during a buglary.
>> Years (and years) ago, they used to try and knock the sirens off the
>> building on commercial jobs ..... but that was when there were more
>> local system than monitored.  You could tell who wasn't monitored
>> because every morning on commercial jobs, the alarm bell would ring
>> when they entered. Then ......... along that great
>> invention .......... shunt locks!
>
> I've seen two cases (both, incidentally where the sub has opted for no
> siren, inside or out) where the perp ripped the keypad off the wall.
>
> In both cases they thought they had defeated the systems and took their
> time - leaving the building right into the comforting arms of waiting
> police.
>
> Okay, both times the perps were teenagers (14 and 16) so they were
> hardly the most astute criminals, but in my mind B&E guys are rarely the
> sharpest tools in the shed.


I have a friend who's ADT "Lynx" clone was ripped off the wall during
the entry delay cycle by a group of thugs that wound up spending about
two hours ransacking the place afterwards.  The "professional" installer
mounted the main control unit next to the back kitchen door and used a
two minute delay so that the family would have time to get from the
front door to the keypad.  Even with a smaller delay, it wouldn't have
made a difference in this case (ADT uses an additional 45 second
programmed delay from the time you hear the siren to when the system
actually communicates the intrusion as a "false alarm prevention"
measure).  When I first saw the install, I advised him to contact ADT
and "upgrade" the system, but the sales guy at ADT told him that I
didn't know what I was talkin' about.  Damn I hate it when they prove me
right.  With the exception of the poor choice for locating the main
control, they did do a pretty good job of protecting the family.  All
the doors and windows were protected and they included smoke and carbon
monoxide detectors.