Re: Linear Corp system defeated by pulling off wall?

[JoeRaisin <joeraisin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.