Re: Home Depot robber delays alarm company, flees with $10,000

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Dec 30, 1:06=A0pm, "David 01" <ifiwants...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've been out of the business for years, but my favorite (now, not at the
> time) CS experience was many years ago I had added a foot rail holdup ala=
rm
> which was silent of course and I had told one of the operators at a small=
 CS
> I contracted with that I was going to send 2 signals and to ignore those =
and
> then put me back online.
>
> I sent the 2 signals and spent some time cleaning up some wiring under th=
e
> counter and then I raised up and a guy in street clothes pointed a 357
> magnum at my nose. About that time I could hear sirens approaching and I
> didn't know what was going on. I thought the guy with the gun was a robbe=
r,
> but it turned out he was a plainclothes detective and that the CS had
> dispatched on the holdup signals. I didn't get shot but my adrenalin was
> flowing well. After everything was cleared up and the manager gave all th=
e
> policeman some coffee and donuts, I called the CS and asked the operator =
why
> they dispatched after I told them I was going to send 2 test signals. She
> said, "oh, I'm sorry, I went to the restroom and forgot to tell anybody
> else."

The bad thing about this is ..... that generally speaking, it
besmirches the whole alarm trade due to the fact that this failure is
all encompassing and reduces the confidence in all alarm systems,
central stations and the alarm trade  .... in total.

The good thing about it is .... the alarm company that it happened
to.