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

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Dec 30, 5:59=A0pm, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Dec 30, 1:06=A0pm, "David 01" <ifiwants...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > I've been out of the business for years, but my favorite (now, not at t=
he
> > time) CS experience was many years ago I had added a foot rail holdup a=
larm
> > which was silent of course and I had told one of the operators at a sma=
ll CS
> > I contracted with that I was going to send 2 signals and to ignore thos=
e and
> > then put me back online.
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> > I sent the 2 signals and spent some time cleaning up some wiring under =
the
> > 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 rob=
ber,
> > 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 wa=
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> > flowing well. After everything was cleared up and the manager gave all =
the
> > policeman some coffee and donuts, I called the CS and asked the operato=
r why
> > they dispatched after I told them I was going to send 2 test signals. S=
he
> > said, "oh, I'm sorry, I went to the restroom and forgot to tell anybody
> > else."
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> 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 =A0.... in total.

Too true, nobody ever mentioned the times where everything worked
properly, nobody also ever mentions the number of burglars caught by
an alarm system