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

[G. Morgan <usenet_abuse@xxxxxxxxx>]

"David 01" <ifiwantspam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>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 alarm
>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 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 robber,
>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 the
>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."

I would have drove to the central station, and spill coffee all
over her desk!  Right in front of her and the management escorting
me.