Recently, an attempted burglary at a jewelry store was foiled due to a successful intruder alarm with audio verification. When a pair of burglars tried to break in to Koosh Jewelry in the wee hours of morning on June 7, the Sonitrol Alarms went off, effectively alerting the monitoring company, barring the thieves and sending them on a trip to the jail. Since the alarm was audio verified, cops could hear a snippet of sounds from the attempted heist in progress and know instantly that it wasn’t a false alarm. This followed a quick response team and 11 cops arrived on the scene within minutes nabbing the miscreants on the spot.
Every year, thousands of dollars are spent on responding to false alarms and on buying . These have been a major nuisance for the police departments for a while now and a number of steps have been taken to tackle the problem. Unlike a few others, audio verified alarms offer a very practical and dependable solution to the false alarms menace. Unique with audio verification capability are now available for customers. These systems when armed send an alert to the monitoring station. Someone there can actually hear the intrusion in action. Not only does this establish the genuineness of the alarm to trigger the quickest response, but also hearing the proceedings can help cops come appropriately prepared to the scene. For instance, the sounds can tell approximately how many intruders could be expected and do they have guns, etc. the monitoring company can also talk to the homeowners through an optional built in phone to clearly understand the situation.
In addition, these verified alarm systems also come with a password option. So if someone triggers the alarm by mistake, someone from the monitoring station will come on the connected phone line and ask for a password. Giving the right password will establish that the alarm was a mistake and a trip in vain would be avoided. So in every way, audio alarms are the way to go if the false alarm menace is to be tackled.
A number of different and surprisingly affordable home security equipment can actually be paired up together to give a much better security system. For instance, the verified alarm systems can be used with glass break alarms to ensure a quick response as soon as the glass is broken. Motion sensors, heat detectors etc. can all act as effective systems to foil most burglary attempts and keep your property safe.
Tim Eveler
Author & Public Relations – Tim has been working in sales for the home security system industry over twelve years. He’s held positions at large home security companies and in charge of working with the team to create our security system reviews.