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and with the early detection capability of an impact activated audio system, provides the responding officers with the added advantage of early detection and increases the likelihood of apprehension.
“Every police officer lives for the opportunity to respond to and interdict crime in progress. Catching criminals is part of our DNA,” Woodruff said. “Increasing our opportunities to do so, as opposed to simply responding to take a report post-crime, contribute to an effec- tive crime-reduction solution.”
Since law enforcement tends to respond to verified alarms and actual threatening alarm events first before responding to non-ver- ified alarm events, the importance of your business having verified alarm technology should be of importance to every alarm system user. According to Partnership for Priority Verified Alarm Response (PPVAR), if a business with a security system that has historically generated many false alarms, law enforcement may not prioritize your next alarm event, which may be a problem if there ever is an actual alarm event. When officers have to respond to false alarms, this natu- rally results in wasted time and resources, which should be directed towards responding to other actual alarm and other life safety events.
Countering False Alarms
Considering about 98 percent of security-related alarms are false, police departments are becoming frustrated and are understaffed to respond quickly to each alarm. Many cities have passed ordinances that now require fines to be levied for when police have to respond to a false alarm. In addition, many cities or municipalities are now requiring additional forms of verification, such as two calls before they will respond.
There seems to be hesitation for companies to adopt alarm veri-
fication because of cost, however audio and video alarm verification can help law enforcement arrive quicker significantly reducing the chance of loss of goods and increasing the chance of apprehensions. When you can successfully explain the consumer’s investment value, audio and video alarm verification can become a standard in your city. PPVAR provides tools to security dealers who can collaborate with police departments to adopt required verified alarm verification and policies within their cities.
Sonitrol was founded by a police officer more than 55 years ago because he was tired of responding to false alarms and not catching criminals. Partnering with an inventor, they were able to create the audio verification technology that is still effectively used today. So- nitrol is also an integrated security company, combining their audio verification technology with video verification, managed access con- trol, video verification and surveillance and fire monitoring. Total- Guard, is an all-in-one IoT multi-sensor device that provides impact audio and video verification, motion and glass break detection, wire- less connectivity, live view and arm/disarm with the Sonitrol Mobile App and is professionally monitored 24/7 by highly trained Central Station operators. This single device provides an affordable solution for small to medium businesses looking for an easy to use and verified security intrusion system.
With the continued partnership with law en- forcement and continued technological advances, Sonitrol has been able to report over 179,000 doc- umented criminal apprehensions.
Kaleigh Burton is the Sonitrol brand manager at Stanley Security.
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