False Alarms
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FALSE ALARMS?  WHY?

**   What is a false alarm dispatch?

 

**  How does an alarm dispatch work?

 

**  Are there alarm industry organizations working with security companies to better manage alarm signal dispatches?

 

**  What is the security industry doing to manage alarm signal dispatches?

 

**  How effective are ordinances such as these?

 

**  How are these ordinances structured?

 

**  I understand that some police departments are no longer responding to burglar alarms. Is that true?

 

**  How does non-response affect insurance rates?

 

**  How does this policy affect the cost of monitored alarm systems?

 

**  If police don't respond to alarms, or wait until they are visually verified, won't burglaries increase?

 

**  What can I do if I live in a city that is considering non-response or verified response to burglar alarms?

 

**  What about enhanced call verification?

 

**  Has there been a heightened interest in electronic security since 9/11?

 

**  If burglary crime rates are declining, why do we need security alarms?

 

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