Why Police Respond to Video Alarm Systems up to 85% Faster

Here’s a com­pelling sta­tis­tic: the police respond to ver­i­fied alarms up to 85% faster. For this rea­son, video alarm sys­tems like the ALARM‑i Visu­al Alarm Ver­i­fi­ca­tion Sys­tem are a sound invest­ment for any busi­ness or home that would like to ensure that the author­i­ties deal with threats quick­ly and effi­cient­ly.

Why is the response time so much faster? Sim­ple: ver­i­fy­ing that the alarm has been trig­gered for a valid rea­son pri­or­i­tizes response from law enforce­ment.

First, what makes an alarm a “verified alarm?”

A ver­i­fied alarm is sim­ply one where the event that trig­gers the alarm can be ver­i­fied via video and/or audio devices, sur­veil­lance by secu­ri­ty per­son­nel or oth­er means. Video alarm sys­tems, for instance, offer irrefutable on-cam­era evi­dence that a crime is actu­al­ly tak­ing place.

Verified alarms enable priority police dispatch

False alarms hap­pen all the time, and law enforce­ment resources are stretched thin as it is.

For that rea­son, police in many areas, includ­ing juris­dic­tions across South­ern Ontario, require that the alarm be ver­i­fied before they will respond! Ver­i­fied alarms prompt a rapid response, so break-ins, prop­er­ty dam­age and oth­er secu­ri­ty events will get imme­di­ate atten­tion from law enforce­ment.

How does a verified alarm benefit my business or home?

Not only is police response quick­er, but that rapid response increas­es the chances that the per­pe­tra­tor will be appre­hend­ed. In fact, ver­i­fied video alarm sys­tems increase the arrest rate from 1% to over 50%. This may help in recov­er­ing stolen valu­ables, avoid­ing valu­ables being stolen in the first place or pre­vent­ing cost­ly prop­er­ty dam­age.

In addi­tion, the evi­dence record­ed on video alarm sys­tems can be used to pros­e­cute sus­pects or can be used in insur­ance claims.

How the ALARM‑i video alarm systems work

The ALARM‑i Visu­al Alarm Ver­i­fi­ca­tion Sys­tem uses state-of-the-art visu­al secu­ri­ty tech­nol­o­gy in order to safe­guard your home and busi­ness. Here’s how it works:

1) The alarm is trig­gered by an event, such as a win­dow being bro­ken, an acti­vat­ed motion detec­tor, etc.

2) Video footage of the event is already being cap­tured BEFORE the alarm is trig­gered.

This means that the crit­i­cal moments before a crime occurs are record­ed as well as what hap­pens after. The sys­tem stores 7 days of video evi­dence, which is avail­able for play­back or long-term stor­age.

3) The sys­tem noti­fies you AND the mon­i­tor­ing sta­tion.

You’ll receive alerts on your com­put­er and mobile phone that the alarm has been trig­gered. This alert includes pre-alarm and real-time video footage, allow­ing you to see what caused the alarm as well as what’s hap­pen­ing right now.

Mean­while, the mon­i­tor­ing sta­tion will receive the same video footage. You nev­er have to wor­ry that it’s all on you to fol­low up on an alarm. We step in even if you haven’t seen the alert yet.

4) Our dis­patch oper­a­tors ver­i­fy the event and noti­fy the police and you.

And because the event is cap­tured on video, law enforce­ment is able to respond to the ver­i­fied alarm at once, giv­ing you the peace of mind that help is on the way.

Contact us for more information

For more infor­ma­tion on how ALARM‑i Visu­al Alarm Ver­i­fi­ca­tion can pro­tect your fam­i­ly or busi­ness, call 1–844-416‑7587 or request a no-oblig­a­tion secu­ri­ty sys­tem con­sul­ta­tion.