Alarm Systems

Swen said:
If getting a monitored system, find the average police response time. Some departments respond quick, others very slowly. The significant reason here is the astonishingly high false alarm rate. As such, responding to residential alarms is a low priority for police, in some areas.

Additionally, make sure the system has a backup (cellular) in case the land-line is cut.
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:yeahthat:

Had monitoring for almost 2 years in Phoenix's Southwest valley...had to pay a yearly permit fee for the alarm to the city. And we had a couple false alarms (Wind blew the inside door to the garage open) I drove the 25 minutes home after getting the call and still beat the po-po. We dropped the service this past Feb. My hammer and hockey sticks I have strategically located throughout the house will do just fine.
 
minitour said:
If you just want an alarm....

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Great watch dogs. Terrible guard dogs. They'll let you know if someone is in/near your house. Also, they're big, black dogs with a deep and loud bark and their hair will stand up from their head to their ass when someone is near your house.

We find that ours (Bella - an absolute sweetheart who just loves to be loved, petted, played with, taken on car rides and walks, belly rubs and played tug with - not her in the picture) scares most people away from the house before they even hit the front porch.

She can be quite scary.....but you let someone open the door and walk in and she's tucking tail and running behind my legs.

And they're great with children and even better companions!

-mini
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if you are going the dog route, you might as well get one that will do something other than ask for a belly rub once the bad guy gets in. something like this-

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if someone were to break in to my house they are better off dealing with me and the .45 than with him.
 
gne in prog said:
if you are going the dog route, you might as well get one that will do something other than ask for a belly rub once the bad guy gets in.
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A big black dog + spiked hair from it's head to it's ass + barking, snarling and growling and bearing teeth = ain't no one coming in the house to begin with.

-mini
 
gne in prog said:
if you are going the dog route, you might as well get one that will do something other than ask for a belly rub once the bad guy gets in. something like this-

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if someone were to break in to my house they are better off dealing with me and the .45 than with him.
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Nice
 
If you are getting a system I wouldnt bother paying extra to get it monitored. I hate to break the news to everyone, but from an officers stand point, when we have upwords of 6 calls in the pending and some of those being what we call "hot" calls, we do not go balls to the wall to a house burglary alarm call. Now, if we know that it is a panic activation and dispatch advises us as such then we step up the response time. other then that, just wake up when your alarm goes off and call the police, much faster response time from my experiance.
 
aeroman2 said:
If you are getting a system I wouldnt bother paying extra to get it monitored. I hate to break the news to everyone, but from an officers stand point, when we have upwords of 6 calls in the pending and some of those being what we call "hot" calls, we do not go balls to the wall to a house burglary alarm call. Now, if we know that it is a panic activation and dispatch advises us as such then we step up the response time. other then that, just wake up when your alarm goes off and call the police, much faster response time from my experiance.
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I've been hearing that from other LEO's too. Does that hold true for the Fire Dept too?
 
Bandit_Driver said:
I've been hearing that from other LEO's too. Does that hold true for the Fire Dept too?
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Where I am at, fire runs code (lights and sirens) to all alarm calls that they get. But as far as other fire departments I do not know what their SOP is for alarm calls.
 
No problem, but keep in mind that I work in a very, very busy city, so it might be different where you live.
 
My parents have broadview and it went off when I was there last. It took an hour for the sheriff to get there. I think they could have cleaned out anything important if they had to.
 
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This is ours. He sounds ferocious when he gets worried. Was great piece of mind when we lived in a less than amazing part of Little Rock in an apartment complex. I'm mostly worried about my wife when I'm gone, but he's such a mommas boy he wouldn't let anything happen to her....

...unless they have food
 
Even if you are not worried about safety, an alarm system goes a long way for piece at mind for you and your family when you are away from home. We have Brinks, now called broadview home security, and they have been great. Extremely cheaper to put in and the monthly was less as well. ADT had more extra that I didn't care about.
 
And now, Broadview was acquired by ADT.

So, there goes competition in the home security marketplace, lol.

But anyway.

We have a German Shepard and an alarm system. Gives my wife peace of mind when I'm on the road or living out of state.
 
Bandit_Driver said:
I am considering an alarm system for my hone and was wondering if anyone has any recommendations or tips.
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I bought the magnetic alarms that let out a LOUD HIGH PITCH sound when separated from each other. I have them on every door and window in my house. They did their job last month when someone tried breaking my bathroom window.

You can get them at Wal Mart, Home Depot etc...
 
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