Comments on: Alarm response rules to change in Seattle… http://www.providentsecurity.ca/blog/2008/12/alarm-response-rules-to-change-in-seattle.html A blog to help keep you up to date on home & community security issues on Vancouver's Westside as well as the continuing development and growth of Provident Security Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:20:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Brian Curran http://www.providentsecurity.ca/blog/2008/12/alarm-response-rules-to-change-in-seattle.html/comment-page-1/#comment-768 Brian Curran Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:52:40 +0000 http://www.providentsecurity.ca/blog/?p=367#comment-768 The 'false alarm' rate is around the 90% mark here in the UK and that's after years of tweaking and penalising the industry to improve systems and monitoring technology. The 50+ Police forces operate the following levels of response: - Level 1 - Immediate response (when available) Level 3 - No response (unless verified by a witness on-site) x3 false alarms in a rolling 12-month period will result in a system dropping from Level 1 to Level 3. Level 2 - Low priority response This is being phased out by the majority of the Police forces. The full 46-page ACPO policy may make interesting reading so here's a link to it: - http://www.nsi.org.uk/PDF/ACPO_April_2008.pdf I find it hard to believe that the Police here still provide a free response to commercial alarm systems when 9 out of 10 visits are a waste of their time and the tax payers money! It needs to change and change soon, maybe then we will see more 'bobbies on the beat' in residential areas! Great website by the way... Regards Brian Curran. The ‘false alarm’ rate is around the 90% mark here in the UK and that’s after years of tweaking and penalising the industry to improve systems and monitoring technology.

The 50+ Police forces operate the following levels of response: -

Level 1 – Immediate response (when available)
Level 3 – No response (unless verified by a witness on-site)

x3 false alarms in a rolling 12-month period will result in a system dropping from Level 1 to Level 3.

Level 2 – Low priority response
This is being phased out by the majority of the Police forces.

The full 46-page ACPO policy may make interesting reading so here’s a link to it: – http://www.nsi.org.uk/PDF/ACPO_April_2008.pdf

I find it hard to believe that the Police here still provide a free response to commercial alarm systems when 9 out of 10 visits are a waste of their time and the tax payers money!

It needs to change and change soon, maybe then we will see more ‘bobbies on the beat’ in residential areas!

Great website by the way…

Regards
Brian Curran.

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