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Article #5056Re: Home alarms hooked to police?
From: Greg Bruno
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 16:19
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 16:19
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In article <C0I5JI.Hr6@techbook.com>,
jamesd@techbook.com (James Deibele) writes...
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>Is there anywhere where homes (or businesses) with alarm systems are
>still hooked directly to the local police?
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There are some businesses hooked directly to the police in our town, but
the number is small, because false alarms have a costly penalty. After
a certain number of false alarms, they will disconnect you. I believe there
is a steep cost for just setting up the connection.
It is more efficient to have a local security company monitor the alarms
and send out their own people to investigate alarms.
Greg
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