One of the problems that plagues alarm companies across the country is alarm verification. Specifically, how does a company know whether the alarm signal it received is due to an actual break-in or the result of a strong gust of wind blowing doors open? The answer is usually that they do not. Police agencies and guard services used to spend most of their time chasing down false alarms before they started cracking down on the security industry. Today, you need to be able to verify an actual breach of security to get a fast response from an agency.
Security systems are designed to provide a perimeter/interior line of defense against intrusion. If the perimeter is compromised, there are usually interior devices located throughout the premises that will detect further intrusion. Despite these precautions, however, the actual verification relies on a responding agency's noticing the break in security and reacting accordingly. Security guards and police officers do the best they can, but there are times when a well-concealed point of entry may be overlooked.
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