[ILUG] voip & alarm systems

[Robert Kiely]

Anyone read the link posted to the garda policy on response to alarms
? It's dated as of 1st January 2005 and will be brought into full
effect on 1st January 2007. They are asking for verification of alarm
activation, visual or audio, via means of camera or remote mic or else
verification by keyholder. Failure of verification is recorded as
false alarm. If a keyholder were present then why would you need the
guards to respond (except to report the breakin for insurance
purposes). So unless you have a secondary verification in place then
the gardai ain't coming. Most people don't so therefore most of the
time the gardai won't be on their way. Anyway most alarms are only
deterrents. Why choose house A with an alarm when house B doesn't have
an alarm ?

Rob


On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:33:49 +0000, Bernhard Rohrer <graylion at sm-wg.net> wrote:
> 
> > he's in and out quickly, generally. See if you can get statistics from
> > Eircom as to the average time from Phonewatch control calling the Gardai
> > to a patrol car doing a flyby. If you can even get such statistics, I'll
> > be surprised. I have even heard it said that the Gardai don't respond to
> 
> AFAIK not true for phonewatch
> 
> friend of mine lives in a house that has it. he accidentally reset it
> while taking out the rubbish. He wasn't even back in the house yet when
> a squadcar pulled up.
> 
> cheers
> 
> Bernhard
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