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- From: bruno@allof.enet.dec.com (Greg Bruno)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers,misc.consumers.house,misc.misc
- Subject: Re: Home alarms hooked to police?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.182536.26405@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
- Date: 8 Jan 93 16:19:55 GMT
- References: <C0I5JI.Hr6@techbook.com>
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- In article <C0I5JI.Hr6@techbook.com>,
- jamesd@techbook.com (James Deibele) writes...
- >
- >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.
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- 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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