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- From: Warren.Chou@f17.n275.z1.fidonet.org (Warren Chou)
- Newsgroups: misc.emerg-services
- Subject: False alarms
- Message-ID: <726714274.AA31952@remote.halcyon.com>
- Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 03:22:00 -0800
- Sender: UUCP@remote.halcyon.com
- Lines: 26
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- -> Here at West Virginia University, they have installed invisible,
- inde
- -> alarm boxes in some of the more false alarm prone residence halls &
- -> Usually when a false comes in late at night, the Resident Directors
- -> students to enter only through certain doors, checking each of them
- -> hand held black light scanner. The ink will show on the person who
- p
- -> alarm, & is distributed well enough that it is next to impossible
- to
- -> spray. (It'll get on their clothing, hands, under fingernails, etc)
- -> caught several people this way, and each levied a decent fine of
- $10
- -> so. It has also proven to cut our false alarms by a good amount.
- Ano
- -> tactic we use is to bring in police dogs, with the intent to search
- -> building for victims. These dogs are also well known for their drug
- -> capabilities. This also has seemed to work decently well.
- ->
- Gee. How expensive is the program?
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