STATISTICS
▪ There are 38 million false alarm activations per year.

▪ Approximately $1.5 billion in annual costs are due to false alarms.

▪ Each false alarm requires approximately 20 min of police time  for 2 officers. The vast majority of alarm calls (98%) are false.

▪ False alarms account for 10-25% of all cost to police.

▪ Solving the problem of false alarms would relieve 35,000 officers from providing what many see as a private service.

▪ Reliability of alarms, if measured using false alarm rates, is generally between 2-6%. Currently, between 21 and 24 million security alarm systems are in the US and approximately 18 million of which are monitored.

▪ One out of every seven US business and one of every nine US residence have alarms.

▪ Some industry estimates suggest that 1.5 million new alarms are installed annually.

Source: US Department of Justice

 

 

 

 

 

 

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COMPARISON OF FALSE ALARM REDUCTION TECHNOLOGIES

 ECV vs. Audio vs. Video vs. Digital Verification
　 Enhanced Call Verification (ECV) Listen In Verification (2-way audio) Digital Video Verification Digital Verification
Equipment N/A Requires Sophisticated system including: Speaker, Microphone, Wires, etc. More Sophisticated system: Camera, DVR, Internet ect. None
Installation Time N/A 2 people for 2 days minimum 3 people 1 day minimum 30 mins 1 person
Maintenance Frequency Additional trained staff Frequent Very Frequent Rare
Verification Technology Capability Reactive Verification Reactive Verification Reactive Verification Proactive Verification
Privacy

N/A

 No Privacy Totally no privacy N/A
Reliability Extremely low Extremely low Low High
Human Error Highly involved Highly involved Highly involved None
Equipment Cost N/A High > $1000 Extremly high >$5000 Low <$30
Performance Very poor Very poor Poor High (up to 98%)
Compatibility

N/A

 Poor Poor 98% Compatible
　
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