Taking the guesswork out of electronic security
At Sonitrol Great Lakes, our verified responsive monitoring framework guarantees better results and faster police response times.
And with fewer accounts per monitoring operator – 80% fewer assigned accounts than the national average – our monitoring personnel focus on your facility and respond immediately to any threat.
We respond in real time, real fast
Sonitrol’s audio- and video-based alerts allow us to assess a false alarm, confirm an alert, dispatch police, and give real-time information to officers responding to your incident or classify it as a non-dispatchable false alarm.
Backed by law enforcement
Sonitrol is approved for use in verified response municipalities, which means police respond 400% faster to a Sonitrol-verified alarm. Police arrive on the scene an average of eight minutes after a Sonitrol alert, versus 17 minutes for a private security guard call and 45 minutes for non-verified alarms.
With more than 175,000 documented apprehensions over the course of almost 40 years – that’s one apprehension every 111 minutes — a Sonitrol system is your best defense against loss or damage.
Here are some of the benefits of verified alarms:
- Faster prioritized police response
- Fewer false alarms
- Higher apprehension rates
- Early intrusion detection
- Better use of public safely resources
Why police stop responding to unverified alarms
Integrating video and audio alarm verification into your security systems sidesteps the potential pitfalls of false alarm fines and slower police response times. Good intelligence breeds decisive action, enabling law enforcement to arrive at the scene faster, and with a much clearer understanding of the situation. This ensures you have more control over shielding your business and staff from harm.
Without verified alarms, the police are simply guessing that there is a real break-in, fire, or emergency. However, after too many instances of police being dispatched on false alarms, the police will stop answering those calls. When real alarms or fires actually happen, you don’t want the emergency responders not responding, thinking it’s just another false alarm.
If it’s not verified, it’s simply guessing.
Study backs verified response benefits
A staggering 94% to 98% of all alarm activations that police respond to are false, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. A study commissioned by Sonitrol involving 20 police departments across North America explored how police departments are combating this problem by only responding to burglar alarms that have first been verified electronically or by eyewitness. The study shows that the police were able to reduce their dispatch rate by an average of 72 percent, freeing officers’ time for higher priority duties. At the same time, the report shows that burglary rates declined in most of the jurisdictions with this policy in place for over one year.
The study’s key findings include:
- After verified response was in place, police dispatch rates were reduced an average of 72%.
- Of the 16 jurisdictions providing specific data, 69% showed the burglary rate declined, while 31% increased, following adoption of verified response.
- Many departments indicated that they have been able to free officers’ time to pursue higher priority duties and respond more quickly to verified burglaries.
- 75% of the 20 police departments surveyed will respond to monitored audio and/or video alarms.
- 100% of the 20 respondents believe verified response was and still is the right solution.
Contact us today to learn more how our Sonitrol Great Lakes verified response framework can better protect your business, your school, and your home.