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Why have a Home Security Alarm System
- A burglary is committed every 10 seconds in America. This adds up to over 3 million homes each year – In ten years that’s one in every 8!
- There is an average loss of $1,300 worth of property per burglary
- In Albuquerque, an average of 17 homes & businesses are burglarized every day and very little stolen property is ever recovered.
- According to the National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association, burglars attack homes without a security system 3 times more often than homes with a system.
- Today about 1 in 6 home owners has invested in an electronic security system – more and more Americans are saying that they feel safer with a home security system.
- Burglars are more likely to break in to your home between 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., while you are at work, as opposed to breaking in at night.
- Check with your homeowners insurance company. Typically they offer a discount between 2% and 20% on your insurance when you install a monitored security system.
Importance of Maintaining the Security System
- Unless a system is fully operational it fails to perform its intended mission
- A security system should be tested monthly (after contacting monitoring station to assure no dispatch of police)
- Any system defects should be reported to the installing alarm company for immediate remediation.
- The system should be armed whenever the premises is vacated and can be armed at night at well while at the premise.
Criticality of Monitoring a Security System
- If a system is monitored, proper authorities are immediately alerted upon alarm actuation.
- Authority alert of alarm actuation for non-monitored systems depends on the good will of neighbors, which is not a reliable method.
- The time of response to alert police or fire personnel is critical to minimize the effects of a burglary or fire.
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