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Police: PLEASE RESPOND to Burglar Alarms

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Salt Lake City Survey (2006)
The Salt Lake City Police Department is one of the biggest proponents of "Verified Response" despite the fact that the city's crime rate remains far above the national average. In 2006, the Alarm Industry Research & Education Foundation contracted a national research firm to ask Salt Lake City residents what they think about the policy.

Olympia, WA - Alarm Policy Report (2006)
The city of Olympia, WA, is a prime example of how jurisdictions can successfully lower their dispatches with policies other than "Verified Response." Since implementing its policies in 2003, the city has reduced dispatches by more than 70 percent and recouped 88 percent of the cost of responding to "false alarms."

City of Los Angeles
In 2003, the city of Los Angeles conducted the most extensive review of Verified Response to-date. A special Burglar Alarm Task Force determined that it would not be wise for the city to implement the policy.

Click here to read the task force's report (2003).

Click here to read a status report two years after the city rejected "VR" and adopted alternative policies instead (2005).

Lexington County, SC - Alarm Policy Report (2007)
Within the first six months of its new burglar alarm policy, the Lexington County, SC, Sheriff's department reduced its dispatches by nearly 25 percent. The policy focuses on user education and accountability. It allows alarm owners to have two "false alarms," and then assessed a fee if the problem continues.

American Journal of Economics and Sociology (1995)

Assessing Available Research on the Effects of Verified Response Policies (2004)



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		Studies and Statistics: Salt Lake City Survey (2006) The Salt Lake City Police Department is one of the biggest proponents of "Verified Response" despite the fact that the city's crime rate remains far above the national average. In 2006, the Alarm Industry Research & Education Foundation contracted a national research firm to ask Salt Lake City residents what they think about the policy. Olympia, WA - Alarm Policy Report (2006) The city of Olympia, WA, is a prime example of how jurisdictions can successfully lower their dispatches with policies other than "Verified Response." Since implementing its policies in 2003, the city has reduced dispatches by more than 70 percent and recouped 88 percent of the cost of responding to "false alarms." City of Los Angeles In 2003, the city of Los Angeles conducted the most extensive review of Verified Response to-date. A special Burglar Alarm Task Force determined that it would not be wise for the city to implement the policy. Click here to read the task force's report (2003). Click here to read a status report two years after the city rejected "VR" and adopted alternative policies instead (2005). Lexington County, SC - Alarm Policy Report (2007) Within the first six months of its new burglar alarm policy, the Lexington County, SC, Sheriff's department reduced its dispatches by nearly 25 percent. The policy focuses on user education and accountability. It allows alarm owners to have two "false alarms," and then assessed a fee if the problem continues. American Journal of Economics and Sociology (1995) Assessing Available Research on the Effects of Verified Response Policies (2004)