If you’re among the 39 million U.S. households protected by a monitored home security system, chances are you’ve triggered a false alarm or two. What you might not know is that nearly all ...

Users intuitively understand the connection between false alarms and response times. 80% of security owners rated “very valuable” the ability of video verification to enable police to respond ...

In fact, as false alarms have grown over the past four years, so have calls for service, which were up nearly 16% in 2024 from 2021. During those four years, ...

City hits S.F. businesses bedeviled by break-ins with "false alarm" fees 03:35. San Francisco business owners faced with repeated break-ins say "false alarm" fees being assessed by the city when ...

San Antonio is considering raising the false alarm fee for all unpermitted burglar and fire alarms to $250. The fees for permitted systems would not change.