The new standard puts more weight on alarms that are verified. Having an alarm verification mechanism, therefore, will help ensure faster response to events.
The U.S.-based Monitoring Association (TMA) has introduced a new alarm validation system to make police response to alarms more effectively. In essence, the new system makes alarm verification more important than ever. This article takes a closer look.
The new system is introduced at a time when
false alarms have become quite rampant across the U.S. In Gastonia, North Carolina, for example, numbers from 2021 show 99 percent of alarm activations were false alarms. According to Sheriff's Department of Carson, California, 98 percent of all burglar alarm activations are false alarms. This has been quite taxing for law enforcement agencies,...