Case Study: Video Alarm Verification

The Smok’n Hot Vapors electronic-cigarette shop in Henderson, Nevada found out firsthand just how valuable Honeywell’s Video Alarm Verification system is.

According to this Honeywell case study, two men broke into the shop in the early morning hours. After breaking an alleyway window, they then stealing merchandise. It took them under four minutes to steal cash from the cash drawer and smash the display cases.

However, unknown to them, their presence was being detected by a Honeywell Video Alarm Verification security system. This VAV system sent a real-time alert to the store’s owner and to their monitoring station. It also sent video footage of the burglary.

What was missing from this situation? Guessing games. Normally, it would have taken precious minutes to go through the process of verifying whether there was actually an intruder in the store. We’ve all had this experience – whether we’re at home or a place of business – of hearing an alarm and not knowing whether the alarm was indicative of a true emergency.

The case study points out that verified response policies require that polices officers cannot be dispatched to an alarm notification unless either eyewitnesses or video cameras verify that a break-in has occurred.

But with Honeywell’s VAV system, there is no need to waste time determining if there was actually an intruder in the store. The VAV system allows the monitoring company to literally view the scenes as the security cameras were recording the intruders. No guesswork needed: they could see the intruders for themselves and send police immediately.

If the system had not been in place, it is likely that the intruders would have escaped, due to the lost time.

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