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Conventional alarm systems send “electronic signals” to central monitoring stations when alarm sensors are activated. These signals are programmed to be interpreted as some type of emergency notification i.e., intrusion, fire, panic alarm, etc. However, in reality, a conventional alarm system cannot determine if an intrusion alarm is caused by an unauthorized intruder opening a door, or if the door was opened by the wind. A motion detector cannot determine if the motion it detects is from an unauthorized intruder in the premises, or the family pet wandering through the home. As a result most alarm industry experts and police authorities agree that approximately 98% of all alarm signals are false alarms. Responding to this number of false alarms overburdens police manpower resources and in most cities results in false alarm fines for alarm users. Exacerbating this situation is the fact that since a high percentage of alarms are false, police response priority is typically low resulting in slow, or in some cases, no response. Lastly, when police do finally respond to a “real” alarm, there is virtually no chance of apprehending intruders as the perpetrators are long departed after being alerted to the fact that they have been detected by the audible bell or siren of the alarm system.

The Texana “Video Verified” system represents a paradigm shift in alarm technology! Now when an “electronic” intrusion signal is received by a monitoring facility, it is accompanied by an actual 6-10 second video clip of what/who caused the alarm. The alarm signal and video are analyzed by a monitoring operator who determines if a police dispatch should be made. When the family dog is seen wandering through the home no dispatch is made and a false alarm dispatch is avoided. On the other hand, when an electronic intrusion alarm is received accompanied by a video clip of someone lurking in the premise, the police are notified of a potential “crime in progress” with specific information relative to the numbers of perpetrators, physical descriptions, etc. Police departments assign a higher response priority to “crimes in progress” and panic alarms than to notification of an audible alarm from a conventional alarm system.

The immediate benefits of the Texana Video Verified Alarm System are:

1. False alarms are significantly reduced/virtually eliminated.
2. Most police departments assign a higher priority to “crime in progress” resulting in faster response and more apprehensions of criminals.
3. A safer response environment is created for responding officers since they are armed with knowledge on number of intruders, descriptions, etc.

The following videos are actual videos received from Texana Security Video Verified alarms systems. Call us to discuss installing a Video Verified system or upgrading you existing system to Video Verification.