Burglar Alarm sound - police will not respond to bells only alarm !

The burglar alarm sound systems have become standard equipment in stores and other businesses, and they‘re becoming increasingly common in private homes as well. Government statistics have shown that around 60% of burglaries carried out on homes that are with Burglar alarms sounds systems are unsuccessful. This suggests that burglar alarms with sound are a useful deterrent for prospective criminals.

There are a few different types of burglar alarms sounds system. The first, and most common, is the traditional "bells only" system. When professionally fitted these cost around £500 to install plus another £65 per year for a maintenance contract. The more expensive option is a "monitored alarm", which may be worth thinking about if you have a lot of valuable property, or you live somewhere isolated. Monitored alarms are connected to an "alarm receiving centre" where someone will alert the police if an intruder is detected. They cost between £800 and £900 to install and around £200 each year for monitoring and maintenance.

The big difference between a bells-only and a monitored burglar alarms sounds systems is police response. You need to know that the police will not respond to a bells only alarm unless they receive confirmation from you, your family, or someone else nearby, that there is a burglary in progress.

Police will respond to monitored burglars alarms sounds systems when an alarm-receiving centre notifies them. Here, people at the alarm-receiving centre check using either CCTV (to see an intruder), an audio connection (to hear an intruder) or something called "sequential confirmation". Sequential confirmation which means detecting an intruder using sensors in a number of different places in or around your home - to spot if someone is moving around.