You may find the discussion with Rondebosch ID below on alarms useful,
Take care, David David Raphael 072 065 7223 _____ From: RCID Office [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 27 June 2011 12:29 To: David Raphael Subject: Re: Alarm Questions Hi David Thank you for your e-mail and valuable suggestions and comments. I do agree whole hearted with you that beams are the answer and advocate it to our residents. We are having a resident's meeting on Wednesday night for the three roads affected and will share your comments with the residents and try to ascertain where we can improve our personal security and if we can learn by past mistakes in order to stop these criminals coming into our area. Thank you for your concern and support. Regards Shirley At 02:34 PM 2011/06/24, you wrote: You say: May I draw your attention to the issue of the timing from the front door access to the alarm pad. This delay has a significant effect on how long it takes for the alarm to be activated when the front door is forced open by criminals. It is significant what a difference an additional minute or two makes ! Many residents have particularly asked that the delay is increased to enable them to get to the alarm pad in good time if it is not situated at the front door. Please check how long it takes you to deactivate your alarm and you may need to adjust (decrease ?) the delay according to your requirements. I find this confusing. Like quite a few people we turn our alarm on and off using a remote attached to our car keys as an alternative to our key pad. Surely the best (but expensive) route is to have beams outside (preferably hidden). The alarm then goes off before the intruder reaches the door. LED LIGHTS : When you leave your premises and set your alarm the LED light outside immediately comes on indicating that your alarm is activated. In the past this served as a deterrent to criminals (that your alarm was set) but unfortunately the crime pattern has changed and it now indicates YOU ARE OUT and is an open invitation to smash & grab ! If your LED light is in a very visible position i.e. on the front garage door I would suggest that you either try to conceal it in one way or another or move it to a less conspicuous position Our thinking is different. We try to have our outside beams and visible little red light on when we are at home and not going outside. When we go to bed we have the internal beams on as well (except in the bedroom area). We feel the red light is a deterrent. I think our local nasties watch and know our movements. They have also probably seen that I talk on a hand held radio linked to SAPS, our security company and ONW members. Any comment or ideas very welcome. Your excellent security emails are much appreciated and I forward portions relevant to Obs to our residents. Take care, David David Raphael 072 065 7223 [] _____ -- Shirley Aldum RCID Manager Phone: 689 6423 Fax: 685 1944 Cell: 072 348 2008 Together we can make Rondebosch Safe! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en.
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