Actually, in March 2003, when someone smashed the window in my front door
(with me standing behind it), I called the police TWICE before they arrived.
When they did arrive, I was on my porch talking to a UCD guy, who'd been
there at least 10 minutes , having heard glass breaking and me screaming.
Karen
From: Stephen Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Stephen Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Dan Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [UC] Police Response Time--Infuriating!!!
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 13:10:14 -0500
> Why do we pay those alarm fees every year if not for a quick
> response time from the cops?
since you're paying the alarm fees to the alarm company, rather than the
police department, perhaps the alarm company should send a guy out to your
house....hm....actually, maybe the alarm companies should give UCD a kick
back and then call UCD as well as the police. i suspect a guy in yellow
could arrive quicker than the police and might help to mitigate any
potential problems before the police arrive. this could also be another
way for UCD to get money.
at your service and always happy to help out,
stephen
Dan Myers wrote:
Well, I really didn't think that a 15 minute response time is considered
great to begin with. If it was a break in and you were home, it could have
been a bad situation. (it's a little far-fetched, but it could happen) My
alarm company usually calls within 30 seconds -2 minutes of my loud alarm
going off. It once went off while we were on vacation in Maine. It scared
us the whole time we were there, but it wound up that we left a door ajar
and the wind was opening and closing it...which is why the alarm kept
going off for 3 hours. I felt bad for our neighbors. But the police came
out (or so they said) and checked everything to be ok. The alarm company
even told the police officers to look in the back yard, since it was my
back door alarm that was going off.
Having the police come over after an hour when an alarm goes off is
terrible. Why do we pay those alarm fees every year if not for a quick
response time from the cops?
Dan Myers
215.901.0899
Certified Massage Practitioner
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Subject: Re: [UC] Police Response Time--Infuriating!!!
Chalmers Security--they've been really great so far.
--- Dan Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What alarm company do you have?
Dan
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Subject: [UC] Police Response Time--Infuriating!!!
> Our alarm company called me at 12:04pm to tell me
that
> 2 of our detectors had gone off at 11:49am; they
had
> dispatched the police immediately. As of now,
1:16pm,
> the police still have not shown up at the house!
> Having called the police to make sure everything
was
> ok, I was told they had been dispatched, but had
not
> come yet. I told them not to bother, as I had
come
> home and found it to be a false alarm, but I was
told
> they had to come once called. Not within a
reasonable
> time frame, apparently! What a great use of
> resources--don't send them when needed, but send
them
> late and unnecessarily. To add insult to injury, I
saw
> 2 patrol cars idly driving about during this time.
>
> Pleeease tell me this is an abberation!!
>
>
>
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