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Originally Posted by hancoveguy
Break ins happen way more often than you think. As a p/o in an affluent Boston suburb, I can tell you that this entire area see's break ins daily. Alarms are good, but by the time the central station calls the house, gets no answer then calls the point of contact and then calls the police, the house is empty.
My .02, how much applies to Winni, who knows, can't be too much different...
HCG
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The trend right now is towards video verification. I get a notification any time any person or vehicle (but not animal) comes on our properties. This info can be sent to a central station like a traditional alarm signal as well, though I just go by email notifications.
Most police stations will give priority response to video-verified alarm events.
You can see a couple of sample videos from one of my cameras here:
http://www.youtube.com/NotoriousBRK
That's a standard def (VGA) unit, but there is now a 2.1MP camera there that does the same thing, but with a lot more detail in the clips.