The Palo Alto police department is allowing home owners with security cameras to link their monitors to the department’s internet monitoring system. The police officers would have a virtual response to an alarm , robbery, break in, …

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Another alternative is to have the system monitored by a dedicated intruder alarm monitoring service.

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Home Security – Think Like A Thief | Home Security

If you had a monitored home security system in place, and if the high decibel alarm did not deter the criminals, the monitors will notify police immediately, who will show up in time to apprehend the criminals before they have the …

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