Update: Found an old industry report from 2005 about false alarm rates

I was cleaning out some old boxes from my first van and found a printed report from the Security Industry Association. It said the average false dispatch rate for monitored systems back then was around 15-20%. I pulled up a recent article from a trade magazine last week, and now it's down to about 2-3% for professionally installed systems. That's a huge drop. It really shows how much better the sensors and communicators have gotten. What's the biggest factor you all think drove that change, better PIRs or the shift to dual-path reporting?

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jadeg8120d ago

Finding that report in your old van is the most alarm tech thing I've ever heard. We went from one in five calls being a waste of time to barely any, which is wild. Honestly, I'd bet the dual-path stuff made the biggest dent, because the signal actually getting through was half the battle back then.

coleman.jade20d ago

I used to think it was all about the sensors, but seeing that jump from 20% false alarms to almost none changed my mind.