Alarm monitoring is an ultimate line of defense against break-ins and burglary.  Whether you are a home owner or a business owner, it is important to have your property monitored 24/7/365, and to have a system in place to alert the authorities in case something goes wrong. As soon as the alarm is activated, it sends a signal to the monitoring station where a representative tries to contact  you immediately, and notifies the authorities on first signs of trouble.

Consumers who believe that security systems only guard against theft haven’t done their homework. Surely the most obvious benefit of a home security system is burglary prevention, and that’s for good reason. According to the FBI crime stats, the average home theft in the U.S. results in $2,185 lost. Alarm systems work in both low-tech and high-tech ways to deter break-ins.On the low tech side, yard signs and window decals often are enough to ward off potential intruders. Most criminals are cowards. Seeing that your home is protected with state of the art technology, burglars will think twice before breaking and entering. If they decide to proceed anyway, sensors by windows and doors detect when someone has entered or exited your home. When your system is armed and an intruder enters your home without punching in your security code, an alert is sent to a monitoring center, manned by security experts. Authorities will be dispatched nearly immediately.But, as the late night commercials say, “Wait! There’s more!” Following are
other ways your system can protect you from common problems:

    Like most people, you probably made the easy prediction that an economic recession would result in a rise in crime. So it comes as no surprise that this prediction is unfortunately coming true.
     Law enforcement agencies from parts of the country hardest hit by the recession are already reporting increased levels of theft. According to the University of Florida’s Department of Retail studies, overall theft from 2009 to 2010 has risen by 10.7% to a staggering $37.1 billion.
     Shoplifting and other forms of theft are major business concern when the country is experiencing the best of economic times. In fact, studies show that the average small business can lose more than $50,000 every year due to theft. Even in good times, this will put a serious dent in many companies' profits.
     With the recession-induced business slow down and rising crime rates, it's more important than ever that companies consider the relatively small investment in video security equipment to protect themselves from this increasing activity.
     Studies conservatively estimate that a business can prevent 25-50% of criminal activity by employing a simple video security camera and/or system. At today's crime rates, such an investment will pay for itself in months.

 Here are some of the MANY ways that a security system can protect your business:

According to the FBI, the number of violent crimes reported by law enforcement for the first six months of 2012 increased 1.9 percent over figures from the same period in 2011.