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4 results foundAuthor: Lee, Seungmug Title: The Impact of Home Burglar Alarm Systems on Residential Burglaries Summary: This study examined the impact of home burglar alarms on residential burglaries in Newark, New Jersey during 2001 to 2005. Specifically, it examined: 1) the overall relationship between burglar alarms and residential burglaries over these years; 2) the relationships of burglar alarms and residential burglaries to demographic, socio-economic, and housing character indicators; 3) the spatial relationship between burglar alarms and residential burglaries using autocorrelation and clustering methods; and 4) the possible consequences of burglar alarms in terms of displacement of residential burglaries or diffusion of benefits. Details: Newark, NJ: Graduate Program in Criminal Justice, Rutgers, The State ofUniversity, 2008. 339p. Source: Dissertation Year: 2008 Country: United States URL: Shelf Number: 114904 Keywords: Burglar AlarmsBurglarsCrimeDisplacementPreventionResidential BurglarySecurity |
Author: Schaenman, Phil Title: Opportunities for Police Cost Savings Without Sacrificing Service Quality: Reducing False Alarms Summary: This report focuses on ways to reduce calls to police for what turn out to be false alarms from security systems. In many cities, such false alarms often number in the tens of thousands each year, waste millions of dollars of officer time, and detract from attention to reducing crimes. We welcome feedback from local or state governments on the usefulness of this report, and information on other ways police departments have obtained cost savings relating to false alarms. The information provided here was primarily drawn from the experiences of three local governments: Montgomery County (MD); Seattle (WA); and Salt Lake City (UT). The report is presented in two sections. The first provides a summary of the findings for public officials. The second provides detailed findings for those wanting more specific information on the various options for reducing the costs of false alarms, and details on how a series of approaches was implemented over time in each jurisdiction examined. Details: Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 2012. 30p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 22, 2013 at: http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/412729-Opportunities-for-Police-Cost-Savings-Without-Sacrificing-Service-Quality.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United States URL: http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/412729-Opportunities-for-Police-Cost-Savings-Without-Sacrificing-Service-Quality.pdf Shelf Number: 127697 Keywords: Burglar AlarmsCosts of Criminal JusticeCrime PreventionFalse AlarmsSecurity Systems |
Author: Gill, Martin Title: Maximising Public Benefits from Automated Alarms Summary: The focus of this study is on understanding the implications of "Automation" i.e. the automatic digital transmission of confirmed alarms from ARCs to police control rooms, instead of the existing means of ARCs contacting the police by phone (the "Manual System"). The project for implementing the automated alarm call handling process is known as Electronic Call Handling Operation (ECHO) and this is a specific initiative to respond to the police call for alarm response to be automated by 2020. The overall aim is to ease the pressure on the emergency services and alarm receiving centres (ARCs) by reducing their call handling times and reducing the number of errors that can occur from manual response handling. Ultimately an improved response is intended to benefit the public. Within the ECHO project, pilots with a number of police forces are already underway, and those involved in the process along with other experts and stakeholders were consulted to inform the research. Overall automation and ECHO are viewed positively by those closest to it, but others lacked enthusiasm and raised a number of concerns. Below the key findings are organised in terms of how they may inform the business case for automation/ECHO; challenges to be overcome; considerations for a strategy for automation; and issues raised that are relevant to developing a funding model. It should be noted that these are not intended to be exhaustive (there will of course be other considerations for the work on automation) - what follows is purely those that were identified as being key and were specifically raised during the research. The Business Case The research raised a number of points that may be informative for a business case for progressing the roll out of ECHO: - Police and alarm experts believed that the manual alarm signalling system from ARCs to police forces is slow, cumbersome and generates mistakes. They noted that it can be administratively burdensome with some data being required to be entered twice; with messages being misinterpreted. - Some police respondents noted that ARCs underestimate how busy it can be for police at times - even on priority lines - and sometimes fail to understand the demands placed on policing. - Some police representatives and alarm experts suggested that automated alarm signalling has led to cost savings by, for example, reducing the time it takes to manage a call and in generating a speedier police response. - Early experimentation in automating alarming signalling from ARCs suggests it may be more efficient and accurate (some administrative inaccuracies can be picked up as they occur); and may lead to improved response times - ARC representatives felt that checking URNs, which is currently time consuming, could be much quicker under automation. - Another benefit of ECHO may be in contributing to a raising of standards in the alarms response sector by undermining non compliant companies, but that was noted to be dependent on the police acting on the data it will have available. - ARC representatives when asked about which stakeholders might benefit most by automation felt the benefits to police would be the highest and to end users would be the lowest. Details: Tunbridge Wells, UK: Perpetuity Research and Consultancy International (PRCI), 2018. 58p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 18, 2018 at: https://www.nsi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Maximising-Public-Benefits-of-Automated-Alarms-Report-April-2018.pdf Year: 2018 Country: United Kingdom URL: https://www.nsi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Maximising-Public-Benefits-of-Automated-Alarms-Report-April-2018.pdf Shelf Number: 150269 Keywords: Alarm SystemsBurglar AlarmsCrime PreventionSecurity Systems |
Author: Weisel, Deborah Lamm Title: Burglary of Single-Family Houses Summary: This guide addresses the problem of burglary of single-family houses. It begins by describing the problem and reviewing risk factors. It then identifies a series of questions to help you analyze your local problem. Finally, it reviews responses to the problem, and what is known about them from evaluative research and police practice. Reported U.S. burglaries have dropped dramatically in recent years, declining 32 percent since 1990. This drop is variably attributed to a robust economy, increased use of security devices, and cocaine users' tendency to commit robbery rather than burglary. With an estimated 1.4 million residential burglaries in 1999, the total number of reported burglaries is at its lowest since 1966.2 However, many residential burglaries-perhaps up to 50 percent–go unreported. Despite the large decline in reported burglaries, burglary remains the second most common serious crime in the United States (just behind larceny-theft), accounting for 18 percent of all serious crime. Burglary accounts for about 13 percent of all recorded crime in the United Kingdom. The burglary clearance rate has remained consistently low, with an average of 14 percent in the United States and 23 percent in Britain. Rural agencies typically clear a slightly higher percentage of burglaries. The clearance rate for burglary is lower than that for any other serious offense. Indeed, most burglary investigations-about 65 percent–do not produce any information or evidence about the crime, making burglaries difficult to solve. Burglary causes substantial financial loss-since most property is never recovered-and serious psychological harm to the victims. Details: Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2002. 80p. Source: Internet Resource: Problem-Oriented Guides for Police Series No. 18: Accessed June 4, 2018 at: http://www.popcenter.org/problems/pdfs/Burglary_of_Single-Family_Houses.pdf Year: 2002 Country: United States URL: http://www.popcenter.org/problems/pdfs/Burglary_of_Single-Family_Houses.pdf Shelf Number: 86833 Keywords: Burglar AlarmsBurglary Property Theft Residential Burglary |