Don’t blame the alarm user or the cops, blame the alarm supplier. Nearly 100% error (false alarms) means the alarm industry business model is broken. Cities all across the country have subsidized the alarm industry for decades, removing all incentives to fix the flaws. Remember, the cops are asked to complete the sloppy monitoring process for the alarm industry, not because of known emergencies. Fines and fees against 32,000 Wichita alarm users will not solve the problem and it will cost a fortune to administer a nightmare program. Wichita and most other cities have already lowered the priority of alarm response to a courtesy call, not a 911 type emergency. Many cities are now passing that responsibility back to the alarm industry by simply charging the caller (monitoring firm) not the alarm user, for every request for site inspections (alarm response). Then it is the responsibility of the monitoring firm, not the city, to distribute the charges if appropriate. When the alarm industry has to pay the cost of their sloppy performance, they have incentive for corrections. Alarm customers will filter out the irresponsible alarm suppliers. This is responsible cost recovery at low cost of recovery.

Don’t blame the alarm user or the cops, blame the alarm supplier. Nearly 100% error (false alarms) means the alarm industry business model is broken. Cities all across the country have subsidized the alarm industry for decades, removing all incentives to fix the flaws. Remember, the cops are asked to complete the sloppy monitoring process for the alarm industry, not because of known emergencies. Fines and fees against 32,000 Wichita alarm users will not solve the problem and it will cost a fortune to administer a nightmare program. Wichita and most other cities have already lowered the priority of alarm response to a courtesy call, not a 911 type emergency. Many cities are now passing that responsibility back to the alarm industry by simply charging the caller (monitoring firm) not the alarm user, for every request for site inspections (alarm response). Then it is the responsibility of the monitoring firm, not the city, to distribute the charges if appropriate. When the alarm industry has to pay the cost of their sloppy performance, they have incentive for corrections. Alarm customers will filter out the irresponsible alarm suppliers. This is responsible cost recovery at low cost of recovery. Popeye

So the first three news stories talk about ways of charging people more money! That's AWESOME!