Title :
The effect of intruder alarms on business losses, police activity and criminal behaviour in the United Kingdom
Author :
Holt, David ; Young, R.A.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Approval Council for Security Systems, UK
Abstract :
In recent years there has been a significant increase in the number of intruder alarms installed in the United Kingdom. A large proportion of these installations have been made by installing companies regulated by the National Approval Council for Security Systems, (NACOSS), to ensure that the installations conform to the appropriate British Standard and related NACOSS-Codes. Individual installations are certificated, and records of each installation are kept centrally by NACOSS. New installations numbered over 130000 in 1994. A review is made in this paper of the effects of the installation of these alarms, drawing together information provided by the Home Office and the Police from their statistics, and from NACOSS records
Keywords :
alarm systems; certification; commerce; security; signalling; standards; British Standard; NACOSS; United Kingdom; business losses; certification; criminal behaviour; intruder alarms; police activity; Alarm systems; Code standards; Councils; Delay; National security; Performance loss; Protection; Statistics; Tires; Unemployment;
Conference_Titel :
Security Technology, 1995. Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 29th Annual 1995 International Carnahan Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sanderstead
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2627-X
DOI :
10.1109/CCST.1995.524951
