Simply detecting intrusion is not enough. Help must be summoned without delay. A Covert Security Solutions, Inc. monitored alarm - connected to their 24 hour monitoring service is the answer. Traditional bell-only alarms may alert staff, but outside business hours they offer little protection. The Police will not respond to a ringing bell unless there is evidence of an offence in progress.
Consequently, insurance companies in Metro Vancouver and the rest of BC insist on monitored alarms. Covert's monitoring services provide 24 hour, 365 day monitoring by skilled operators in a remote centre, confirming alarms with sequential, audio or visual verification, and ensures police, keyholders or service engineers can be alerted in seconds. False activations are filtered out, avoiding the risk of losing police support.
For a small annual fee, most alarm systems can monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When your system is activated a message is sent to the Alarm Receiving Centre or "ARC". The ARC will call the premises to verify that you are OK. If it is appropriate, they will call your keyholders and dispatch police/emergency services.