Motion Detector Tamper Switches Offer Inherent Safeguards

There is no use spending good money on a motion detector equipped with a tamper switch if you don’t use it. Of course, many motion detectors manufactured today do not employ tamper switches. Yet the multitude of units installed each year that do offer this added feature need to be connected properly. And this does not mean tied in series with the NC contacts of the protective loop output of the detector.

Properly connected tamper switches should be tied into a 24 hour day night zone while the general burglar alarm system is off. This is done to detect inside covert attempts to disable the motion detectors’ capabilities before the system is armed at night.

 

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The Risks of Shunting

For the past several years, due to the advancement of control panel technology, keypad “Stay” shunting has become a modern-day option for alarm system programmers. Although it enables installers to completely eliminate individual mechanized shunts, which clearly had their own limitations and vulnerabilities, many serious concerns still exist when “Stay” shunting is utilized. Personally, I believe it can create a danger to the customer and a liability for the alarm company in certain circumstances. To minimize the potential liability that keypad “Stay” shunting brings to alarm companies, customers should be informed of the associated dangers of such programming before their alarm system is installed.

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Why Should You Care About Alarm Science?

Alarm Science, at its core, is helping to scientifically and technically ensure that electronic security and life safety systems will operate as intended, and most importantly, when needed in an emergency. Likewise, Alarm Science further helps ensure the appropriate notification of the subscriber and the local authorities of the emergency at hand.  

Each security system can, and will, be subject to its own unique variables and differing fact patterns for the subject premises. Similarly, each forensic case has its own special and unique set of facts, and there may be other considerations surrounding the circumstances relating to the incident or the particular loss at hand, which need to be evaluated. 

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