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# Why You Should Use Verified Audio Intrusion Detection

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 by [Joe Wilson](https://www.sonitrolwesterncanada.com/blog/author/joe-wilson)

April 22, 2016

 

![AdobeStock_84935561.png](https://www.sonitrolwesterncanada.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AdobeStock_84935561.png?width=366&name=AdobeStock_84935561.png "AdobeStock_84935561.png")Are you using conventional security alarms for your business? You may be putting your business and your livelihood at risk. Using non-verified security alarms makes you rely on easily compromised technology - such as motion sensors and door contacts. These older, less effective systems have a remarkable* 98-percent false alarm rate.*

 A proven solution to increase the effectiveness of your security system is to add Verified Audio detection.

**Why is Audio Detection superior to the motion sensors of conventional alarm systems?**

Motion sensors simply detect when there is motion. It is impossible to properly verify - it could be anything from a mouse or other animal, to a plant or fluctuation in heat. Or, it could be a thief. Unfortunately, nothing can be done but to simply guess, and many police departments no longer respond to unverified alarm systems. 

Verified Audio on the other hand is monitored. Staff can hear exactly what’s going on in the facility and relay this intelligent information directly back to the police so that they can respond promptly with proper resources.

Verified Audio also covers a much larger area than conventional alarm systems with motion detection. Sonitrol Verified Audio can cover 5,000 square feet, often detecting the sounds of an intrusion or break in before criminals gain access to your valuable inventory.

Being able to detect the intrusion *before it happens* is a major benefit of [Sonitrol Verified Audio Detection](https://www.sonitrolwesterncanada.com/sonitrol-verified-alarms-vs-conventional-alarms). Conventional alarms rely on the movement of someone opening a door or crawling through a window, but Sonitrol Audio Verification works based on sound. This means that while a potential criminal is still fussing with the lock, prying a door open, breaking a window,or  coming through the roof or wall, an audio sensor will create threatening audio and have our monitoring staff start listening live, meaning the Police response time could start *before* the break-in instead of after.

In addition to notifying the Police before a entry occurs, Sonitrol Verified Audio sensors continue to help the Police after a break-in as well. Monitoring staff can hear what’s going on in the facility and relay this intelligent information directly back to the police so that they can respond promptly with proper resources.

 

**So to recap, what are the benefits of  Sonitrol Verified Audio?**

- Covers a very large area- 5,000 square feet
- Can listen through and around pallets and other obstructions
- Can detect break-ins *before* they occur
- Can assist police before, during, & after the break-in
- Is *Verified - *not just detected
- Can be integrated into a total security solution including video monitoring, access control, and more.

 

**Sonitrol Western Canada is UNIQUE - we use Verified Audio & Video**

Unlike conventional alarms, Sonitrol's unique Verified Audio and video security solutions enable our operators to hear and see what is happening in your business before the criminals gain entry - we verify the actual source of the alarm, and we get the police to attend the scene immediately and relay real-time information to the responding officers. If it's a false alarm, we simply reset the system without bothering you or the police.

Because of this ability to verify alarms, Sonitrol has the highest apprehension rate and the lowest false alarm rate in the industry.

Most importantly, criminals know who Sonitrol is, as we have assisted Police with the apprehension of over 170,000 criminals since 1977.  Criminals know to stay away from Sonitrol protected sites as it is way easier and far less risky to break into a conventionally protected facility than a Sonitrol facility.  

Sonitrol’s Verified Audio intrusion detection system goes beyond the status-quo in the security industry and it’s one of the most powerful security tools you can add to protecting your business.

We can provide 100% wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling coverage with a satisfaction and performance guarantee.

 

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*About Sonitrol Western Canada*

*We're so confident in our technology and responsive service, that no one else in the industry can match our guarantee.  Our unique verified audio and CCTV video business security solutions enable our operators to hear and see what is happening in your business before the criminals gain entry!!  We verify the actual source of the alarm, and we get the police to attend the scene immediately.  [FOR A FREE SECURITY AUDIT, click here](http://t.sidekickopen44.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs8p_7GWW643TNC2B84cnW3LqXLC56dWcgf6Dv4YH02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sonitrolwesterncanada.com%2Ffree-commercial-security-audit&si=5783952812146688&pi=02b0b5f0-b2b1-40d4-e51e-1aced8cd855f), or call [1-866-766-4876](tel:1-866-766-4876) - We are a security company with over 150 offices across North America serving clients across Western Canada in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon.  *

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*Sonitrol Western Canada, with its Verified Electronic Security Systems, is committed to providing customers with the most comprehensive security protection.  Cooperation in the elimination of false alarms is not only beneficial to the system’s user but results in better protection of the entire community by allowing law enforcement to use their resources as efficiently as possible.*

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 April 22, 2016

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