@angiekaye : oh please seriously!!!! look at the videos and photos of robbers before you finger point innocent people.

@Decorate365 : If the alarms are not monitored and just noise yes it will scare them away but then they just go to the next unit. When I worked we had an alarm system that was monitored. If there was an audible alarm the first person on the list was called in conjunction with the officers. I met the officers in the parking lot one time as we arrived at the same time. Fortunately ours were always false alarms for some reason.

Sooooooo only 2 of these businesses had alarm systems

Again, get the dogs, potty train them, feed them. Then you have a pal for life and a pretty good alarm stuff. Most crooks probably don't want to get bit in the crown jewels for some mardi gras beads behind display glass.

@luv2eatsushi : Yes

Police Response Times:
A little over two years ago a man drove his car into our mailbox and spun out into our yard. He was acting wildly erratic and appeared disturbed. We called 911 and it took 10 looong minutes for the police to show up. It isn't like in the movies.
FYI - Fortunately, for all, this incident was resolved peacefully.

@JonathanTH : lol c'mon man, he goes back to Gotham in the summer. The weather is better and the Bat Cave is 65 degrees year round.

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@elguapo : Police first need to be informed that a robbery is in progress or has been committed. The news report from KHOU stated that only 2 business had alarms that alerted the police. That's how the police learn of the robberies.
Out of 20 business, that's a small number of businesses.

How many businesses had alarms but had not paid the city of Houston alarm permit fee. If you don't pay the city bribe , I mean city permit fee then the police don't respond to alarm calls.Sec. 11-55. - Police response to alarm notification.
Non-permitted alarm systems. The police chief may refuse to respond to an alarm notification from a burglar alarm system that according to department records does not have a current and valid alarm permit.

@Texasdad : I thought you were leaving Kingwood

@Jarhead76 : Yes Sir, that is correct

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@FluffyCat : You are wrong on the perception that they (LEO) do not answer alarms that do not have a permit... what they do is fine you 500 for not having the permit and their response time is less than normal because of the added incentive to fine you.

@Leentje : you do know these illegals are not all mexican right? They have come from 140 plus different countries .. Im not being racist I am pointing out.. if you break the law to get here ... you will continue to break the laws because you have no respect for laws