Any Florida residents here who are familiar with Stateside Security systems?
Is it strange that the cops were called to Jarvis (recently) when the alarm went off? Was MS simply not answering his phone for the alarm company?
Respectfully snipped by me for space ~
After my parents passed away, my sisters and I decided my brother should have the family home. He has been on disability since he was 16 due to a brain tumor that was removed x 3 (another story) Anyway he has lived there ALL of his life. My dad died last, 2 years ago when my brother was 49. Since he wears a hearing aid and has lost his sense of smell, us girls decided he should have a security system set up for him for safety.
He did in fact set it up and they came out and installed it. A couple of weeks later, my sister came in town for a family get together. I was to come over early the next morning. I didn't want to go out and eat breakfast with them that morning, so I told them to call me when they were closed to being finished and I would just meet them at the house.
I got there first and used my key to open the door and BAM!! OMG that alarm went off. The longer I was there (within 2-3 minutes) the LOUDER and LOUDER it got...I swear I could not even hear myself think! His phone (landline) was ringing ASAP as I was trying to find where that darn alarm was even at. I explained to her/security that this was my brothers house and I used my key to get in. She asked what the passcode was. I didn't have a clue, but made a couple of guesses, which were wrong, of course. She then asked me if I was on the list, which I assumed I was...BUT NO I wasn't. I gave her my other 2 sisters' names...NO. She said she was sorry, but still had to call the police. They were there within the next few minutes.
**I had my dog with me and we went out on the deck to get away from the shrilling noise, but it was still so LOUD that I could hardly hear the lady from the Security systems questions.
BTW there were 4 inches of snow that day and it was freezing cold outside. The cop was very nice, and played with my dog for a few minutes before he left. Thank goodness my sister and bro pulled up right after the cop left. NOW, all 4 siblings are on the "list" and we all know that damn passcode.
He doesn't have Stateside Security, but I would think it would be the typical protocol for all systems.
1. Call the residence/homeowner
2. Call police
** I kept thinking about the Siever's poor dogs in that house with those alarms blaring. Dog's have such a super sense of hearing, it's no wonder to me that when Animal services came over they found the OLDER dog running around outside. Just like humans when dogs get older "we both" lose the ability to hear many frequencies. But the younger one was "hiding" in another room and couldn't be seen :frown: