More False Alarm Statistics

Keypad

• 49% of the time the wrong code was entered and 9% of the time no code was entered

• 26% of the time users ran out of delay times (entry delay 17%, exit delay 9%)

• 16% of the time users erroneously believed the system was in "Ready" mode.

• 26% of the time users accidentally armed their system in the "Away" mode instead of the "Stay" mode and then remained on site.

Other Problems

• 59% of the time something was wrong at one of the doors.

• 20% happened because a motion detector detected something that was incorrectly identified as a burgalar.

• 16% happened because a person was frightened and pressed the panic button without sufficient rationale.