AMCO monitored alarms are different: real security with immediate live response
When your alarm goes off, a real person listens, speaks to the intruder and calls the police - instead of waiting for a call-back that may never be answered.
Why live audio response beats call-back monitoring
Three very different things can happen in the moments after an alarm activates. Timings below are typical and illustrative, not guarantees.
Slow, multi-step
Standard call-back monitoring
- 1The alarm signals the monitoring station.
- 2The station phones the property.
- 3If nobody answers, a keyholder is phoned.
- 4Police are only called after these process and confirmation steps.
Typically a sequence of several minutes - with no realistic chance of deterring an intruder who is already inside.
Waits for confirmation
Basic paid police-response system
- 1The alarm signals the monitoring station.
- 2Police are called only after a second, confirming signal.
- 3If the second signal never comes, nothing further happens.
Faster than call-back in some cases, but still reliant on a second trigger and with nobody able to challenge the intruder.
Live and immediate
AMCO LiveTalk two-way audio
- 1Trained staff listen in to your property straight away.
- 2They challenge the intruder over the speaker.
- 3They call the police straight away, without waiting for a call-back.
Illustratively, a fraction of the time of the other approaches - typically within around 60 seconds, rather than many minutes.
Three types of monitoring, side by side
Basic call-back
- Response
- Phone the property, then keyholder
- Police called
- After process and confirmation steps
- Intruder challenged
- No
- Speed
- Slow
Paid police response
- Response
- Automated signal to the station
- Police called
- After a second confirming signal
- Intruder challenged
- No
- Speed
- Moderate
AMCO two-way audio
- Response
- Staff listen and speak live
- Police called
- Straight away
- Intruder challenged
- Yes, over the speaker
- Speed
- Fast
Detailed statistics and pricing are available on request via contact us or compare our prices.
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