Alarm Systems and Theft Prevention

Alarm Systems and Theft Prevention, Second Edition, recounts the sometimes sad, sometimes humorous, and nearly always unfortunate experiences of manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and individuals who have lost valuable merchandise, money, jewelry, or securities to criminal attacks. In most cases the losses occurred because there was a weak link: a vulnerability in the total security defense.
The book presents in practical terms those weaknesses in physical security, alarm systems, or related security procedures that, when blended together, result in vulnerability. In addition to analyzing these cases and identifying the key elements of vulnerability, remedies for curing the weakness are also offered. Other sections of this book deal with the application, strengths, and limitations of security equipment. For the most part, equipment is presented from the practical viewpoint-what a security device or system will do (or not do) and how it should be applied and operated, rather than the detail of mechanical design, electrical circuitry, or laboratory theories.
This book is written in layman's language and is intended to be read by people who supply, use, or need security services and equipment.

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Preface and Acknowledgments

1. Introduction
   Pioneering in Alarm Introduction
   A Continuing Challenge
2. Basic Burglary
   Criminal Specialization
   Legal Advantages of Burglary
   Professional vs. Amateur
   Role of Organized Crime
3. Sophisticated Burglary
   Branch Banks and Modern Store Construction
   Main Banks-The Fortress
   A Case of Main Bank Burglary
   How Did It Happen?
   Missing Deterrents
   The Economics of Protection
   The Geography of Protection
   Lessons for the Security-Responsible Executive
4. Burglary Through Unprotected Points
   What Is Inaccessible?
   Solutions Differ
5. Underwriters' Laboratories
   Origin of UL
   UL Services
   The Case for Progress
   UL Activities in Crime Prevention: Listing
   Local Alarm Service Standards
   UL Central Station Service Standards
   Grades of Service
   Keys or No Keys
   Level of Protection
   Safe and Vault Certification
   Alarm System Certification
   Maximizing Certification
   UL Approval of Alarm Devices and Systems
   UL Burglary Department Field Inspections
   Proposal for Expansion
6. Ultrasonic Intrusion Alarm Systems
   The Cost That Broke the Camel's Back
   New Building, New Problems
   The Economics of Alarm System Choice
   Advantages of Ultrasonic
   Problems of Alternatives
   Then the Trouble Started
   Practice Makes Imperfect
   20-20 Hindsight
   The High Cost of Divorce
7. Microwave Motion Detection
   Special Requirements
   Introduction of Microwave
   Need for Standards and Inspection
   Technical Pluses and Minuses
   Operating Principles
   Specialized Coverages
   Containing Microwave Signals
   Problems of High Mounting
   Mass and Bulk in False Alarms
   Continuing Interference
   Adjustment and Testing
   General Precautions
   Special Precautions for High-Value Risks
   Other Forms and General Costs
8. Passive Infrared Technology
   Description
   Basic Advantages
   Uses of Passive Infrared Devices
   Causes of False Alarms
   Controlling or Reducing Unwanted Alarm Signals
   Other Advantages
   Dual Detection
   Problem Areas
   Summary
9. Environmental Causes of False Alarms
   Steam
   Noise
   Bounce
   Expect the Unexpected
   Plan Ahead
10. Alarm Defeat By Lock Picking
    Insurer-Required Change
    Police-Required Changes
    Alarm Shuntlock and Key Convenience
    Weaknesses of Alarm Shuntlocks
    Protective Delay
    Other Solutions
    Appropriate Non-alarm Measures
11. Problems Of Police-Connected Alarms
    Entry and Alarm
    Responsibility for Electric Protection
    Origin of Police Connects
    Problems Integral to Police Connects
    Alternatives and Supporting Procedures
12. Corner Cutting In Security
    Corner Cutting
    Exposed Alarm Contact Terminals
    Exposed Control Instruments
    Walk-Test Circuits
    Risk of On Test Circuits
13. Attack Against Telephone Alarm Lines
    The Night Every Alarm Came In
    The Moral and the Fine Print
    Failure to Act Can Void Insurance
    Alarm Line Precautions
14. First U.S. Defeat Of Central Station-Connected System
    Unalarmed Access
    Noise a Contributing Factor
    Cutting Torches and Cannon
    Thunder, Planes, and Garbage Pails
    Lack of Physical Barriers and Space Protection
15. Defeat Of Police-Connected Alarm Systems
    Enter a "Cleaning Van"
    The Bell That Didn't Ring
    The Attack Begins
    Vulnerabilities of the Bank
    Learning from Experience
    Epilogue
16. Alarm Line Security
    Alarm System Defined by Components
    Role of Remote Monitoring
    Methods of Evading Alarm Condition
    The Police Connect and Compromise
    Central Station Alarms: Direct Wire and McCulloh
    U.S. Alarm Line Defeats
    Analysis of Successful Compromise Attacks
    Line Security Systems
    UL and Line Security
    Line Security and the Police Connect
    Line Security for McCulloh-Type Central Station Systems
    The Future in Line Security
    Security Procedures Against Compromise
    Wider Use of Compromise Indicated
17. Advances In Hard- Wired Sensing Systems
    Advances in Alarm Control Equipment
    Conventional Sensor Circuits Reviewed
    Multiplex as a Medium for Sensor Circuitry
    Multiplex Circuitry Applied to the Premises Installation
    Identify the Culprit
    Improved Testing
    One Power Supply
    Day Annunciation
    Line Security
    Bypass Circuitry
    System Logistics
    Costs and Availability
    Transmission System Methods and Standards
    Methods of Programming
    Supervising Openings and Closings
    Optional Features
    Multiplex Central Station Supervisory Costs
    Conclusion
18. Business Skills In Criminal Attack
    The Insider
    The Opportunist
    The Strategist
    The Well Informed
    The Inventive
19. Dual Central Station Protection
    Central Stations Effective, Not Infallible
    Two Alarm Companies for One Risk
    Alternatives
    Conclusion
20. Update On Burglary Attack Techniques
    Weaknesses in Alarm Response Procedures
    Burglars' Skills are Improving
    Sometimes It's the Challenge
    What-If Situations
21. Digital Paging And Effective Alarm
    Response
    Scene One
    Scene Two
    Scene Three
    Prologue: The Critic's Corner
    Strengthening Alarm Response
    The Digital Pager
    Advances in Technology
22. The Thermic Lance
    Demolition Tool
    Test Reports Differ
    Protection from Thermic Lances
23. Safe Choice And Considerations
    When Is a Safe Unsafe?
    Fire-Resistive Safes and Their Classifications
    Burglary-Resistive Safes and Their Classifications
    Let the Buyer Beware
    Considerations in Purchasing a Safe
    Cost vs. Risk
    Methods of Physical Attack
    Manipulation and Theft of the Combination
    Limitations of Safes
    Problems of Safe Choice
    Methods for Improving Safe Security
    Conclusion
24. Imported Tough Safes
    Special Features
    Sizes Available
    UL Listings
    Safe Defenses
    Fire Resistance Not Rated by UL
    The Probable Future
25. Capacitance Alarm Safe Protection
    Safe vs. Cash Pickup
    Proximity Alarm Plus
    Unread Specifications
    Grounded Safe
    No Time for Explanations-No Separate Circuit
    Came the Dawn the Next Night
    Cleaners on Premises
    Reduced Sensitivity
    Everybody Up!
    No Further Alarms-of Any Kind
    No Contacts on Safe Doors
    No Recovery
    Proximity Alarms Still the Best-But
    Other Methods for Protecting Safes
    Complete Protection Essential for Safes
    Partial Protection
    Separate Safe Alarm Circuits and Robbery
    Supervised Separate Remote Alarm …