April 22, 2011
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NOTICE TO NEW JERSEY ALARM COMPANIES
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Kirschenbaum & Kirschenbaum PC has expanded its alarm collection, alarm defense and alarm transactional practice and is now accepting matters in New Jersey.
For collection cases we are only accepting cases if you are using the Standard Alarm contracts we offer to the alarm industry. For collection matters please contact Denise Pop at 516 747 6700 ext 319.
For Standard Alarm Contracts contact Eileen at 516 747 6700 ext 312
For defense cases, ask your insurance company to engage Kirschenbaum & Kirschenbaum and have them call Jennifer Kirschenbaum at 516 747 6700 ext 302
Ken Kirschenbaum can be reached at ext 301
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Ken,
I’m not aware of industry statistics that tell us how many security systems are installed before or after a burglary has taken place, but one fact is certain: residential security systems are an effective way to decrease crime.
A comprehensive study of five years of statistics by researchers at the Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice (SCJ) in Newark found that residential security systems decrease crime. This study, funded by AIREF, the Alarm Industry Research & Educational Foundation, a tax-exempt foundation representing the electronic security industry under the auspices of the Electronic Security Association (ESA), is the first of its kind to focus on alarm systems while scientifically ruling out other factors that could have impacted the crime rate.
In a nutshell, the study found that an installed burglar alarm makes a dwelling less attractive to the would-be and active intruders and protects the home without displacing burglaries to nearby homes. The study also concluded that the deterrent effect of alarms is felt in the community at large. “Neighborhoods in which burglar alarms were densely installed have fewer incidents of residential burglaries than the neighborhoods with fewer burglar alarms,” the study noted.
Read the entire study at www.airef.org/research/research.htm
Studies like this and others are funded through the generous donations from sponsors and players of the annual AIREF Golf Classic each year in Las Vegas. Join us next year!
Merlin Guilbeau
ESA Executive Director