[kraigwy]

I have no ideal what alarms company's are in your area. I do have a basic ideal of what works.

I spent 20 years as a cop, responding to all kinds of alarms. What I observed that worked best is the loud suckers that wake up everyone for miles around. They normally scare the bandits off before they make entry. Silent alarms are OK for notifying the cops or alarm company which still have to respond, thats minutes away. You can loose a lot of stuff in 5 minutes, even three minutes.

Here is a little test. Time your self, enter your house and see how much stuff you can make off with in 3 minutes.

The noisy alarms mentioned above scare the heck out of bandits, they don't know who they woke up, who's gonna respond or when. Bandits think they are safe from Cops for 3 minutes, but not from neighbors or tenants.

Regardless of which alarm company you choose, make sure you're alarm is loud enough to wake up the dead.