Policed Alarms
Police Response intruder alarm systems with URN registration, confirmed alarm signalling and Hold-Up Alarms for businesses, schools and higher-risk residential properties across Bolton, Wigan and Manchester.
Police Response intruder alarm systems provide an enhanced level of protection for businesses, schools, warehouses, industrial facilities and higher-risk residential properties.
Unlike standard monitored alarm systems, Police Response alarm systems are designed, installed and maintained to support police response eligibility through confirmed alarm signalling, approved monitoring arrangements and a Unique Reference Number (URN).
Based in Bolton, i Security designs, installs and maintains Police Response intruder alarm systems throughout Bolton, Wigan, Manchester, Lancashire and the surrounding areas.
Whether you require enhanced security protection, need to support insurer requirements or are upgrading an existing monitored alarm system, our team can advise on the most appropriate Police Response alarm solution for your premises and risk profile.
A Police Response alarm is a monitored intruder alarm system that has been designed, installed and maintained to support the requirements associated with police response eligibility.
These systems are connected to an Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC), historically referred to within the security industry as a Central Station or Monitoring Centre.
When a confirmed alarm activation occurs, the Alarm Receiving Centre can process the alarm and communicate the activation to the relevant police force using the system’s allocated Unique Reference Number (URN).
This provides a recognised route for confirmed alarm activations to be passed from the Alarm Receiving Centre to the police under the current police response framework.
A Unique Reference Number (URN) is issued by the local police force to qualifying alarm systems.
The URN identifies the protected premises and confirms that the alarm system has been installed and maintained in accordance with the requirements applicable to police response eligibility.
Without a valid URN, alarm activations cannot normally be passed to the police as a Police Response alarm activation.
URN alarm systems are commonly used where enhanced security, insurer requirements or protection of valuable assets is required.
Police Response alarm systems are typically designed and configured in accordance with BS 8243, the Code of Practice for intruder and hold-up alarm systems designed to generate confirmed alarm conditions.
The objective of confirmed alarm signalling is to reduce false alarms and improve confidence that alarm activations passed to the police are genuine security incidents.
Confirmation may be achieved through approved alarm confirmation methods, depending on the system design, risk profile and monitoring arrangements.
As an SSAIB Certified security company, i Security can advise whether a Police Response alarm system is appropriate for your premises and operational requirements.
When a confirmed alarm condition occurs, alarm signals are transmitted securely to an Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC).
The ARC processes the alarm activation and, where the activation meets the applicable criteria, communicates the alarm to the police using the allocated Unique Reference Number.
The ARC may also notify nominated keyholders in accordance with the agreed monitoring procedures.
This is one of the most common questions customers ask when considering a Police Response alarm system.
Where a valid confirmed alarm condition is received from a URN-registered Police Response alarm system, the Alarm Receiving Centre can communicate the alarm activation directly to the relevant police force.
Under the police response framework, confirmed intruder alarm activations from eligible URN systems are treated as a Level 1 police response category, providing the highest priority
Based in Bolton, we regularly work throughout:
