In Georgia, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office has adopted a verified response program in an effort to stem the number of false dispatches to nuisance alarm calls.
Located along the state’s eastern border with South Carolina, the city of Augusta serves as the county seat. According to the Sheriff’s website, from 2018 to 2021, approximately 83,000 alarm activations were reported to the county’s 911 center. The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office responds to about 20,000 burglar alarms annually, 98.9% of which are false. Of the reported incidents, an intruder was almost never found at the residence, according to the Sheriff’s website.