Georgia and Tennessee Police Chiefs Adopt Enhanced Call Verification
Companies in states such as Colorado and California have already committed to implementing ECV, and more states will follow, said Stan Martin, executive director of SIAC.
ECV is an alarm management protocol developed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, National Sherrifs Association and the National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association. The protocol requires monitoring centers to make two calls to a customer to determine whether an invalid alarm has occurred - in an effort to reduce dispatches to police.