Police in Canada’s most populous city have changed how they respond to burglar alarms in an attempt to use officers’ time more efficiently, but the new policy has raised safety concerns among some residents. Wendy Drummond said the measure was introduced to cut down on time wasted on false alarms, which accounted for 97 per cent of burglar alarms officers responded to in 2016, according to a police report. She noted that police will still respond if someone hits a duress or panic alarm. But the new policy raised questions of safety for Christine Arena, who said her Toronto home was broken into in April. “If the alarm goes off and police don’t respond, then the burglar can just go anywhere in the house.

Source: National Post September 13, 2018 20:26 UTC