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ADT Informative - Village Ordinances - Requiring Keys To Be Provided To The Fire Department

Requiring Keys To Be Provided To The Fire Department
Review by cabbage on 2009-06-13
There is an ordinance that is common that requires business owners requiring keys to be provided to the fire department. ADT security company provides worthless security services.

I was broken into several times, theft and vandalism occurred, without the security system going off. The security system connects to the police during break insurance The system is in good working conditions, based on the event log provided to me. They accuse other people for their crime.

I had a vet that I worked for and he ordered stuff before I left working for him. (I bought a business and found a lot of duplicates as part of the inventory I bought...duplicate microscopes (4) Visa Mastercard processing machines (3) and an odd box that contained cage card holders (the same thing the other guy I used to work for ordered). Fast forward few years, I got the opportunity to work for him again and he complained he ordered cage card holders and it "disappeared". I also had same inventory "disappearing" events in my business but always thought it was employee theft. I would fire the employee, but the theft continued to occur. (I was starting to believe that I had resident ghosts...because I had high security locks changed all the time. Later, I found out another store owner gave their key to the fire department and I found a hole passage through the ceiling. In fact when the vandalism occurred, I called and left a message to the investigating cop that I heard noises in the ceiling. I was afraid that if I opened the ceiling, I would get hurt. They never investigated and next day, another store had glass window broken...(the person needed to get out and must have been confused where he came from because its dark up there...he had the key to the building).

Anyway, there was a similar break in the other vet I worked for...I know its the same people based on the kind of items stolen...dog food! Dog food was a common thing that got stolen from my place (aside from other things) and this place had the same issue. Who would go out and go to great lengths to steal dog food? (It's the prescription kind). In this scenario, they accused a person they did not like and this person ended up in jail. They claimed that the wires were cut so that the (ADT) motion detector and phone lines were cut. The cut wire was only in one area. When I discussed my situation to the owner and tried to ask him to get it investigated, he told me he did not care and did not want to be involved. I told him that coincidentally I found cage card holders when I bought my business as part of inventory. I asked him the date (which was around that time).

Anyway, for the vandalism event that occurred in my place? I filed a police report and got prosecuted because (the only one who had the keys was the fire department...a village code ordinance that is common all throughout America).
When I tried to file a complaint against the fire department, there is no agency that accepts complaints against the police/fire department.

I went to the victim assistance program, state's attorney, FBI...instead of getting help, they prosecuted me!
Comments:
Posted by PassingBy on 2009-06-13:
What did they prosecute you for?
Posted by madconsumer on 2009-06-13:
i don't get it.
Posted by KenPopcorn on 2009-06-13:
So get a new alarm company. ADP isn't the only fish in the ocean.
Posted by madconsumer on 2009-06-13:
ken you mean adt!
Posted by KenPopcorn on 2009-06-13:
oops... I have been working on an DP project all week...can't get work outta my head. Yes, I meant ADT
Posted by Soaring Consumer on 2009-06-13:
Maybe you should take it to the media?
Posted by BokiBean on 2009-06-13:
Actually, the media is a good idea. There might be an investigative reporter who would be interested in this.
Posted by MissMarple on 2009-06-13:
I'd LOVE to hear the answer to PassingBy's question.

Posted by Starlord on 2009-06-13:
Actually, there are places that take complaints against police and fire departments. It is called the police or fire department. Police have Internal Affairs and I am sure fire departments have something similar. If it is the entire department, contact the city manager or mayor. They most certainly are answerable to the city and the citizens.
Posted by Starlord on 2009-06-13:
Actually, there are places that take complaints against police and fire departments. It is called the police or fire department. Police have Internal Affairs and I am sure fire departments have something similar. If it is the entire department, contact the city manager or mayor. They most certainly are answerable to the city and the citizens.

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