Robbery is a serious offense commonly associated with crimes of
violence by the FBI. According to the agency, there were 447,403
robberies during 2006, a 7.2 percent increase over the previous
year. In terms of dollars and cents, this represents a loss of
$567 million. Electrical contractors (ECs) that install and
service holdup and panic alarms should be extra careful because
of the added liability. If the system fails to work properly
during a real holdup, your customer could hold you responsible,
and the consequences can be serious. Just for clarification,
according to the FBI, robbery is “the taking or attempting to
take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a
person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or
by putting the victim in fear.” Getting immediate help Holdup
and panic alarm systems allow people to summon help when a
burglary attempt takes place. When used in a commercial setting,
this special alarm system is called a holdup system, and when
used in a residentia