The benefits to video analytics software is immediate, including fewer missed true alarms, less monitoring staff burnout and a reduction in the hefty false alarm fines many local first responder organizations charge.

Buildings and related assets are very vulnerable to vandalism, theft and other crimes after employees have left for the day. Until recently, the choice for securing a property overnight was between expensive onsite human guards or static surveillance cameras and alarm systems reporting alarms that were up to 95 percent false.

For years, false alarms have overwhelmed central monitoring stations. Now, advanced, cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) software is taming the problem.