Do police respond to ADT alarms?

Do police respond to ADT alarms, yes, police do respond to ADT alarms when ADT monitoring center dispatches them after alarm verification process. When your ADT alarm triggers, signal goes to ADT monitoring center, agent attempts to contact you and verify emergency via call and passcode, if you do not answer, provide wrong code, or confirm emergency, agent dispatches local police to your address with alarm type burglary or panic. However, police response depends on local jurisdiction policies regarding alarm response and verification requirements, many cities require two call verification or video verification due to high false alarm rates, and some cities charge false alarm fines $50 to $200 if multiple false alarms. ADT attempts to reduce false dispatches by calling you first. In some areas police may have slower response to alarm only without additional evidence of crime, averaging 15 to 30 minutes, while verified video alarm gets faster response. For fire and medical, fire department and EMS respond immediately without verification. ADT also offers video verification that can provide police with confirmation of intruder, leading to priority response. So yes police respond, but actual response time varies by city workload and false alarm ordinances.