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I assume "Alarm - Intrusion" is just a burglary alarm activation. Why is that considered "serious"?

• baudday 11y ago
  I get the descriptions from the police department's data and attempt to make general classifications based on those descriptions. An alarm, while not always serious, can be serious. Without knowing more about the incidents I have no way to determine if an alarm is false or not so I just display them all as serious. It may be worth creating a separate classification for alarms
  • JshWright 11y ago
    The _vast_ majority of automatic alarm activations are false alarms (whether it's police or fire). I don't know anyone in emergency services who would consider an automatic alarm activation a "serious" incident. They're more of an annoyance...
• mintplant 11y ago
  The skull-and-crossbones icon is also maybe not the best choice for these. At first glance I thought that meant there had been a fatality. A plain red marker for "serious" incidents would be better.
  • baudday 11y ago
    I think I'll rework the classifications a bit tomorrow
    • mintplant 11y ago
      I should say, this is a really cool project! I wish there were something similar for my area.
      • baudday 11y ago
        Thanks, I appreciate it!