EXHIBIT 10g
                               
                               
                               
                    DETECTION SYSTEMS, INC.
                     EXECUTIVE BONUS PLANS
                  As approved by the Board of
           Directors in corporate resolutions dated
             6/4/96, 8/21/96, 11/7/96 and 1/22/97
                               
PART 1: EXECUTIVE CASH BONUS PLAN

     In accordance with the definitions, conditions, and
limitations set forth below, the Company shall pay a Cash Bonus
to each Eligible Executive as follows:

1.1  Specific Designation, Percentage, and EPS Goal Limitation.
Each fiscal Year, the Board may designate:  (a) Executives who
will be Eligible Executives for this Executive Cash Bonus Plan
for that Year, (b) for each such Eligible Executive, the
Executive's Cash Bonus Percentage for that Year, and (c) the
EPS Goal for the Year.

1.2. Group Designation and Percentage.

     1.2.1     Group Cash Bonus Percentage.  Each fiscal Year,
     the Board may designate a Cash Bonus Percentage that will
     be made available to a group of Company Executives for
     that Year (excluding those specified pursuant to paragraph
     1.1 above).

     1.2.2. Executive Eligibility for the Group, and Individual
     Percentages. Each fiscal Year, the President shall
     determine which Executives will be Eligible Executives for
     purposes of the group Cash Bonus Percentage, and the
     President shall determine the Cash Bonus Percentage for
     each individual member of that group.
     
1.3. Amount of Cash Bonus.  Subject to the provisions of
paragraph 1.4 below, the Cash Bonus for an Eligible Executive
shall be equal to the Post-Bogey Profits for the Year
multiplied by the Eligible Executive's Cash Bonus Percentage.
     
1.4. Conditions and Limitations on Cash Bonuses.  Each Cash
Bonus is subject to the following:

     1.4.1     EPS Goal Limitations and Carryovers.  The EPS
     Goal limitations and carryovers provisions set forth in
     Part 3 below apply to Cash Bonuses under this Plan.

     1.4.2     Part Year Employment.  If an Eligible Executive
     is employed by the Company for only part of the Year or
     the Executive's employment is terminated before Year end,
     that Executive's Cash Bonus for that Year will be pro
     rated based on the portion of the Year the Executive was
     employed by the Company.
     
1.5. Payment After Year End.  [Except for any Eligible
Executives who elect to defer receipt pursuant to the Company's
Deferred Compensation Plan,] Cash Bonuses shall be paid as soon
as practicable after the end of the Year in which they are
earned, but not until after the Company's annual audited
financial statements have been prepared.
     
PART 2:   EXECUTIVE STOCK BONUS PLAN

     In accordance with the definitions, conditions, and
limitations set forth below, the Company shall pay a Stock
Bonus to each Eligible Executive in accordance with the
following:

2.1  Specific Designation, Percentage, and Limitations.  Each
fiscal Year, the Board may designate:  (a) Executives who will
be Eligible Executives for this Executive Stock Bonus Plan for
that Year, (b) for each such Eligible Executive, the maximum
number of Bonus Shares the Executive can receive for that Year,
(c) the EPS Goal for that Year, and (d) the Percentage of
Profit Limitation that will apply for the Year.

2.2. Group Designation and Percentage.

     2.2.1     Group Bonus Shares Amount.  Each fiscal Year,
     the Board may also designate a number of Bonus Shares that
     will be made available to a group of Company Executives
     for that Year (excluding those specified pursuant to
     paragraph 2.1 above).

     2.2.2. Group Executive Eligibility and Individual Bonus
     Shares Amount. Each fiscal Year, the President shall
     determine which Executives will be Eligible Executives for
     purposes of the group Bonus Shares amount, as well as the
     maximum number of Bonus Shares that may be earned that
     Year by each individual member of that group.
     
2.3. Number of Bonus Shares.  Subject to the provisions of
paragraph 2.4 below, the number of Bonus Shares earned by each
Eligible Executive shall be determined by multiplying (a) the
maximum number of Bonus Shares designated for that Eligible
Executive, as provided in paragraph 2.1 or 2.2 above, by (b)
the Sales Growth Factor, and by (c) the Pre-tax Profit Factor,
which Factors shall be calculated as follows:

     2.3.1     Sales Growth Factor.  The Sales Growth Factor
     shall be:
          (a) 100% if Sales Growth for the Year is 10% or
          more,
          (b) 0% if Sales Growth for the Year is 0% or less,
          and
          (c) between 100% and 0% if Sales Growth for the Year
          is between 10% and 0%.  The percentage in between
          shall be determined by a linear scaling so that, if
          Sales Growth is 4%, the Sales Growth Factor will be
          40%, and if Sales Growth is 7.5%, the Sales Growth
          Factor will be 75%.

     2.3.2     Pre-Tax Profit Factor.  The Pre-tax Profit
     Factor shall be:
          (a) 100% if Pre-tax Profits for the Year are 10% or
          more of Sales,
          (b) 0% if Pre-tax Profits for the Year are 5% or
          less of Sales, and
          (c) between 100% and 0% if Pre-tax Profits for the
          Year are between 10% and 5%.  The percentage in
          between shall be determined by a linear scaling so
          that, if Pre-tax Profits are 6% of Sales, the Pre-
          tax Profit Factor will be 20%, and if Pre-tax
          Profits are 8.5%, the Pre-tax Profit Factor will be
          70%.  (6% is 20% of the way between 5% and 10%; and
          8.5% is 70% of the way between 5% and 10%.)

2.4. Conditions and Limitations on Stock Bonuses.  Each Stock
Bonus is subject to the following:
     
     2.4.1     EPS Goal Limitations and Carryovers.  The EPS
     Goal limitations and carryovers provisions set forth in
     Part 3 below apply to Stock Bonuses under this Plan.

     2.4.2     Percentage of Profit Limitation.  The Percentage
     of Profit limitations and carryovers provisions set forth
     in Part 3 below apply to Stock Bonuses  granted under this
     Plan.

     2.4.3     Part Year Employment.  If an Eligible Executive
     is employed by the Company for only part of the Year or
     the Executive's employment is terminated before Year end,
     that Executive's Cash Bonus for that Year will be pro
     rated based on the portion of the Year the Executive was
     employed by the Company.

     2.4.4     Rounding.  All share calculations shall be
     rounded to the nearest whole share.

     2.4.5     Other Agreements.  Prior to receipt of a Stock
     Bonus, each Eligible Executive shall execute and deliver a
     stock bonus securities agreement and other agreements, as
     the Company shall reasonably require in order to assure
     compliance with applicable legal, stock listing, or other
     regulatory requirements.
     
2.5. Payment After Year End.  [Except for any Eligible
Executives who elect to defer receipt pursuant to the Company's
Deferred Compensation Plan,] Stock Bonuses shall be paid as
soon as practicable after the end of the Year in which they are
earned, but not until after the Company's annual audited
financial statements have been prepared.
     
PART 3:   EPS GOAL AND PERCENTAGE OF PROFIT LIMITATIONS AND
CARRYOVERS

[Note:  the words "Bonuses determined under paragraphs 1.3 and
2.3" are used in this Part in several places to describe
Bonuses which satisfied the criteria of Part 1 or 2 but were
not earned because of the Earned Surplus and/or Percentage of
Profit Limitations, but it probably will be better to define a
Bonus as "Conditionally Earned" (or the like) for those
Bonuses.]

3.1  Earnings Surplus.  "Earnings Surplus" shall mean the
amount, if any, by which the Company's EPS in a given Year
exceed the EPS Goal for that Year, multiplied by the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock used to calculate the EPS.

3.2  Initial Year.  Except as additionally limited in paragraph
3.7 below, Cash Bonuses and Stock Bonuses shall be earned in
the Year in which the amounts of the Bonuses are determined
under paragraphs 1.3 and 2.3 only for the amount of the Bonuses
equal in the aggregate to the amount which, net of tax effect,
would eliminate the Earnings Surplus for that Year, if any, and
the categories and individual amounts of Bonuses thus earned
shall be determined as provided in paragraph 3.4 below.

3.3  Earning of Carryforward Bonuses.  Any amount of Bonuses
determined under paragraphs 1.3 and 2.3 which are not earned in
the initial Year as provided in paragraphs 3.2 and 3.7 shall
constitute "Carryforward Bonuses," which shall be earned, or
partly earned, in any of the next five Years in which there is
an Earnings Surplus, subject to the following:
     (a)  Any Bonuses earned in a given Year in accordance with
     paragraph 3.2 shall become earned before any Carryforward
     Bonuses become earned that Year.
     (b)  For any Year in which there is an Earnings Surplus
     but that Surplus is not sufficient for the earning of all
     Carryforward Bonuses, that amount of the Carryforward
     Bonuses equal in the aggregate to the amount which, net of
     tax effect, would eliminate the Earnings Surplus shall be
     earned for that Year.
     (c)  All Carryforward Bonuses from a given Year shall be
     earned before Carryforward Bonuses from a subsequent Year
     may be earned.
     (d)  Any remaining amount of any Carryforward Bonuses,
     and/or any Bonuses determined under paragraphs 1.3 and 2.3
     for that Year and not yet earned, shall be carried forward
     to any future Year in which there is an Earnings Surplus.

3.4  Priorities Among Bonus Types and Pro Ration.  The Bonuses
shall be earned in accordance with the following priorities and
prorationing:
     (a)  All other employee benefits, including any general
     employee bonuses, shall have been paid or set aside for
     payment before any Bonuses may be determined under
     paragraphs 1.3 and 2.3 and before any Earnings Surplus may
     be calculated.
     (b)  Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3.7, Stock
     Bonuses for any given Year for Eligible Executives
     designated in accordance with paragraph 2.2 shall be
     earned prior to the earning of any other Bonuses for that
     Year.
     (c)  Cash Bonuses for any given Year shall be earned prior
     to the earning of Stock Bonuses for any given Year for
     Eligible Executives designated under paragraph 2.1 for
     that Year.
     (d)  If only a portion of any one category of Bonuses set
     forth in (b) or (c) above is earned in any Year, the
     individual Bonuses within that category shall be earned on
     a pro rata basis.

3.5  Five Year Carryforward Limit.  No Carryforward Bonus or
portion thereof may be earned in any Year more than five Years
after the Year in which the Bonus was determined under
paragraphs 1.3 or 2.3.

3.6  Termination of Employment.  A person who was designated as
an Eligible Executive or who pursuant to an employment
agreement is treated as an Eligible Executive, for a Bonus in a
Year when the Bonus becomes a Carryforward Bonus shall earn and
be paid that Carryforward Bonus when it becomes earned pursuant
to the provisions of this Part 3, regardless whether the person
continues as an officer, Eligible Executive, or employee of the
Company after the person was designated as an Eligible
Executive; provided that this paragraph 3.6 shall not affect
the provisions of paragraphs 1.4.2 and 2.4.3.

3.7  Percentage of Profit Limitation on Stock Bonuses.
Notwithstanding any of the preceding provisions of this Part 3,
if the aggregate market value of all Stock Bonuses that become
earned in any given Year in accordance with those preceding
provisions exceeds the Dollar amount of the Percentage of
Profit Limitation for that Year, then the aggregate amount of
those Stock Bonuses that become earned in that Year shall be
reduced to the Dollar Amount of the Percentage of Profit
Limitation, disregarding the effects of share rounding.  In any
such case, the remainder of those Stock Bonuses shall become or
remain Carryforward Bonuses and the Cash Bonuses earned that
Year may be increased accordingly, all in accordance with the
provisions of this Part 3.

PART 4:   DEFINITIONS

 [Note:  Final numbers will be inserted for these definitions
when the definitions seem complete - to avoid renumbering until
then)

     Unless the context otherwise required the following
definitions shall apply in these Executive Bonus Plans:

4. "Board" means the Company's Board of Directors.

4. "Bonus Share" means the shares of the Company's Common Stock
that each Eligible Executive may receive as a Stock Bonus under
the Executive Stock Bonus Plan set forth in Part 2 above.

4. "Bonus" means a Cash Bonus or a Stock Bonus, or both, as the
context may require.

4. "Carryforward Bonus" is defined in paragraph 3.3 above.

4. "Cash Bonus" means a bonus payable to a Company Executive,
in accordance with the terms of the Executive Cash Bonus Plan
set forth in Part 1 above.

4. "Cash Bonus Percentage" means the percentage that will be
applied to the Post-Bogey Profits to determine a Cash Bonus for
an Eligible Executive or a group of Eligible Executives.

4. "Company" means Detection Systems, Inc. and its subsidiaries
that are consolidated with it on its published financial
statements.

4. "Earnings Surplus" is defined in paragraph 3.1 above.

4. "Eligible Executive" means an Executive who has been
designated by the Board or the President as eligible to receive
a Bonus under the Executive Cash Bonus Plan or the Executive
Stock Bonus Plan, or both, as in effect for a Year.

4. "EPS" means earnings per issued and outstanding share of
Common Stock of Detection Systems, Inc. for the Year involved,
calculated in accordance with GAAP.

4. "EPS Goal" means an EPS goal for a given Year, as
established by the Board.  The EPS Goal shall be adjusted for
stock splits, stock dividends, and any other comparable
transactions.

4. "Executive" shall mean an officer or key employee of the
Company, including an officer or key employee of any of its
consolidated subsidiaries.

4. "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles as
applied and approved for the period involved by the Company's
independent accountants.

4. "Percentage of Profit Limitation" means a specific
percentage of Pre-tax Profits for the Year, designated by the
Board as provided in paragraph 2.1.4 above, which shall serve
as a limit on the aggregate market value of all Stock Bonuses
granted under the Executive Stock Bonus Plan for that Year.
The percentage of Pre-tax Profits may be a fixed percentage or
may be a formula that yields a specific percentage when the Pre-
tax Profits are known.

4. "Post-Bogey Profits" means the Pre-tax Profits of the
Company, less the Pre-tax Profit Bogey.

4. "Pre-tax Profit Factor" means the Pre-tax Profit Factor
calculated under paragraph 2.3.2 above.

4. "Pre-tax Profit Bogey" means a dollar threshold amount for
Pre-tax Profits which is established by the Board each Year.
(see "Post-Bogey Profits.")

4. "Pre-tax Profits" means the total profits of the Company for
the Year after all deductions except for taxes based on income
and except for Bonuses, as reported in accordance with GAAP.

4. "President" means the President of Detection Systems, Inc.

4. "Sales" means the Actual Sales for the Year, except that, if
equivalent Sales Growth is appropriately calculated for the
Year (as provided in the definition of Sales Growth), "Sales"
means the lesser of Actual Sales or Equivalent Sales for the
Year.  The "Actual Sales" for the Year shall be the actual
gross sales of the Company for the Year, less discounts,
returns, and allowances, all calculated in accordance with
GAAP.  The "Equivalent Sales" for the Year shall be calculated,
if applicable, as the sales level for the Year that would
result from using the Equivalent Sales Growth for the Year
(calculated as provided in the definition for Sales Growth).

4. "Sales Growth" shall mean the "Actual Sales Growth," which
is the fraction obtained by dividing the Sales for a given Year
by the Sales for the previous Year and then subtracting 1, the
result then being stated as a percentage; except that, after a
Year in which Actual Sales Growth exceeded 20%, Sales Growth in
any subsequent Year shall be the greater of the Actual Sales
Growth for that subsequent Year or Equivalent Sales Growth.
For these purposes, "Equivalent Sales Growth" shall mean an
assumed 20% annual compounded Sales Growth after the Year that
preceded the Year in which Actual Sales Growth exceeded 20%;
provided that the resulting assumed Sales for the Year shall
not be more than the Actual Sales for the Year (calculated as
provided in the definition of Sales).

4. "Sales Growth Factor" means the Sales Growth Factor
calculated under paragraph 2.3.1 above.

4. "Stock Bonus" means a bonus payable to a Company Executive
in accordance with the terms of the Executive Stock Bonus Plan
set forth in Part 2 above.

4. "Year" shall mean one of the Company's fiscal years.