All of our security systems have Crash & Smash Protection. A crash and smash burglary are when an intruder tries to destroy the security panel to prevent it from sending any signals to the monitoring station. Usually, this happens with them breaking into the front door and destroying the panel as fast as possible. This tries to take advantage of the average 45-second delay that security systems give to the users to disarm the system when they come home or open up their business for the day. Typically once the delay time is over and if the system has not been disarmed then the siren will sound and emergency responders will be notified. Forty-five seconds is not a long time but an experienced burglar could manage to locate the alarm panel and destroy it in under 30 seconds. With Crash and Smash Protection, your system will work even if the panel is destroyed. This works because when your system starts its countdown it sends a signal and if your panel goes offline before sending a 'disarm' or 'emergency' signal then a suspected Crash and Smash signal is received by our Monitoring Stations.