Interface Systems, a provider of AI-powered security and expert remote video monitoring for restaurants, retailers, and commercial businesses, today published “The Real Cost of Alarm Failure,” a new report from its 2026 Loss Prevention Research Series. The data-driven study models the cumulative operational expense of false alarms across multi-site portfolios, utilising municipal ordinances and fee schedules across 25 U.S. cities, police dispatch policies in 23 cities, federal labor data, and real-world vendor repair costs.
The report provides critical operational data to help loss prevention, risk management, and operations leaders identify where safety budgets are being quietly eroded. The study distinguishes between visible costs, such as municipal fines, and the broader operational disruptions that occur long before any city fine is issued.
