![]() I’m telling you because I entrusted my own family’s well-being to Deep Sentinel. It’s not to prove that, hey, this system really works. So, why am I telling you about the attempted break-in at my house? It’s not to garner sympathy. This is the system I would want for my family. Human verification and live intervention would prevent crime, eliminate false alarms, and ultimately do what no other system could do-actually deliver safety and security. I have been a student of AI for 20+ years, and I realized that a fully monitored surveillance system could use artificial intelligence to make human monitoring much more affordable and even more effective. It’s from these police officers that I got the idea for Deep Sentinel. Enlist professionals who can prevent the crime and know how to work effectively with police dispatch.Make calls at the time of the crime (not 24 hours after a package is stolen, for example).Verify calls to ensure there’s a real crime.So I asked these officers, “What would work?” They had many suggestions and ideas, but three themes were consistent: Many police departments have a special category for these calls that does not require their response. With the vast majority of the calls being false alarms, there’s an obvious disdain for alarm calls. They’re the “Wolf!” cry of the security industry. Perhaps most concerning, I heard just how annoying alarm systems are for many officers and departments. These officers showed me piles and piles of unhelpful security footage that couldn’t be used to investigate crimes, let alone actually stop them. I interviewed our chief of police and other officers around the country to try to understand what security measures actually work and why this issue is so rampant. And the cameras captured wonderful high-resolution images of hooded men entering, with which the police could do nothing. The alarm was disabled because they were at home. Alarm systems churn out 90+% false alarms, and basic security cameras do nothing more than record evidence. ![]() ![]() Doing a little research told me that the home security industry was woefully out of date. Did they have a security system? (Yes, they did.) But we live in a quiet neighborhood! They live right down the street. And nothing stopped them.įirst, I went through the usual thoughts someone has in the face of a fright like this. Armed intruders entered while people were home and tied my neighbors up. The Home Invasionīack in 2016, a neighbor posted an alarming update on Nextdoor: “We just had a home invasion.” Not a burglary, where someone sneaks into an empty house. The story could have been much different if I didn’t have Deep Sentinel and serves as a stark reminder of why Deep Sentinel is so meaningful to me and our whole team.Ī similar incident near my home was the catalyst that set Deep Sentinel in motion almost 8 years ago. My family is shaken, but everyone is A-OK. The automatic AI (our trademarked “AI Deterrent”) startled the intruder, giving a guard time to intervene, set off the siren, and call the police. They informed me that a stranger came up my driveway with a crossbow (yes, a crossbow!), intending to enter my home.įortunately, my Deep Sentinel system had already kicked in. I contacted the guards on my driveway camera and asked what was going on. I didn’t see anyone, but just then my Apple Watch turned off sleep mode. Still not entirely sure if she was hearing things, I opened the door and went outside. ![]() Groggily, I reached around for my glasses and followed my daughter to our garage door where she said she heard the Deep Sentinel guards yelling and a siren. My daughter had been awake working on a school project downstairs by the garage (as you’ll later see, less than 15 feet away from this intruder). It was a little after 1 AM and I was definitely asleep. “WAKE UP! Mom, Dad, the siren’s going off. The story below about me, my home, and my family is probably the best proof point I could offer. Why do we do what we do? What is so important about security? How is it different? Is it really that different? ![]() People ask me all the time about the inspiration for Deep Sentinel. See the original post on Selly’s Medium page. Hear from our very own founder and CEO David “Selly” Selinger about a recent attack on his home and how Deep Sentinel saved the day. Sometimes, the importance of strong security strikes close to home. ![]()
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