
About us
SecureNet Alarm Systems provides 24/7 monitoring to more than 30,000+ satisfied residential and business clients throughout the Midwest. Our security monitoring packages start at about a $1/day and from there can be customized to include life safety services such as monitored fire, carbon monoxide, and flood alarms. We also offer cellular backup services if you don’t have a phone line (or if your phone line is cut by would-be intruders), it’s no problem. Our GSM communicator uses area cellular towers to communicate with our monitoring stations, keeping you safe. Our customer-centered service philosophy starts with the way we answer our phones. If you call any department at SecureNet, you will be greeted by a friendly, well-trained person—not by a machine. We empower our employees to deliver satisfaction – every person in our company is a customer service representative—and that is exactly how our team is trained to think and react.
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Services we offer
Home security systems/burglar alarms, 24/7 no-phone-line-required system monitoring, monitored life safety equipment (fire/smoke, carbon monoxide, water/flood), business security (hold-up / panic alarms, temperature monitoring, control / access systems), digital video surveillance cameras and DVR equipment and installation, and mobile video surveillance.
Amenities
Emergency Services
Yes
Free Estimates
Yes
Accepted Payment Methods
- American Express
- Financing Available
- Check
- Visa
- Discover
- MasterCard
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Installation - The team of installers did not follow the installation instructions, and installed the motion sensor in the wrong room of the house. Additionally, they did not install wired sensors were they were supposed to (installing wireless systems instead). Finally, the installers disconnected the siren for the system (standard practice during install) but failed to reconnect the siren after they had installed the system.
"Customer Service" - Here are the highlights:
- 1) It took several subsequent visits by SecureNet Alarm technicians to get the system working properly (including reconnecting the alarm siren).
- 2) SecureNet Alarm Systems was unable to enter the right list of call numbers into their system. For some reason, they would try to call my work number (which was not on the call list) before they would call my cell phone or my wife's cell phone (the first two numbers on the call list). This lead to two citations from the City of Wichita for false alarm deployment of police. We tried on multiple occasions to get the numbers corrected (including both writing letters to the company and calling the customer support group). It wasn't until I received a letter freeing me from my SecureNet contract that I received a call list report from SecureNet that showed the right numbers in the right order.
- 3) Failure to Provide Accurate and Factual Information Regarding a True Alarm Situation: On October 8, 2011 the main water line to my house ruptured and required the water to the house to be shut down at the main. My wife was 9 months pregnant at the time and went to stay at my mother-in-law's house until the water line could be repaired. We boarded our German Shepherd with our dog trainer, and only our cat was still in the house on October 9, 2011. On that day (the day before my son was born) the motion sensor in our house tripped multiple times. Since no one should have been in the house, my wife told the SecureNet operator to send police to the house. Police arrived (eventually) and nothing was found to have been taken or damaged. The City of Wichita tried to claim the event as a false alarm response. I contested that designation, and as part of the city investigation the City of Wichita CryWolf program asked if SecureNet had received any window alarm signals on October 9, 2011. SecureNet responded that they had not, and the city denied my initial appeal based on that information. The trouble with the information that SecureNet provided was that my system had no window sensors and thus no window sensor signals could have been sent. During the resulting additional appeals against the false alarm designation (which ended up on the desk of the city manager for Wichita and cost me over $100 out of pocket for signature confirmed mailing of appeals documentation) SecureNet eventually provided corrected information and the fines, fees, and penalties assessed against me for the false alarm designation were waived.
4) Excessive Service Charges: SecureNet Alarms (when I had the service) charged a $30 trip charge and a $30 per half hour labor charge for technicians to service my alarm system. There was no pro-rating, so if a technician took 31 minutes you were charged $60 for labor and the $30 trip charge. To make matters worse, if you did anything to your system (from taking a sensor down to paint or change a battery in a sensor) your entire system warranty was voided. On two occasions SecureNet Alarm technicians billed us for 60 or 90 minutes of labor when they had only worked for 31 or 58 minutes, respectively. On the 58 minute service call, the tech arrived 10 minutes later than the start time he put on his work order.
5) Failure to Provide Monitored Service for 6 Weeks (Before Contract Termination): We had some remodeling / renovation work done and per the contract stipulation we had a SecureNet technician come and move the sensors that had to be moved to allow work to proceed (two glass break sensors and a motion sensor). During that work, the technician broke the antenna for the cellular transmitter on the alarm system. Since we don't have a land line, this was the only means for our alarm system to communicate to the monitoring center. Instead of informing us of the damage, the technician simply ordered the part and left us with an unmonitored system. We didn't know the system wasn't being monitored until we had inadvertently tripped the alarm and never received a phone call from the monitoring center. My wife called SecureNet and asked why we hadn't received a call even though our siren had gone off. While the SecureNet operator was on the line, we intentionally set off our alarm and no signals were received at the call center. We were told a service request would be processed a a technician would be out on Monday (we called on a Saturday). It was the following Thursday before we got tired of waiting for a technician and complained to SecureNet. They informed us that they had no record of our system needing service and sent out a tech the next day (Friday). He noted the missing antenna and told us he would have to wait for parts. By that point we had been without monitored service for two weeks. For the next four weeks, SecureNet called asking if we were ready for the sensors to be reinstalled but never mentioned replacing the antenna (and yes we asked specifically about that since we didn't want to have to pay for two service calls at $60/each minimum). After six weeks of no service, I sent a certified signature receipt letter to SecureNet terminating my service. I then had a Vivint system installed.
SecureNet tried to hold me to my contract even though they had breached the contract on multiple occasions (ranging from failure to monitor the system to improperly installing sensors). After attempting to resolve the matter through correspondence, I sued the company in small claims court. The settled out of court, reimbursing me for my filing fees and releasing me from my contract.
It is not worth having a system from SecureNet Alarms. There were good in the past (I got a SecureNet system based on the recommendation of a co-worker), but their service has become terrible. For those in Wichita, I would recommend a Vivint system. The monthly monitoring costs are higher, but the cost of the system (out of pocket) is much lower and makes up for the different in the monitoring fee. Avoid SecureNet, since you are better off (in my opinion) with no system at all.
"We have reviewed our records and have no indication that the member has ever been a SecureNet Alarm Systems customer, nor has the address on file ever had our security system installed. There are many other companies that have variations of the SecureNet name, and we believe her issues are with that company, not ours. SecureNet Alarm Systems, headquartered in Maize, KS, strives to 100% assure customer satisfaction."
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