Saw a weird alarm panel setup at a hotel in Omaha

I was staying at a hotel in Omaha last month and noticed their main alarm panel was just sitting on a shelf in the unlocked office. No enclosure, no lock, just the keypad and board out in the open. The wiring was a total mess, with a bunch of unlabeled zone wires hanging loose. I couldn't believe a commercial spot would leave it so exposed. Has anyone else run into a setup that bad at a business?

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white.seth21d ago

Honestly, the scariest part isn't even the mess. It's that any guest or worker could just walk up and disconnect a zone wire by accident. The whole system could be down for days before anyone noticed a door or window wasn't armed. That's a huge liability hole they probably never even thought about. Their insurance would have a fit if they saw that setup.

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aaron_gonzalez21d ago

That liability hole reminds me of a gas station I saw with their whole camera DVR just sitting on the counter.

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