A security system comprising: an imaging device positioned at a secured location; a computer system associated with a security system central monitoring station, said computer system configured to: receive real-time imagery data from said secured location; process the received imagery data; generate additional information associated with the received imagery data; identify an appropriate response agency from amongst a plurality of response agencies based on at least one of the additional information and the imagery data; and transmit the received imagery data and the additional information to a computer system associated with a response agency. view more

A method of securing a location comprising the steps of: generating real-time imagery of a secured location; transmitting the real-time imagery to a security system central station over a network connection; processing the real-time imagery at the security system central station; transmitting the real-time imagery from the security system central station to a response agency over a network connection; and displaying the real-time imagery at the response agency, wherein the response agency is identified from amongst a plurality of response agencies by a computer system at the security system central station. view more