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Reporter: Your home might be your castle, but we know it might not be totally secure.
Reporter: So it always helps when someone is watching over you. Alarm systems can provide
that blanket of security, but what if you can’t afford one? As CBS11 Shari Williams
explains, one North Texas company might be able to help.
Reporter: Robbie Fisher lives in a quiet, gated community in North Dallas County. She’s
never had any problems in her neighborhood and yet, [pause] [beeps] she’s having a
special security alarm system installed in her home and it’s all for free.
Robbie: It means a lot to me. Reporter: Smith Monitoring in Dallas recently
launched a program called Smith Cares. Dan Stolzfus: We feel like we’re like very
fortunate, very blessed through the business that we own and we wanted to figure out a
way that we can use our influence to impact the community.
Reporter: The program provides free alarms to victims of child abuse, domestic violence,
repeated crimes, or in Fisher’s case, families with special medical situations. Robbie’s
sister-in-law, Diane, is a Vietnam veteran. While serving her country, she had the difficult
task of working in body retrieval. Robbie: Which was very traumatic and so it’s
been a difficult time for her. Reporter: After Diane suffered several strokes,
Robbie moved her sister-in-law in with her to care for her. The stroke’s have affected
Diane’s mobility and memory and that’s lead to some close calls after she tried wandering
out of the house. Robbie: Sometimes at night, she’ll get confused
and doesn’t know where she is and she forgets to call me, so then that way I’ll be alerted.
Reporter: The new alarm system will not only help deter burglars but will also silently
alert Robbie if there’s motion in the house or at the medicine cabinet, all to help protect
Diane. [control panel: garage door]
Robbie: It’s gonna be a big relief for me because my sister-in-law is not that old and
I want her to maintain a normal life as much as possible.
Reporter: In Dallas, Shari Williams, CBS11 News.
Reporter: Smith Monitoring says it hopes to spread the free alarm program beyond DFW into
other parts of Texas, Georgia, and even California.