Answer: Yes, and in fact, integration is a hallmark of modern commercial security systems. All the systems we’ve discussed – access control, surveillance cameras, intrusion alarms, fire alarms, and even building automation – can be tied together to work in concert. When your systems communicate with each other, you get better situational awareness and streamlined control, as opposed to disparate systems acting in isolation. For example, consider an integrated scenario: An intruder triggers the door contact on a back door after hours. Immediately, your surveillance cameras covering that door tie right into the alarm system feed and send a video clip to you or the monitoring center​. The system knows “alarm event at Door 3” and can flag the corresponding camera footage. This is often called video verification – confirming if an alarm is real by providing video of the event. If the monitoring center sees an actual person on camera, they can inform police it’s a verified break-in, leading to a faster priority response. In Myrtle Beach, law enforcement appreciates when alarms are verified by video, as it reduces false dispatches and lets them allocate resources more efficiently.