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We save our clients’ money. In fact, over the past two years, Kimberlite Corporation is estimated to have saved its customers over $3.6 million* in potential property losses. Our criminal apprehension rate is unprecedented – 15 percent of the criminals we catch never have a chance to gain entry before they are caught. *FBI estimates $5,000 in loss per break-in.

Sonitrol’s Verified Audio Detection Alarm System

  • Decreases the risks of false alarms 
  • Decreases response times
  • Increases the likelihood of apprehension. 

Complete Coverage

Sonitrol is the only system that offers 100% coverage: floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall. Other systems protect doors and windows, leaving unconventional entry points unprotected. Sonitrol is the only security system to detect all criminal intrusions, no matter where they enter.

For over 30 years, Kimberlite Corporation has kept businesses, schools, and homes safe in California. As the world’s largest independent Sonitrol systems dealer, Kimberlite operates 12 franchises in 20 contiguous counties from Los Angeles through California’s San Joaquin Valley to the San Francisco Bay Area and north to Santa Rosa.

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 Sonitrol’s Verified Audio Detection Alarm System

  • Decreases the risks of false alarms 
  • Decreases response times
  • Increases the likelihood of apprehension. 

Complete Coverage

Sonitrol is the only system that offers 100% coverage: floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall. Other systems protect doors and windows, leaving unconventional entry points unprotected. Sonitrol is the only security system to detect all criminal intrusions, no matter where they enter.

For over 30 years, Kimberlite Corporation has kept businesses, schools, and homes safe in California. As the world’s largest independent Sonitrol systems dealer, Kimberlite operates 12 franchises in 20 contiguous counties from Los Angeles through California’s San Joaquin Valley to the San Francisco Bay Area and north to Santa Rosa.

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Sonitrol Offers The Industry’s Only Verified Audio Detection Alarm System

The heart of our security is our Verified Audio Detection Alarm System.
We combine state-of-the-art audio technology and human intelligence to verify a threatening event. With swift and accurate information, police can respond more quickly. Sonitrol enjoys an average 3 ½ – 4 ½ minute response time throughout California; police typically roll two or more cruisers to a Sonitrol call. So, we catch ’em!

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Kimberlite and Schools

Sonitrol protects over 11,000 schools nationwide, more than any other security company. We’re proud that over 1329 schools have selected Kimberlite’s Sonitrol Franchises to protect their campuses here in California.

World’s Most Effective Central Monitoring Station

Our Central Station helps police apprehend more criminals than any other central station in the world!

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Our integrated business security system includes:

Kimberlite and Schools

Sonitrol protects over 11,000 schools nationwide, more than any other security company. We’re proud that over 1329 schools have selected Kimberlite’s Sonitrol Franchises to protect their campuses here in California.

World’s Most Effective Central Monitoring Station

Our Central Station helps police apprehend more criminals than any other central station in the world!

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History of Sonitrol

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A Heritage of Technical Innovation

The company known today for detecting burglars had its roots in pest control of a different sort in the late 1950s.

Robert Baxter, of Anderson, Indiana, installed microphones within the walls of a building to listen for termites and pinpoint their location. Baxter invented other sound-related devices, too. On June 16, 1960, he incorporated “Sonitrol”, from the words sound and control, to manufacture and market his innovations.

Law Enforcement Legacy

In 1963, Baxter met Al Cronk, a local police officer who owned an alarm company. Cronk was frustrated with systems that seemed to let the perpetrators get away. He hired Baxter, the inventor, to develop new ideas for the alarm company. Baxter responded with the audio sensor, and Sonitrol was born as a security company.

Success Spreads

Today, Sonitrol provides tailored local service in approximately 180 cities throughout the United States and Canada. Sonitrol is the third-largest commercial security company in North America—and the leader in verified electronic security. 157,000 apprehensions and counting…

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