Considering most modern alarm systems have become insufficient, as burglars become more and more crafty in the way they go about breaking into people’s homes, a local man named Evan Spanos has come up with an innovative new app that will help ease people’s minds.

This new system called Community Watch has a number of key differences from even the most modern alarms which is why the new app found its way onto 7 News, Sunrise and A Current Affair.

As Mr Spanos told Neos Kosmos, one key difference is the so-called ‘Panic Button’.

“Through the use of the app, the user can register up to three people who, once the Panic Button is pressed, will immediately know the user’s location through their smartphone’s GPS system. This way, they can be alerted for any emergency situation without having to waste time on phone calls or text messages.”

Another point that separates Community Watch from your everyday alarm is the fog spray which is made from ice and is harmless to anyone that might happen to inhale it.

“As soon as an intruder enters the private space of the home owner and the alarm goes off,” he added, “at the same time through sprinklers that will be attached to the roof, a fog cloud will be released, making visibility very limited and thus preventing the potential thieves from seeing much around them.”

In fact, it was one such event that further spurred Mr Spanos into developing this system. As he explains to Neos Kosmos, “About the same time that I was researching and the business was getting some sort of traction, my parents’ house got home invaded. So my mum was here looking after my children, my dad’s a taxi driver so he was out working, and there was my yiayia (grandmother) who’s 90 years old sleeping in her bedroom. My mum got home at around midnight from looking after my kids and found all the TVs were bolted off the wall. They had the time to bolt the TVs off. They took the TVs, they took the TV set, they took everything. What would’ve happened if my 90-year-old grandmother had woken up? That’s where I said
‘Ok, this is where my system could potentially save someone else’s yiayia’s life'”.

Mr Spanos also seems to have dealt with what appears to be an alarm system’s greatest weakness; energy loss.

Considering a power outage to be the easiest way for a thief to break in, he found a way around that issue as well, in co-operation with the Optus and Telstra networks.

“If the power happens to go out in the user’s home without his prior knowledge, he is immediately called by a representative so that he can take a look at the cameras inside his house and make sure that everything is all right,” he explains.

Thanks to new, innovative ideas like Mr Spanos’ Community Watch, hopefully people will be able to sleep a little easier at night.

To find out more head to comwatch.com.au