my alarm has been disconnected from my house for three months due to construction, and never once did I receive a call from them saying that my alarm was off-line or that they had not been receiving a signal. Makes me wonder if they monitoring it in the first place. read more

While I was very happy with the services over the years 14 years I owned my home, terminating the services is impossible. When I sold my home they insisted on charging me for 2 more years. They harassed for payment even though I told them the house was sold. They insist on signing you to a 3 year (or more) contract which cannot be terminated if you move or sell your property. Sign up with a service that does month to month. Be very careful with this company. I would never use them again. I cannot believe that would treat a customer of 14 years so poorly. I hate to think how they treat new customers. Also I had recommended them to the houses new owners. For all I know Briscoe is collecting fees twice for the same house. Appalling if so. read more

Greg was terrific and solved my problem. Was ontime and neat. He checked signal strength of my radio communicator and my Total Connect 2.0 and all was a-ok read more

We have been a Customer of Briscoe Protective Services for many years. We always request Bob Wang to service our system. Bob is fantastic. He installed our updated system a few years ago and always keeps us informed on the latest updates to our system. I highly recommend Briscoe and encourage asking for Bob to be the service technician. Thanks again Briscoe and Bob Wang. read more

Bob was professional, friendly, and efficient. He answered my questions and performed the installation quickly and neatly!

Customer service is a nightmare. You get bounced from one voice mail to another and no one returns your call. This is going on for three days! Simple problem and I can't it get any help! read more

"Had a couple issues that needed attention. They sent a team to fix. Prompt, smart, polite, clean, comprehensive. Could not have asked for better service." read more

I've had issues with the sevice for over a week. I've spoken with several people, was hung up on by Steve in tech, was promised managers would call back, they haven't - yet, they are billing my credit card for a service they are not even providing, nor is it working! I want my account, that hasn't even been working to be canceled as of March 1st. DO NOT CHARGE MY CARD FOR APRIL OR ANY MONTH THEREAFTER! How can you even explain billing me for a service you are not providing??? This is such a scam and I am reporting Briscoe to every consumer agency! As you know my radio has not been working as of March 2nd and therefore I should not be billed from March 2nd. I have 5 months left on my contract which I will not be renewing for November so this shakedown to insist I pay $389 fo upgrade my radio to 5g doesn't make any sense! Again, I don't know how you can possibly be billing me if you are not providing ANY service - isn't that illegal??? You have the absolute worst customer service - the ONLY person to give me the time of day was Jackie in billing - she is amazing. Not one manager has gotten back to me as I was promised which is disgusting! I want my billing from March 2nd through the end of this month to be credited I want my alarm to be unlocked I want the code to be given to me so I can transfer my service I am so done with 4.5 years of BS Do the right thing for once! read more

This is the worst company available! They never answer an alarm and the system rarely works. We tried them for over a year and are canceling the service as the alarm goes off regularly for no reason and no one ever responds from monitoring. If you value your security stay away! read more

This is absolutely worthless service. I have never been able to go on vacation without a false alarm and the company is inaccessible by phone or online. Stay away -- you'll pay through the nose -- extremely expensive -- for the worst quality. read more

BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL, Briscoe a division of Pye-Barker is a very dishonest organization. The service is horrendous as they have zero customer service except in collections. They are private equity backed and buy contracts from other security firms that sell out. They are operating in most cases without contract and on terms that are beyond fair and equitable practice. If you ever actually need help with security they are not available and you are literally paying for nothing. Its almost in the category of SCAM. Do yourself a favor, if you get notice that your security is being turned over to Briscoe, cancel immediately (if you can reach them) they intentionally hide the customer service email and will never ever call back. You must avoid companies that are out to take advantage of unsuspecting like Briscoe. read more

Have been having issues with my system for 4 days now, have left no less that 6 messages between voicemail, email and with humans and still no callback nor schedule for service nor any communication at all. My alarm went off early this morning and I got no call from the service to ensure all was ok. And I Pay for VIP service. Pathetic not sure if my home is protected from neither burglary nor fire at this point. read more

We received an email from our alarm company reminding us about maintenance and repair during these uncertain times. I emailed them that day and received a service call the next morning. They tested our system, added a feature that we were always talking about adding on and were very professional. Sometimes you need a reminder to get your projects off the shelf! Thanks Briscoe read more

where can i click for 'zero' stars.... they were suppose to be monitoring my home but the installer of the system (fortress av in montauk, another 'zero' star co) never hooked up the communications, and briscoe never informed me there is no communications, which according to them they check everyday ... we will see you in small claims court shortly... read more

I was very frustrated when I recently had to call for a tech issue as I was on hold for a very long time . Luckily a representative named Tammy finally answered & was amazing . She was thorough , kind, & patient and talked me how to get my system up & running again. Thank you Tammy ! You went above & beyond! read more

I only chose 1 star because I can't choose zero stars. I had the same issue as Julia H. Briscoe came to my home to fix and update my system. They gave me a receipt to sign agreeing the work was done and the payment received. This was about 2 years before I was planning to move. When I was ready to move and called to cancel service they told me I owed them over $2000 to pay for the balance of the 5 year contract I signed. Now I knew I never would have knowingly signed up for 5 years of service when I was planning on moving in 2 years. I had them send me this "contract". It was the receipt from the service provided 2 years prior. On page 3 in tiny print that I needed a magnifying glass to read was the 5 year contract. No one told me this was part of the receipt I was signing and it wasn't initialed as is common practice when signing a contract. They also threatened me with litigation and emailed me almost daily with a bill. Fortunately for me one of the bills they emailed me said I owed a zero balance. This I saved but the next day they emailed me again with the $2000 balance. I then blocked them from my email so communication ended. DECEPTIVE PRACTICES!!!! You better believe it. Stay away from this company. read more

The absolute worst. They installed cameras that didn't work. Installed the monitor in a separate room from the computer with and can't understand that it is impossible to guide a mouse around a screen when there are 3 separate walls between the monitor and the mouse. They say go out and pick up a wireless mouse. Somehow its my fault that the cameras are unusable. Turns out the distance is too far for a wireless mouse. They refused to do anything about it. They stopped servicing my alarms too. The owner doesn't care. I will be seeing them in court. AVOID!!! read more

Adding insult to injury, after a bad experience with Briscoe (see prior review), I decided to change to a locally owned, more responsive service (turned out to be half the price for better personal and self-directed management). I called to cancel, and though the person was very apologetic, I was required to send an e-mail to confirm, which I did immediately. 3 days have gone by and still no response and no discontinuance of the service - so now I get a daily call and text letting me know that the signal to central monitoring is not being received. No SHXT. I switched to the new provider the day I requested service to be discontinued. This must be another effort to collect more money before disconnecting my service when requested - or just an add-on to their overall poor service which is why I'd not recommend doing business with this company. read more

Briscoe bought my alarm company and I have not been able to get a single service call since. My panel has been beeping for two days now, and no response. I am canceling and eating the cost rather than go one more minute with this nightmare. read more

They bought a bunch of other companies and tried to raise our monitoring by 60-80%! Beware. DO NOT SIGN A CONTRACT WITH THEM. I was smart enough to sign for only one year. Service has gone downhill and they are trying to raise everyone's rates. In addition we found they botched the system upgrade and didn't have enough power and left water sensors UNCONNECTED TO THE PANEL. Go elsewhere. read more

Briscoe has been consistently available, polite and knowledgeable. They have installed an excellent security system and monitor it carefully. They call immediately if there is a problem and are very calm and reassuring. Any time I need service we are able to schedule promptly. The people who come are on time and get the job done. Prices are fair for the quality of work and services provided. As an alarm and protective services company, Briscoe delivers in an excellent fashion. read more

Just had a new system installed. Seems like a well run company. Prices aren't crazy. So far so good!

WSG has served us well for many years now, with prompt response to alarms, knowledgeable technical support and helpful office staff! It's good to have an alarm (central monitoring) company that excels in all these areas! read more

This service has been very disappointing to say the least. We are a commercial company with a large yard. We have been robbed several times. As we have narrowed the vulnerable locations we had Briscoe add several cameras. Unfortunately none of them worked after installation. After several months of chasing them to fix, we are being told all kinds of Covid stories and that we will be put onto the schedule. Since then nothing has happened and we were robbed again. At this point we just want to move on to a new installer/monitoring company. The worse part is the camera system, digital watchdog is very reluctant to give us other installers in the area, telling us to figure it out with Briscoe. Really? i may just have to take them all down and go with Reolink system which we can install and maintain ourselves. read more

DO NOT USE THEM!!! This is a company that smiles at you and says nice words but does not do anything right except grab your money and lock you into a 5 year contract. Stay away!!! I can't emphasize this enough! read more

We have had a very bad experience with Briscoe. We signed on with Bellringer and liked that it was a small local company. Ever since Briscoe bought them, they have raised their rates continually, tried to upsell products that have no present value and are now trying to lock us into a long term contract. We called around. Other local companies do not require that same contract and have lower monthly rates. If you are looking for a security company out in the Hamptons, I would stay away from this one. read more

BUYER BEWARE. DONT USE WORLDWIDE. After being a customer for around 10 years I needed to cancel service. Having just paid my bill for the coming year, I contacted worldwide for a refund. I was shocked that they said this is not their policy and no refund for services not rendered would be issued. Additionally I was told this would be escalated to a manager and I would be called back. I never received any callback and subsequent attempts to reach out them have been ignored. This company does not care about its customers. Buyer beware of working with worldwide security. Updated - they have resolved my dispute appropriately. read more

Worst customer service. Same complaint on pricing as others that are posted. With no authorization or notice, they changed my service plan and increased the quarterly payment by almost 50%. When asked how this could happen, their response is that they are "allowed" to raise their prices as much as they want at any time. I am sure these people would not respond the same way if their cable company or cell phone provider did that. read more

Would give a zero rating if I was able. Horrible customer service and overpriced service. Customer service does not return calls. The billing department doesn't properly adjust accounts. Learned a valuable lesson in shopping fire protection services, found a smaller, family run operation that is more responsive, cheaper and actually efficient. Would not recommend Briscoe. read more

Was in this business many years ago and based on that I can tell you that from customer service to sales and tech's in the field they are at the top. Class A technical experience in alarms, video and central station. I know Debbie Cestra for two decades and as the service manager she makes working with this company a pleasure. I also have enjoyed working with one of their field engineers "Al" who knows exactly what it takes to keep customers in the field 100% happy! read more

I have been with the company for 2 years and recently wanted to add flood sensors to my basement. Making an appointment for an estimate was easy, but everything after was a mess. It took over a month to get a real estimate for flood sensors. Even after contacting the company and salesman multiple times I still did not receive a price. It wasn't until I called billing, someone finally set up an appointment to have them installed and they told me I didn't even have to have a salesman come to the house. The company set up an appointment, between 11-2, for the technician to come to the house. It's now 245pm and I didn't receive a call from either the tech or the company. I called the company and they said "he's on his way". I understand things happen, but a phone call would have been nice. Not sure what happened, but before the name change things were different. I was never rude and always polite on the phone and it's disappointing to know this is how some customers are treated. read more

Thank you Alexander for correcting this,you are a true professional .Todd should learn that the clients pay the bills and should be taken care of not abused. read more

New Worldwide Security client here. My wife and I couldn't be happier with our new security and video monitoring system. We looked at a lot of different options, but ultimately decided Worldwide offered the best technology at a really good value. We're happy with our decision. Worldwide also accommodated Saturday install which was huge for me. read more

I cannot believe the incredible response time I gotI accidentally set off my house alarm a 12:25 at 12:26 my local contact and my out of state daughter received txts and calls by 12:27 they called and cleared me. Just amazing\ Patricia Steinberg Smithtown N.Y. read more

DECEPTIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES. WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND. About 3 years ago, I received a phone call from Worldwide telling me I needed an upgrade because the company were changing the frequency of their network. My system was working fine and I did not need or want an "upgrade". I was told they could no longer monitor the system they had installed a few years back, so I agreed to have them change the equipment. The work order just mentioned the no charge "upgrade." In 2 pages of fine print it turns out they also extended my contract. As I was running out to work, the installer asked for my signature sign to acknowledge that the equipment was installed and working. That was COMPLETELY DECEPTIVE. The intent was to trick me, and I assume, other customers into signing a contract for another 5 years, which I only found out years later when I tried to terminate the monitoring contract because the monthly fees were too high. The TERRIBLE MANAGEMENT refuses to have a conversation, and instead tries to intimidate with collection notices and threats of litigation. Any company that uses such deceptive business practices should not be entrusted with the safety of your home. read more

Worldwide Security Group never disappoints. The service team is reliable and courteous when you need them the most. I am quite happy with their prompt responses and commitment to providing their customers with the best technical support. Thanks again for always being there for your customers! Elizabeth L read more

I am very happy with the customer service from Worldwide Security Group. The sales person came to my home, explained everything in detail and made my wife and I feel comfortable with what we were purchasing. The alarm system works great, and the ability to turn on/off the alarm from the app on your phone is great. We highly recommend Worldwide Security for your home! read more

A friend of mine recommended Worldwide after they had a great experience working with them on their Long Beach property. I reached out about a month before I left town for the holidays and they were prompt, took the time to explain the technology and how they run their own central station (this is key!), and overall seemed genuinely committed to making sure that I was happy. I had the very opposite experience to the person from 2015. read more

I used the guys for an investment property in the city and they exceeded my expectations. The installation experience was seamless, for both the alarm and cameras, and the system works perfectly. The rate was great and the new owner is really focused on making it a great experience. I got a promotional deal, so keep an eye out for those. I've only had limited experience on the customer service side since everything's worked well, but the few times that I have reached out they've been very responsive. I'd definitely recommend them if you want to be in good hands. read more

This is the worst company I have ever dealt with. My alarm goes off for no reason at all, this has happened 3 times now. When it does, it won't disarm and continues blaring. The central station calls, says they can't help with disarming. I have an infant asleep in my house with an alarm blasting for 40 minutes. I called every number available and I'm only told it's after office hours. I had someone from service come to fix the issue, they did, then it just happened AGAIN. Another night of the alarm not disarming. Another time of calling only to be told that no one can help, "call tech support". This is insanity. My favorite was the service person that called 2 hours later and when I answered the phone he said "IS IT OFF?" not even a "hello"....then he proceeded to yell (I am very nice by the way) at me because he was "stuck in traffic on the BQE and its after office hours". Alarm systems don't have office hours. If I'm going to have an alarm that won't disarm, at least have someone available to disarm it for me. I will never use this company again. read more