1. A security monitoring system for reducing false alarms through visual verification, comprising: a remote system at a first location remote from a second location, the remote system comprising a remote system database; and a local system located at the second location and electronically linked with the remote system to provide indication of alarm events occurring at the second location to the remote system, the local system comprising: at least one camera operable to capture at least one image of a local object in view of the at least one camera; a local database operable to store at least one template corresponding to an authorized object; and an image processing system operable to perform a visual verification, the visual verification comprising a comparison of the at least one image of the local object with the at least one template corresponding to the authorized object and, if a matching result occurs from the visual verification, to suppress indication of an alarm event to the remote system.