A vehicle security system may include at least one security sensor and a security
controller connected thereto, and a siren which also serves as a shock sensor.
The siren may include a housing, a siren security electrical signal generator circuit
carried by the housing for generating an electrical siren security alarm signal
responsive to the security controller, and a shock detector circuit carried by
the housing for processing an electrical shock sense signal for the security controller.
The siren also preferably includes an electrical/mechanical (E/M) transducer carried
by the housing for sounding a siren security alarm responsive to the electrical
siren security alarm signal, and for generating the electrical shock sense signal
responsive to mechanical shock. In other words, the E/M transducer and associated
circuitry provide the dual alternate functions of sounding the siren security alarm
and sensing for shocks to the vehicle.