An electronic monitoring item
system is provided that reduces the number and likelihood of false alarms. Such a
system includes two read zones, with the second read zone having an associated RFID (
radio frequency identification) reader configured to detect an RFID device at a trigger threshold. The trigger threshold can be set or modified in view of a value of a sensor (sensing, for example,
capacitance or
dielectric constant or temperature or degree of movement) of the RFID device, a number of times the RFID device is detected in the first read zone, or whether the RFID device is detected in the first read zone under a predetermined condition. Such a
system can also or alternatively initiate a response (e.g., modify the trigger threshold or amount of power transmitted by the RFID reader) when an RFID protection device associated with infrastructure in the first read zone is detected in the second read zone.