An monitoring and control system receives input indicating occupancy state of a designated area, optionally selects a confidence level regarding occupancy state of the designated area responsive to the received input, receives a sensed event from one or more of a plurality of sensors of, within, or proximate to, the monitoring and control system and/or the designated area, and selects an action to be taken responsive to the sensed event and the occupancy state or responsive to the sensed event and the selected one of the plurality of confidence levels.