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For the first time since 2004, Bexar County is increasing fees on alarm system permits for residences and businesses in unincorporated areas.
The fee for residential permits rises to $40 a year, up from the rate of $30 set eight years ago.
Business...
The Elk Grove Village, IL, board decided on January 25 to pull an ordinance urging all new businesses, and multifamily condominium/apartment complexes built in town, to install wireless fire alarm systems to connect directly with the village’s emergency...
A large number of false alarms to caused Vigo County, IN, leaders to take action.
When the Vigo County Sheriff's Department looked over just how much time was being spent responding to false alarms, they decided it was time to take action.
Together...
The Steamboat Springs, CO, City Council will consider revisions Tuesday night to the ordinance it first adopted in 2010. The new ordinance would do away with the escalating fine structure that currently charges building owners $100 for a second false...
Chester, PA council unanimously approved a new alarm ordinance May 10.
Chester, PA, will now require registration for existing and new alarm systems. There is no charge for registration, but failing to register an alarm system may result in a fine...
The Fayetteville, GA, City Council approved a new alarm ordinance that went into effect March 20, 2012. The need for the ordinance was said to come from the fact that 80 percent of calls result in false alarms.
Fayetteville Police Dept. spokesman...
Largo, FL, city officials plan to review their policies pertaining to false alarms and calls to Largo police and fire departments.
City Commissioner Curtis Holmes raised the issue at the commission’s April 10 work session.
He said that as of April...
The Holland Township, MI, Board of Trustees has approved a false fire alarm ordinance that will require repeat offenders to pay $750 for each false alarm.
The Holland Township Fire Department responds to an average of 100 false alarms annually, and...
The Bend, OR, City Council may require business and homeowners to pay a yearly registration fee security alarm systems and possibly fines for false alarms.
Police Chief Jeff Sale says calls to police are projected to go up by six to nine percent every...
Mount Pleasant, IL, business owners face increased fines for false alarm, which are defined as a security alert that is triggered by anything other than a true emergency.
In 2011 alone, Mount Pleasant Police answered over 700 false alarms, and annual...
The Brewster, WA, City Council considered a proposed draft ordinance pertaining to recurring false alarms for enforcement after a few businesses fail to correct the problem.
Brewster Mayor, Lee Webster says the council is just discussing the possible...
Three straight false alarms in
Newry, Maine, that generate a fire department response could net a company, home or business a fine and police summons if special town meeting voters approve a new ordinance currently being drafted.
That's what selectmen...
Another call, another false alarm.
Dust from construction, a faulty wiring system, or failure to disconnect the alarm system before maintenance.
Emergency responders in Steamboat Springs have seen them all, and they’re now introducing...
Tulsa, OK, budget proposal includes revenue-generating options to ease financial woes, including an alarm ordinance that would be changed to increase the $15 renewal rate to $30 and property owners with a history of false alarms would be charged $60....
The Wichita City Council defers a vote on raising alarm system fees. The city proposed the fees to offset the cost of responding to about 25,000 false alarm calls each year.
The new fees would include a $25 annual registration fee. Alarm users would...
Effective immediately, residents with home alarms in St. Johns County in Florida will have to register with the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office and pay a fee for false alarms.
At the April 20 commission meeting, commissioners approved an ordinance...
It's a move to help the bottom line but it's one many Indio, CA, homeowners say puts their safety in jeopardy. Indio police are testing a new plan to save money. They won't respond to burglar alarms unless they know for a crime may be taking place....
The
Clackamas County, OR, new alarm ordinance, aimed at reducing false alarms,
brings a host of changes.
The Clackamas County commissioners adopted a new ordinance after learning that 98 percent of all alarms turn out to be false, though sheriff's...
Thinking of buying a burglar alarm for your home? Think again. Wisconsin requires no more security training for a licensed alarm installer than a banana salesman. And even after the alarm is installed, there’s no guarantee Milwaukee police will respond....
With firefighters responding to an increasing number of false alarms, the Sacramento, CA, Fire Department wants the city to go after property owners whose faulty fire alarms keep going off.
The city's Law and Legislation Committee is scheduled to discuss...
The St. Johns County,
FL, Commission will enact a county-wide alarm ordinance to encourage proper installation, use and maintenance of alarm systems.
The Sheriff's Office reported about 10,000 false alarms through 2009. The commission and the Sheriff's...
Eau Claire County, WI, looks to cut down on the number of false alarms deputies respond to.
Whenever an alarm company calls in a break-in alarm, the home or business owner is now asked whether or not they want law enforcement to respond. In the past,...
Moses Lake, WA, City Council agreed to increase the fee associated with the Moses Lake Fire Department responding to false fire alarms in commercial buildings.
The motion passed unanimously Tuesday night. It requires a second reading before it becomes...
The Dayton, OH, Police Department plans to get tougher on home and business owners with security alarm systems that continually summon officers with false alarms.
The city responded to 6,911 false alarms in 2009, including 39 calls to a single business...
An Issaquah, WA, ordinance designed to cut the volume of false-alarm calls to the Issaquah Police Department reduced the number of calls by 63 percent between January 2008 — 18 months before officials approved the ordinance — and January 2010.
The...
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