posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 5:50 PM
by
klehan
Enhanced Call Verification Credited for Reduced False Alarms
In a memo to city councilmen, Police Chief Robert Petrovich credited a new city ordinance put in place in 2004.
“It is with pleasure that we report that the number of false alarms has dropped 55.54 percent since the program’s implementation.”
False alarms in Cape Coral dropped 26.8 percent between April 1 and Sept. 30, according to Chief Petrovich. From December to March, false alarms declined 54 percent, Petrovich previously reported.
The program has raised more than $610,000, Petrovich said. But he said there are greater savings than that in the decline in police time spent responding to false calls.