Article: HPD seeks to reduce number of false alarms.

Article: False Alarms Divert D.C. Police; Ramsey Wants Stiff ...
The Washington Post;  November 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... D.C. police get about 60,000 false alarms a year -- more than half of them from ... on those responsible for repeated false alarms. The District has a law that calls ... businesses that generate three or more false alarms a year. The city would hire a private ...

Article: False alarms raking in real cash; Despite $38,000 ...
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  July 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... figures. Fire crews have responded to 79 false alarms at the mall since August. Firefighters ... fines. Another $150 is owed from three false alarms July 12. Most of the mall's false alarms aren't because of faulty systems, but ...

Article: A Move to Reduce False Alarms; New Ordinance ...
The Washington Post;  August 23, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... and $100,000 each year: too many false alarms to which deputies must respond, regardless ... unnecessary or bizarre. The number of false alarms received by the Frederick County sheriff ... out fines to homes and businesses with false alarms. Last month, the county finalized ...

Article: False Alarms Put Police Through Wringer; ...
The Washington Post;  November 7, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... locations with the greatest number of false alarms last year, police said. For businesses ... department. Since 1990, when 13,109 false alarms were recorded, their incidence has ... That's an average of more than 50 false alarms daily -- one of every five calls county ...

Article: False alarms trigger response
Pasadena Star-News;  July 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... current conditions, police response to false alarms yields no benefits to the community ... response because of the large number of false alarms." Concerned by the costs of false alarms to fire and police departments, city officials ...

Article: FALSE ALARMS BOG THE SYSTEM ; 98% of burglar alarms ...
The Gazette;  April 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... spent on real needs. The problem of false alarms -- caused by equipment malfunctions ... Springs police have been grappling with false alarms for more than a decade. Measures adopted ... agency that says it's stretched, false alarms are wasted time. "We're sending ...

Article: Patrol: False alarms
Law & Order;  September 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Rate of false alarms is well, alarming They're the three ... certainly nothing new. The problem of false alarms has vexed police for years. Some ... their written policies pertaining to false alarms and fines policies back as early as ...