Too many false alarms spark new ordinance

Mundelein Review (IL);  June 19, 1997 ;     407 words ......causes of false alarms are user...there is a false alarm. "The system...one free false alarm each year...next three false alarms; $100 for...next four false alarms; $200 for...and tenth false alarm; and $300...

Repeat false alarms plague county police

Maryland Gazette;  February 1, 2006 ;     595 words ......spokesman. As a result, false alarm offenders have...of more than 80 false alarms a day. In 2005...explaining that some false alarms are inevitable...drafting special false-alarm legislation for...for the second false alarm to $4,000 for the...seen the ...

A Move to Reduce False Alarms; New Ordinance Requires Registration, Fines...

The Washington Post;  August 23, 2001 ;     700+ words ......businesses with false alarms. Last month, the...finalized a new false alarm ordinance, and...of Montgomery's false alarm reduction program...the point where [false alarms] get so burdensome...of the Fairfax false alarm unit. In Montgomery...reduce the ...

False Alarms Reduced After Ordinance Councilor Wants Fines Increased

Albuquerque Journal;  September 23, 2005 ;     373 words ......the number of false alarms, APD's False Alarm Reduction Unit...majority of false alarms come from businesses...passed and APD's False Alarm Reduction Unit...businesses. A fourth false alarm within one...10 or more false alarms, fines jump...

NATICK CRACKS DOWN ON COSTLY AND DANGEROUS FALSE ALARMS

The Boston Globe;  December 9, 2004 ;     546 words ......Police say that false alarms, like those received...without running from false alarm to false alarm," said Police...up police with false alarms, either through...for its frequent false alarms but has pledged...excessive number of false ...

Village to levy fines, fees for resident false alarms

Elk Grove Times (IL);  December 14, 2000 ;     318 words ......three free false alarms per calendar...A fourth false alarm comes with...residential false alarms last year...with clean false alarm records...1980s, when false alarm totals were...a year. "False alarms were just...

HPD seeks to reduce number of false alarms.

Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX);  October 28, 2006 ;     470 words ......fee of $50 for each false alarm. Thirteen to 20 false alarms would be a $100 fee for each; beyond 21 false alarms, there would be a...alarm keeps being false. Under the new ordinance...155 of the year's false alarms, and there were 1...

CITY MAY FINE FOR TOO MANY FALSE ALARMS; POLICE AND FIRE OFFICIALS SAY...

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  July 15, 2003 ;     338 words ......unintentionally set off more than three false alarms per year. City Manager John Salomone said...proposed ordinance would curtail the number of false alarms Auburn police and fire personnel handle...responding. Secondly, when you're out on a false alarm, you're not where you should ...

Industry needs minimum false alarms standards.(Plain Talk)

Security Distributing & Marketing;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Twain mentioned false alarms in a humorous...started to enact false alarm ordinances. After...aimed at reducing false alarms. But, after all...we still have a false alarm problem. Is the...to measure our false alarm rate. It is simply the number of ...

Police Get Tough on False Alarms; Montgomery, Fairfax, D.C. to Impose...

The Washington Post;  October 3, 1990 ;     525 words ......in residential false alarms, announced plans...homeowners $30 for each false alarm over three a month...of responding to false alarms, he said. The fines...with the third false alarm. Libby said it...county's 38,000 false alarm reports last year...police ...

False alarms a costly expense: City, county spend thousands on needless...

Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY);  September 18, 2006 ;     700+ words ......almost certain of a false alarm, they still have...the number of false alarms in the city and...The number of false alarms has decreased...enforcing its false alarm ordinance in 1996...five preventable false alarms in a six month...there is a sixth ...

Alarm Industry Works With Police To Reduce False Alarms

U.S. Newswire;  October 19, 1994 ;     700+ words ......taken to reduce false alarms. The announcement...comes an increase in false alarms, estimated by the...year. Responding to false alarms saps law enforcement...implement ways to reduce false alarms. "We're happy to...police responses to false alarms. These ...

Fines to follow false alarms

Norridge News (IL);  September 12, 2002 ;     340 words ......owners who are responsible for repeated false alarms will now face fines of up to $200 per...village limits. "About 10 percent of our false alarms are excusable, with weather being the...week, we responded once every day to a false alarm at one commercial location," Condrey...Aug. ...

False alarms trigger response

Pasadena Star-News;  July 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ......turned out to be false alarms, according to...response to a false alarm costs the city...all subsequent false alarms. Other options...year, but raise false alarm fees. Currently...deal with the false alarm problems. "We...residents for false ...

COUNCILORS OK FINES FOR CHRONIC FALSE ALARMS.(Local)

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  July 22, 2003 ;     241 words ......ordinance Thursday that sets fines for chronic false alarms. City Manager John Salomone, who initiated the...hoped the fines would curtail the number of false alarms responded to by city police and firefighters...Police Department has responded to more than 250 false alarms since ...