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Article: NATICK CRACKS DOWN ON COSTLY AND DANGEROUS FALSE ALARMS
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 9, 2004
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Police in Natick were on edge one recent night. A gas station had
been held up by two men the previous night, and a home invasion had
taken place two weeks before.
Then came something nobody needed: nine false burglary alarms.
Police say that false alarms, like those received in the early
morning hours of Nov. 25, are a waste of officers' time and can be
dangerous by lulling police officers into a false sense of security.
And now they're cracking down on those responsible, using a decade-
old bylaw.
In the past 11 months, the town averaged 170 false burglar alarm
calls a month, putting it on track for almost 2,000 this year.
"We're trying to provide service without running from false alarm ...