Article: FALSE ALARM FEES REDUCED IN RENO ALARM ORDINANCE REVISION

The city of Reno issued the following news release:

Changes in the City of Reno's alarm ordinance that went into effect June 1 are designed to significantly decrease the number of false alarms to which the Reno Police Department responds each year by at least 5,000, while also holding the alarm company and the alarm user responsible for the installed alarm system, and the owner accountable for its operation.

According to the Reno Police Department, there were approximately 10,280 alarms in Reno in 2007, but only about 100 of those alarms resulted in a crime report being taken or an arrest being made. And in 2006, the Reno Police Department received 11,242 alarm calls of which only 106, or ...

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