All residents and businesses that have alarm systems are required to register them with the police department (local ordinance 69-1). The form is available through the police records clerk during normal business hours. The cost of doing so is $10.00 annually.
There are two types of alarm registration:
- Central Station is connected to a private alarm company monitoring station. It is the private company that notifies the police to respond to the alarm.
- Local Alarm produces a signal or sounding device for the purpose of summoning the police; it is not connected to a private monitoring station.
False alarms are an unnecessary expenditure of police response time. Township residences and businesses having alarms will receive a warning letter after the first or second false alarm during one calendar year. After three false alarms in a single calendar year, the violator will be issued a summons under local ordinance 67-7. Fines are set by the violations bureau and are increased for subsequent false alarms during the remainder of that year.