False alarm issues are high on the list of priorities for Robert Serrano, a 10th-district Los Angeles City Council candidate running in a special election Nov. 10. Under Los Angeles’ revised alarm ordinance, a first false alarm for permitted alarm users results in a $115 fine and escalates in $50 increments for subsequent false alarms.
“The false alarm ordinance would have to be revised – throw the whole thing out,†Serrano suggested. He recommended voice or video verification of alarms as a way to reduce false alarms.