Whittier PD to Amend its Municipal Code Pertaining to False Alarms Based on ECV
The City of Whittier, Calif., is preparing to adopt a new ordinance which will amend its Municipal Code pertaining to false alarms. The new ordinance is based on the Security Industry Alarm Coalition’s (SIAC) Enhanced Call Verification (ECV) model.
According to SIAC, “[ECV] is an effective means to reduce calls for service from alarm activations while maintaining the crime deterrent effect of the alarm systems and their contribution to public safety in a community. An alarm owner will receive a second call following alarm activations… [which] reduces the costs to the alarm monitoring center since it is less expensive to process a second or third call than it is to request a police dispatch for [a false alarm].”