The Georgia Electronic Life Safety & System Association Files Notice of Appeal in Federal Lawsuit
The Georgia Electronic Life Safety & Systems Association (GELSSA), A-Com Security Co. LLP and Safecom Security Solutions Inc. alarm companies filed a notice of appeal in their federal lawsuit against the city of Sandy Springs, Georgia, challenging the constitutionality of an ordinance that imposes fines on alarm companies for false alarms caused by alarm users.
In the district court, GELSSA and the alarm companies argued that this civil fine scheme was not rationally related to a legitimate government interest, and therefore unconstitutional because alarm companies do not have any sort of “master-servant” or “principal-agent” relationship with alarm users and are not in a position to supervise, direct or control the actions of their customers.