CHeKT Compliant With New Alarm Ordinances of Sandy Springs, Ga.
CHeKT announced that its Visual Monitoring platform and the Optex Bridge powered by CHeKT are wholly compliant with the Sandy Springs, Ga., False Alarm Reduction Program. The Sandy Springs, Ga., ordinance has been designed to reduce the number of false alarm dispatches. Unlike other municipal ordinances, the Sandy Springs ordinance fines are imposed on the alarm companies themselves.
The new law originated in November 2019, but in order to allow alarm companies sufficient time to develop protocols for providing the required evidence of verification, the Sandy Springs False Alarm Reduction Program delayed implementation of the fine for false verification. Beginning March 1, 2020, the program will begin to assess fines for false verification when the provisions of the program are not met. As a part of the True Verification program, alarm companies are required to provide audio or video-clip evidence of the alarm. This evidence must be provided per the city’s standards within 24 hours of the request for police dispatch.