Georgia Joins States Banning Fines for Alarm Companies for Customer-Generated False Alarms
The Georgia General Assembly has approved a bill that would ban counties or municipal corporations from fining alarm companies for false alarms generated by a customer and through no fault of the alarm system’s contractor.
“This bill has wider implications than for just our industry,” said John Loud, vice president of Electronic Security Association (ESA) and president of LOUD Security Systems. “The concept of fining a company for a problem caused by its customers is the equivalent of sending someone’s speeding ticket to Ford and sets a precedent that could be a threat to many industries.”