Items Tagged with 'false alarms'

A security dealer sued an alarm manufacturer when a defective model kept causing false alarms for end customers. 

Walmart Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs Dan Bartlett has expressed concerns that panic buttons could lead to numerous false alarms.

The action aims to limit alarm call responses to address declining staffing levels that prompted Vallejo to declare a state of emergency in July.

The Vallejo City Council voted to adopt a proclamation that staffing levels in the police department have declined to the point that it constitutes a public safety emergency. 

Apple’s Car Crash Detection feature continues to accidentally call 911 when a user may be on a rollercoaster, skiing or doing other physical activities the device misunderstands as a car crash.

Check out some of the latest developments around the nation where cities are adopting and amending false alarm ordinances to curtail false dispatches and better manage policing resources.   

Security News Round-Up 9/02/22

Locations that do not require an activated alarm to be verified include gun shops, financial institutions, government owned property and pharmaceutical companies.

A new law cuts the number of nuisance alarms from 15 to five before alarm owners are placed on a false alarm registry list.

Alarms are among the most common calls for service to Bend Police, but over the past five years the vast majority of alarm activations have been false or did not result in a crime report.