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After any false alarm caused by a malfunction of the alarm system, an alarm system user shall cause the alarm system to be repaired so as to eliminate such malfunction before reactivating the alarm. A person shall not reactivate such alarm until such repairs have been made.
(Ord. 4035 § 1 (part); August 29, 1979: Ord. 6215 § 1 (part); June 14, 2011.)
.010 An alarm user shall notify the Anaheim Police Communications Center prior to any service, test, repair maintenance, adjustment, alterations, or installations of systems which would normally result in a police response, which might activate a false alarm. Any alarm activated where such prior notice has been given shall not constitute a false alarm.
.020 Notwithstanding Section 4.95.140.010, no person shall activate an alarm for the purpose of ascertaining the time it takes from when the alarm is activated until the arrival of a police officer (response time). Any person activating an alarm to ascertain response time is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as set forth in Anaheim Municipal Code Section 1.01.370.
(Ord. 4035 § 1 (part); August 29, 1979: Ord. 5752 § 6; January 9, 2001: Ord. 6215 § 1 (part); June 14, 2011.)
Nothing in this chapter imposes or creates any express or implied duties or obligations on the part of the City, its Police Department or any other governmental agency to respond to an alarm activation of any sort, whether verified or not. Any and all liability of consequential damage resulting from the failure to respond to an alarm activation of any sort is hereby disclaimed and governmental immunity, as provided by law, is retained by the City.
(Ord. 4035 § 1 (part); August 29, 1979: Ord. 6215 § 1 (part); June 14, 2011.)
The Chief of Police shall have broad discretion to promulgate, execute and enforce policies, procedures and directives as may, in his/her discretion, be necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter. Such powers shall include, but are not limited to, the power to promulgate, execute and enforce a policy regarding dispatch of police to alarm signals, as well as the discretion to discontinue police response to alarm signals due to the alarm user’s failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter or to properly repair alarm systems deemed to constitute runaway alarms.
(Ord. 4035 § 1 (part); August 29, 1979: Ord. 6215 § 1 (part); June 14, 2011.)