(A) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to impose any liability on the part of the city as to any alarm user or to any other person or entity, as a result of any defect in an alarm system, failure of the city to receive an alarm, suspension of revocation of an alarm permit, or failure of the city or its Police Department to respond to any alarm regulated by this chapter, whether false or not. The City Council declares that it shall be entirely within the discretion of each police officer receiving a report of an alarm activation, as to whether or not to respond to such alarm, and that the city assumes no duty to respond to any alarm as a result of the enactment of this chapter or prior decisions to respond to alarms.
(B) The city’s issuance of an alarm permit pursuant to this chapter shall not create any contract, duty or obligation, either expressed or implied, of police response. Any liability and damages, whether arising from or relating to damage or destruction of property or injury to any person including death, alleged to result, directly or indirectly from an alleged response failure, or timely response failure, is hereby disclaimed, and governmental immunity as provided by law is retained.
(Ord. 1608, passed 4-4-12)