For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALARM EQUIPMENT SUPPLIER. Any person, firm, or corporation that sells, leases or installs automatic protection devices or signaling devices which transmit alarms upon receipt of a stimulus from a detection apparatus or a manually-operated system.
ALARM CONDITIONS. Alarms activated by unlawful violation of a user's property or other violations that the systems were designed to protect against acts of God, other violent conditions or by outside agencies or external forces not under the control of the owner, lessee or his employee or agent.
ALARM USER. Any person on whose residence, commercial property, or other premises an alarm system is maintained in the town, except for alarm systems on motor vehicles. Also included are those systems which employ an audible signal emitting sounds or a flashing light or beacon designed to alert signal persons outside the premises.
ALARM SYSTEM. An assembly of equipment and devices such as solid waste unit, arranged to signal the presence of a hazard requiring urgent attention and to which Police or Fire Departments are expected to respond.
CENTRAL STATION. A facility whose prime purpose is to monitor incoming alarm signals 24 hours a day and relay the signal information to the appropriate authorities.
DIRECT LINE. A telephone line leading directly into the communications center of the Police Department that is for use only to report signals on a person-to-person basis.
FALSE ALARM. The activation of an alarm system caused by improper operation, negligence, equipment malfunction, or intentional act by an unauthorized individual such as results in the dispatch of a police officer and/or Fire Department personnel, unnecessarily.
LOCAL ALARM. A signaling system which, when activated, causes an audible and/or visual
signaling device to be activated in or on the premises within which the system is installed.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or society, but such term does not include the town.
POLICE CHIEF. The Chief of the Police Department of the town or his authorized representative.
PUBLIC TRUNKLINE. A telephone line leading into the communications center of the Police Department that is for the purpose of handling emergency and administrative calls on a person-to-person basis.
SIGNAL DEVICE. An electrically-operated instrument which automatically sends visual and/or audible signals to be registered by indicators at a monitor panel at the receiving terminal or central station.
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