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The alarm business permit and alarm user permit must be conspicuously displayed at the alarm location, and shall be displayed upon request by any police officer. Any permit hereunder shall be surrendered to the Chief of Police upon suspension or revocation.
(Ord. 114, passed 3-8-04)
(A) It shall be unlawful for anyone to activate any alarm system for the purpose of summoning police, except in the event of what is reasonably believed to be an unlawful act and/or unauthorized entry on premises. Whenever a police alarm system has been designed and commonly understood to alert others of the commission of a particular crime, it shall be unlawful for anyone to activate such police alarm for the purpose of summoning police, except in the event of what is reasonably believed to be such particular crime.
(B) It shall be unlawful to install or use an alarm system which, upon activation, emits a sound similar to sirens in use on emergency vehicles or for civil defense.
(Ord. 114, passed 3-8-04)
All disputes or questions arising under this chapter should be forwarded to the Chief of Police, who shall investigate the matter and reach a final conclusion thereon. A written, dated, and signed conclusion will be served/sent to the alarm user and the appeal period shall commence on the date it is received by the alarm user. Such final conclusion shall terminate the dispute brought before the Chief of Police, subject to such right of appeal as afforded herein.
(Ord. 114, passed 3-8-04)
The City of Menahga shall be under no duty or obligation to a permittee or any other person hereunder, by reason of any provision of this chapter, or the exercise of privileges of a permittee hereunder, including, but not limited to, any defects in a police alarm system, or any delays in transmission or response to any alarm.
(Ord. 114, passed 3-8-04)
(A) (1) Any alarm user who maintains or has an alarm system which signals a false alarm, or, if caused by the negligence of the owner or lessee of an alarm system or of his agents or employees, shall be charged with an administrative penalty fee for each false alarm in the excess of three per license year. The penalty shall be $35 for the fourth false alarm and shall increase by the sum of $15 up to $50 for each succeeding and subsequent false alarm thereafter.
(2) If human action has caused five or more false alarms, the alarm user and its agents or employees must undergo remedial training in the proper operation of the alarm system and certify to the city that such remedial training has been completed. Written certification will be required and certification will be signed by the person administering the training.
(3) Any false alarms over ten per license year shall be considered excessive and shall result in the suspension of the user's alarm permit, and said Police Department shall no longer respond officers to the alarm location until such time as the alarm system has been repaired, modified, or maintained to remedy the problems with the system. This notice of suspension will be sent to the alarm user by a written, dated notice of suspension signed by the Chief of Police. The notice will state the effective date of the suspension.
(4) Penalties shall be payable within seven calendar days of notification to avoid suspension of the alarm user's permit. If payment is not received in the above prescribed time, and/or an appeal to the City Council is not applied for. The Chief of Police shall inform the alarm user that their alarm permit is suspended and the Police Department shall no longer respond officers to the alarm location.
(B) The Menahga Police Department shall keep a record of all false alarms received by the Department and the explanation for such false alarms. These records shall be available for inspection by alarm users and alarm businesses.
(C) Within three working days of receiving written notice of any false alarm, the alarm user shall submit, to the Menahga Police Department, a signed statement stating the apparent cause of the false alarm and the measure(s) taken to remedy the problem. If certain measures are to be taken to remedy the problem(s), the statement shall state the amount of time necessary to remedy the problem(s).
(Ord. 114, passed 3-8-04)