For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALARM SYSTEM MONITORING COMPANY. Any individual, partnership, corporation, or other form of association that engages in the business of monitoring security alarm systems and reporting any activation of such alarm systems to the police.
(2003 Code, § 9-201)
ALARM USER. Any individual, partnership, corporation, or other form of association that owns or leases a security alarm system or on whose premises a security alarm system is maintained for the protection of the premises.
(2003 Code, § 9-202)
AUTOMATIC DIALING TELEPHONE ALARM. A security alarm system with a device that automatically dials the Police Department emergency assistance telephone lines without human activation of the device by the alarm user.
(2003 Code, § 9-203)
CHIEF OF POLICE. The CHIEF OF POLICE of the Town of Pittsboro and the Chief’s designee.
(2003 Code, § 9-204)
DEPARTMENT. The Town of Pittsboro Police Department.
(2003 Code, § 9-205)
DISPATCH or RESPONSE. A discretionary decision whether to direct police units to a location where there has been a request, made by whatever means, for police assistance or investigation. There is no duty to dispatch under any circumstances, including to answer an alarm signal, and all dispatch decisions are made subject to competing priorities and available police resources.
(2003 Code, § 9-206)
FALSE ALARM. An alarm signal eliciting notification to and a response by the police when there is no evidence of a crime or other activity that warrants a call for immediate police assistance and no person who was on or near the property or has viewed a video communication from the property called for the police dispatch or confirmed the need for police assistance. FALSE ALARM does not include an alarm signal caused by violent conditions of nature or other extraordinary circumstances beyond the control of the alarm user.
(2003 Code, § 9-207)
SECURITY ALARM SYSTEM. Any system, device, or mechanism for the detection and reporting of any unauthorized entry or attempted entry or property damage upon premises protected by the system that may be activated by sensors or other techniques and, when activated, automatically transmits a telephone message or emits an audible, visible, or electronic signal that can be heard, seen, or received by persons outside of the protected premises and is intended to summon police assistance.
(2003 Code, § 9-208)