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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: President Young, Councilmember Conaway
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Investigative Hearing - Baltimore City False Alarm Reduction Program
FOR the purpose of requesting the Police Commissioner, the Fire Chief, the Housing Commissioner, and the Director of Finance to assist the City Council in exploring the efficacy of the City's False Alarm Reduction Program in reducing the number and frequency of false alarms; in determining the number and monetary value of false alarm occurrence fees collected in the most recently completed collection period; in examining program administrators' responses to citizens' requests for information or assistance; and in assessing the legitimacy of permitting liens to be placed against residential properties for non- or late- payment of occurrence fees.
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City of Baltimore False Alarm Reduction Program: False Alarms Activations are a major public safety concern. The Baltimore City Police Department responded to more than 125,000 alarms in 2002. Ninety-eight percent of these alarms calls were false. False alarm activations require an enormous resource commitment by the police annually. False alarms are costly and dangerous because they divert police officers from true crime prevention and delay response to real emergencies.
The False Alarm Reduction program was established to register all burglar alarm systems in the City...
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