City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0040R

• File #: 08-0040R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - False Alarm Reduction Program
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Withdrawn
• File created: 4/28/2008
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 1/12/2009
• Title: Informational Hearing - False Alarm Reduction Program FOR the purpose of requesting that the Baltimore City Police Commissioner and officials of Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., brief the Council on the current status of false alarms in Baltimore City, update the Council as to whether the current fees imposed for false alarms have helped reduce the number of false alarms in Baltimore City, and discuss the current contract situation for the False Alarm Reduction Program.
• Sponsors: Rochelle Spector, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, President Young, Bill Henry, James B. Kraft, Warren Branch, Agnes Welch, Sharon Green Middleton, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Belinda Conaway, Helen L. Holton
• Indexes: False Alarms, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/12/2009	0	City Council	Withdrawn
6/16/2008	0	Public Safety and Health Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
5/1/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
5/1/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
5/1/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/28/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
4/28/2008	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Spector

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Informational Hearing - False Alarm Reduction Program

FOR the purpose of requesting that the Baltimore City Police Commissioner and officials of Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., brief the Council on the current status of false alarms in Baltimore City, update the Council as to whether the current fees imposed for false alarms have helped reduce the number of false alarms in Baltimore City, and discuss the current contract situation for the False Alarm Reduction Program.
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On November 4, 2002, the Board of Estimates gave approval to the provisions of City Council Ordinance 02-329 that required all burglar alarm users and businesses, defined as those that monitor, install, or sell alarms, to be registered by the City. Since then, residents of Baltimore City who have burglar alarm systems in their homes have been obligated to pay false alarm fees when it is found that an alarm has falsely gone off in their home more than twice in a 12-month period. These residents were also obligated to pay an initial $20 registration fee to be enrolled in the False Alarm Reduction Program. This fee is a mandatory registration fee for all alarm users in Baltimore City. This program has apparently cut down on the number of false alarms that were creating issues for communities, as well as the police officers trying to k...