Ordinance 3679-19 - Laserfiche WebLink

b. Intentional activation of an alarm system because of the reasonable, but mistaken, belief that a crime was being or about to be committed, or that a law enforcement emergency was occurring or about to occur; or c. The alarm company or alarm user completed a cancellation of the alarm dispatch request with the Police 911 Emergency Call Center before law enforcement officers were dispatched to the alarm site; or d. Law enforcement officers responding to the alarm cancel the response to the alarm site at their discretion. S. "Hearing Examiner" means the Everett hearing examiner and the office thereof. T. "Holdup Alarm" or"Robbery Alarm" means an alarm, typically silent, generated by the manual activation of a device intended to signal a robbery in progress or immediately after it has occurred. U. "Local Alarm System" means any alarm system, which is not monitored, that annunciates an alarm only at the alarm site. V. "Monitoring" means the process by which an alarm company and/or alarm user receives signals from an alarm system and relays an alarm dispatch request to the Police 911 Emergency Call Center for the purpose of summoning law enforcement to the alarm site. W. "Panic Alarm" means an alarm system signal generated by the manual activation of a device intended to signal a life threatening or emergency situation requiring law enforcement response. X. "Personal Alarm" means an alarm system that is intended for personal wear on the body,that is typically a panic alarm, and that is not fixed at an alarm site or associated to a specific alarm site. Y. "Police 911 Emergency Call Center" means the Public Safety Answering Point or call center responsible for answering calls to an emergency telephone number and dispatching law enforcement officers from the Everett Police Department. Z. "Runaway Alarm" means an alarm system that produces repeated alarm signals that do not appear to be caused by separate human action or that produces three separate false alarm signals within a 24-hour period. AA. "Trespass Alarm" means an alarm that detects and alerts when a person or persons enters or remains unlawfully in or upon the premises of another other than a building. BB. "Violator" means any alarm user, alarm manager, or alarm company that violates any provisions under this chapter including but not limited to any alarm user on whose property a false alarm occurs. Section 3. Authority - Funds. A. The Chief of Police is responsible for administration of this Ordinance. The Chief of Police is authorized to promulgate policies,procedures and interpretations in his/her administration of this Ordinance.