A.
Any person whose system causes the transmission of a nonemergency alarm more than three times in any one calendar-year period shall be assessed a cash forfeiture as described in Article III of this chapter for each instance of a nonemergency alarm in excess of three such alarms in any one calendar year.
Any person whose system causes the transmission of two or more nonemergency alarms within a twenty-four-hour period shall, upon request of any police officer, immediately disconnect the system and shall not reconnect it until it has been inspected and repaired by the owner, as defined in § 12-3.
[Amended 6-11-2003]
Upon notification of an alarm message or signal
from an alarm system, depending on the type of alarm, the Bethel Police
Department,[1] the Bethel Fire Department, or the Bethel Ambulance Department
or a combination of the three will be dispatched to the scene to take
appropriate action. If the premises in which the alarm system is installed
appears secure and there is no evidence to indicate that there is
an emergency situation requiring the presence or action of the Bethel
Police Department, the Bethel Fire Department, or the Bethel Ambulance
Department, the Town's obligation to the owner shall have been discharged
upon the completion of one telephone call to the owner, the owner's
representative, or the alarm company in charge of the system.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Bethel Police Department was abolished
on July 1, 2010. Police services are provided to the Town by the Oxford
County Sheriff's Department.
