The purpose of this chapter is to provide minimum
standards and regulations for the use of privately installed burglary,
robbery, medical and fire alarm systems, to require registration,
to establish fees and fines and to create an administrative apparatus.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ALARM SYSTEM
An assembly of equipment and devices arranged to signal a
monitoring company of the presence of a hazard or medical emergency
requiring urgent attention and to which police, fire fighters and/or
emergency medical personnel are expected to respond. "Alarm system"
does not include an alarm installed in a vehicle or on someone's person
unless the vehicle or the personal alarm is permanently located at
a site. In this chapter, the term "alarm system" shall include but
not be limited to:
B.
BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEMAn alarm system signaling an entry or attempted entry into the area protected by the system.
C.
HOLDUP ALARM SYSTEMAn alarm system signaling a robbery or attempted robbery generated by the manual activation of a device.
D.
DURESS ALARM SYSTEMA silent alarm signal generated by the entry of a designated code into an arming station in order to signal that the alarm user is being forced to turn off the system and requires law enforcement response.
E.
FIRE ALARM SYSTEMSAlarm systems which monitor temperature, humidity, or any other condition of a fire hazard nature, and not directly related to the detection of an unauthorized intrusion into a premises or an attempted robbery at a premises. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter, the term "alarm system" shall not include self-contained battery or electrically powered smoke detector units located within a dwelling unit which give out an audible signal and which are not tied into or directly connected with a central receiving station.
CANCELLATION
The process where response to a burglar alarm is terminated
when a monitoring company (designated by the alarm user) for the alarm
site notifies our Communications Center there is not an existing situation
at the alarm site requiring law enforcement response after an alarm
dispatch request.
FALSE ALARM
An alarm signal, eliciting a response by police, fire fighters,
and/or emergency medical personnel when a situation requiring a response
by the police, fire fighters, and/or emergency medical personnel does
not in fact exist, but does not include an alarm signal caused by
violent conditions of nature or other extraordinary circumstances
not reasonably subject to control by the alarm user.
MONITORING
The process by which a monitoring company receives signals
for an alarm system and relays an alarm dispatch request to the municipality
for the purpose of summoning police, fire, and/or emergency medical
services.
VERIFY
An attempt by the monitoring company or its representative
to contact the alarm site and/or the alarm user by telephone and/or
other electronic means, whether or not actual contact with a person
is made, to determine whether a burglar alarm signal is valid before
requesting law enforcement dispatch, in an attempt to avoid an unnecessary
alarm dispatch request. For the purpose of this chapter, telephone
verification shall require, at a minimum, that a second call be made
to a different number if the first attempt fails to reach an alarm
user who can properly identify themselves to determine whether an
alarm signal is valid before requesting law enforcement dispatch.
The acceptance of any alarm system by the Director
of Public Safety and/or Fire Official as provided herein shall in
no manner place upon the Police Division, Township of Plainsboro,
or the Fire District, any additional liabilities other than those
statutorily incurred with the police or fire functions.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply
to any alarm system installed on property occupied by any Township,
County, state or federal government agency or office.