§ 26-33. Duties of police upon response.

(a)

Whenever an alarm as described in this article is activated within the city limits, thereby requiring an emergency response to the location by the police department and the police department does respond, the police officer on the scene of the activated alarm system shall inspect the area protected by the system and shall determine whether the emergency response was in fact required as indicated by the alarm system or whether in some way the alarm system malfunctioned and thereby activated a false alarm.

(b)

If a police officer at the scene of an activated alarm system determines the alarm to be false, the officer shall make a report of the false alarm to the chief of police. The chief of police shall mail or deliver notification of the false alarm to the alarm user at the address of the alarm system installation location, advising the alarm user of the false alarm, and setting forth the date and time of the false alarm.

(Code 1985, § 96.03)