- AB: RCMP ask for help reducing false alarms
6.2.22 – Red Deer Advocate – Red Deer RCMP are asking residents and business owner to help reduce false alarm calls. Last year, RCMP received 812 false alarm reports … - CA: Calif. city 9-1-1 may have to stop handling calls at night
5.26.22 – KRON – San Francisco -The Vallejo, Calif., Police Department is considering halting 9-1-1 dispatching at night due to a severe staff shortage. The department says outsourcing dispatching would worsen emergency response. - GA: Lawrenceville now assessing fines for excessive false alarms
5.31.22 – Gwinett Daily Post – That means residents and business owners can now be assessed increasing fines based on how many false alarms they have had. - IN: Culver Town Council Reduces Millers Merry Manor’s False …
5.31.22 – AM1050 – Culver Town Council Reduces Millers Merry Manor’s False Alarm Fire … bill in August of 2021 for $250 for false alarm fire calls on May 13, … - SC: Fire alarm ordinance for Newberry County
6.1.22 – Newberry Observer- Council approved a second reading of an ordinance to adopt a false fire alarm ordinance for Newberry County. This ordinance is to encourage businesses and homeowners to maintain alarm systems properly and provide penalties for violations of the ordinance. - WA: Wash. county 9-1-1: Use online form to report nonviolent crimes
5.27.22 – The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) Pierce County residents dialing 911 to report nonviolent property crimes might soon be directed to an online form rather than a Sheriff’s Department deputy.