Make sure your house numbers are easily visible from the street, day and night. If you have an address that is difficult to find, be sure to give specific driving directions to your alarm company when the system is installed. Be sure your alarm company decal is located near the front door and easily visible, or for non-monitored systems, be sure to post the telephone number of a person who has the authority to turn off the alarm. Ninety five percent of all alarm signals are false alarms. They cost in fines, in tax dollars, and in personal inconvenience.
False alarms create a potential danger to citizens and the officers responding to the call.
Your police and alarm company want you to feel safe and secure with your alarm system, without the concern and expense of false alarms. The Seattle Police Department has published this information in order to help put an end to costly false alarms. Please note that a companion alarm ordinance limits the duration of audible automobile alarms to 5 minutes.