Any alarm caused by human error or equipment problems resulting in police response, with no evidence of an actual crime having been committed. This does not include alarms caused by violent actions of nature or other extraordinary circumstances not reasonably subject to control by the alarm user or alarm business. Lead neighbors to ignore your alarm when it goes off. Your system becomes less reliable and less credible. Will cost you fines and will suspend police response after the 6th alarm.
False alarms create a potential danger to citizens and officers responding to the call.
Keep your verification, cancellation instructions and monitoring company phone numbers hidden, but accessible. Your alarm company should have two emergency contact numbers that are current. The City of Redmond Hearing Examiner will hear all appeals. Officer will leave a notice of alarm activation. A letter will be sent to the alarm monitoring company and the alarm user to apprise them of the potential for service suspension.