Every person or business operating an alarm system in Fremont must obtain a permit from the Fremont Police Department. The revenue generated from these permits is used to help defray the costs of equipment and personnel to administer the ordinance and, more importantly, to train alarm owners. The alarm ordinance also encourages accountability and responsibility by charging alarm owners for false alarms. The City of Fremont realizes that false alarms do occur from time to time. No alarm user or alarm system is perfect.
People occasionally make mistakes and alarms can malfunction.
Citations will, however, be issued after the second false alarm. Once a permit is suspended, alarm users must show proof they have corrected the problem within 30 days or they will be placed on a non response status. This means that the police will no longer respond to an alarm unless there is a secondary verification of an actual crime occurring. False alarm does not include activations caused by tornadoes, earthquakes or other violent, uncontrollable acts on nature. We are also proud to offer a 2 hour alarm school here at the police department.