Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › Sub-Agency 010 - DIVISION OF STATE POLICE › Chapter 001 - BURGLAR ALARM, ASSESSEMENT OF FEES FOR: 1) TERMINATION OF ALARMS AT STATE POLICE FACILITY, 2) RESPONSE TO FALSE ALARMS › Section 28 010 001 - BURGLAR ALARM, ASSESSEMENT OF FEES FOR: 1) TERMINATION OF ALARMS AT STATE POLICE FACILITY, 2) RESPONSE TO FALSE ALARMS

Current through June, 2024
STATE OF VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY DIVISION OF
				  STATE POLICE
ADOPTED RULE: Burglar Alarm, Assessment of fees for:
1) Termination of Alarms at State Police
				Facility
2) Response to False
				Alarms.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
SECTION 83 OF NUMBER 245 OF THE ACTS OF THE 1992
				  LEGISLATURE
The text of the adopted rule as provided below is being
				  forwarded as required by the Administrative Procedures Act. It is also intended
				  as our method of informing you of this Department's fee structure
				  concerning:
1) termination of alarms
				at State Police Barracks, and
2)
				response to alarm sites by the Vermont State Police and it is determined that
				the alarm is false.
Termination Fees:
The termination fee for a single, dedicated circuit alarm at
				  a State Police facility will be $ 250 per user per year, or;
An alarm company or monitoring service that is authorized to
				  install a multi-unit alarm panel at a State Police facility will be assessed a
				  fee of $ 25.00 per alarm, with a minimum fee of $ 250 per panel per year,
				  or;
Tape dialers: An individual or business who programs a tape
				  dialer to transmit a voice message to a State Police Facility, informing the
				  police of a burglary or other emergency, must register such dialer with the
				  State Police and will be assessed a registration fee of $ 50.00 per year. This
				  fee includes an on site inspection by a member of the State Police.
Note: When the State Police are called to the scene of an
				  alarm and it is found that the alarm was transmitted by a tape dialer which has
				  not been registered, the registration fee of $ 50 will be assessed at that
				  time.
False Alarms:
For the purposes of assessing a fee, a false alarm is defined
				  as the notification given to the State Police by electronic or telephonic means
				  that an emergency situation exists, when an emergency or other circumstances
				  that could be perceived as an emergency does not exist, and for which the State
				  Police have responded.
The fee assessed for a false alarm, received at a State
				  Police facility, either electronically or telephonically, will be $ 50 for the
				  first false alarm beyond the number of false alarms allowed, and $ 75 for each
				  subsequent false alarm.
Note: One (1) false alarm in a twelve (12) month period will
				  be allowed without charge.
The fees for false alarms will be billed by the Accounting
				  Department of the Department of Public Safety. The accounting department will
				  also notify the station commander of any assessment for a false alarm that has
				  not been paid.
Response Terminations:
Upon receipt of notification by the accounting Department
				  that fees assessed for false alarms have not been paid, or there exists a
				  history of repeated false alarms, and the alarm holder has not made a good
				  faith effort to correct the problem, the Station Commander with the concurrence
				  of the Troop Commander may notify the alarm holder that troopers will no longer
				  respond to an alarm at that location until such time as the fees have been paid
				  or the problem has been corrected.
Appeals:
An alarm holder may appeal the decision of a Station
				  Commander to the Troop Commander.