False Alarm Fines and User Fees
As time goes on more and more municipal governments are feeling the pinch of reduced revenues to fund police and fire department activities. Some have started to assess false alarm fines for the unnecessary police response as well as user fees for having an alarm system. Some cities are assessing the fines to the alarm companies as fees but most cities bill directly to the customer. Since these fees are not built into the monitoring or installation fee structure of the alarm company, invariable the fines are paid for by the alarm user.
Be sure to find out from your police and fire departments what their policies are.
An alarm company website that has information on ordinances in the Puget Sound area of Washington State is:
Go to their link alarm ordinances