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***Note: Many local criminal codes can now be located under Chapter 10.60 SMC while others are now cited under the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), which was incorporated into the municipal code in 2022. (See SMC 10.58.010). Code Enforcement, including Noise Control and Animal Regulations are located in Chapters 10.62 through 10.74.

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Chapter 10.48
Section 10.48.120
 

Title 10 Regulation of Activities

Chapter 10.48 False Alarms

Section 10.48.120 Alarm Dispatch Requests
  1. Alarm dispatch requests shall be made in the manner prescribed by the alarm administrator and approved by 911 and police dispatch.
  1. Alarm dispatch requests may include, but are not limited to, the following information:
    1. Alarm site registration number.
    1. Location of the alarm activation.
    1. Type of alarm activation (i.e., burglary/property/intrusion, robbery/panic/hold-up/duress or roll-over/airbag deployment).
    1. Alarm business’ incident number (or other official incident identifier).
    1. Alarm business’ assigned control number.
  1. Alarm dispatch requests made to the department (or its designee) shall be for police incidents only, and shall accurately indicate the type of alarm activation (i.e., burglary/property/intrusion, robbery/hold-up/panic/duress) that is the proximate cause for the alarm dispatch request.
  1. No alarm business shall initiate an alarm dispatch request if it knows, or reasonably should know, that doing so would cause an employee of the City to respond to an alarm site containing a protective/reactive alarm system.
  1. No dispatch request and subsequent police response to a robbery alarm (as defined in SMC 10.48.020(AB) may be cancelled by the alarm user. In every case at least one officer shall respond to affirm that the alarm user is not under duress of any kind.

Date Passed: Monday, April 28, 2008

Effective Date: Saturday, May 31, 2008

ORD C34223 Section 6