The Vallejo City Council voted to adopt a proclamation that staffing levels in the police department have declined to the point that it constitutes a public safety emergency.
Apple’s Car Crash Detection feature continues to accidentally call 911 when a user may be on a rollercoaster, skiing or doing other physical activities the device misunderstands as a car crash.
Check out some of the latest developments around the nation where cities are adopting and amending false alarm ordinances to curtail false dispatches and better manage policing resources.
Locations that do not require an activated alarm to be verified include gun shops, financial institutions, government owned property and pharmaceutical companies.
Alarms are among the most common calls for service to Bend Police, but over the past five years the vast majority of alarm activations have been false or did not result in a crime report.
The challenge that Allstate faced in entering this competitive space was how to effectively manage video signal traffic, known to cause much more frequent false and nuisance alarms, without disrupting the quality of service the company has always prided itself in providing to traditional monitoring customers.
