Local Requirements for Alarm Registration
The police departments across the province have created False Alarm Reduction Initiatives. These programs differ from municipality to municipality and may include by-laws that require users to register their alarm signals, verify alarm signals before contacting the police, or fees for police responses that result from false alarms.
Kingston Police Service
Alarm System Registry
DETAILS
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
PREMISE REGISTRATION - YEARLY FEE: $59.95 (+ HST)
YEARLY FEE IS PRO-RATED (+ HST) + ADMIN FEE $40.00 (+HST)
FALSE ALARM FEES
FIRST/SECOND FALSE ALARM: $139.87 (+ HST)
THIRD FALSE ALARM: $139.87 (+ HST) + CAUTION NOTICE
FOURTH FALSE ALARM: $139.87 (+ HST) + SUSPENSION NOTICE
FALSE ALARM FEE (UNREGISTERED): $283.81 (+ HST)
The City of Kingston requires that all premises be registered in advance of any dispatch. For customers who are already registered and did not have a false alarm in the previous year, there is no additional fee.
Alliance Security Team will register on behalf of customers who have Kingston Police Service on their call list and bill those clients accordingly. If you are unsure is the Kingston Police Service is on your call list. Please contact us.
“False Alarm” means any signal or message from an alarm system to an alarm monitoring company that is reported to the Kingston Police, where there is no evidence that unauthorized was made or attempted or that criminal activity has occurred and where the alarm system appears to have been activated unnecessarily, improperly, accidentally or for a purpose other than that for which it was installed.
Alternative to Police Registration in Kingston
In order to reduce false alarm calls, customers in Kingston can opt for a security patrol service. For a small monthly fee, security guards will respond to verify alarms. If the alarm is verified, the police will be notified at no charge.
The first two call-outs are covered by your monthly subscription, all subsequent call-outs will be charged on a per-user basis.
Under the City of Belleville Bylaw 2006-34, an excessive false alarm fee is payable by the owner of any premises after the second and all subsequent false alarms from those premises during any calendar year.
The exception to the Bylaw would be:
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In instances where the alarm was caused by an illegal entry or any attempt at illegal entry to the premise
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Alarm caused by severe weather or major electrical disruption