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<baltimore-city-law heading="Regulation .07 Procedures to Request Police Response.">
  <section prefix="Regulation" num=".07" heading="Procedures to Request Police Response.">
    <para num="A.">Required alarm monitor response.<para num="(1)">Before requesting a police response to an alarm signal, an alarm monitor must attempt to verify the need for a police response for every alarm signal, except a hold-up or panic alarm activation, by contacting the alarm system site.</para>
      <para num="(2)">In the case of a hold-up or panic alarm activation, the alarm monitor must attempt to verify the alarm signal only after requesting police dispatch.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="B.">Telephone verification.
During telephone verification, if the first call fails to reach an alarm user who can properly identify themselves, then the alarm monitor must at least make a second call to a different number to determine whether an alarm signal is valid before requesting dispatch.</para>
    <para num="C.">Required information to provide to police.
An alarm monitor must provide the following information when reporting an activated alarm signal to the Baltimore City Police Department and requesting a police response:<para num="(1)">the registration number issued to alarm user;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the name and registration number of the alarm monitor reporting on the activated alarm;</para>
      <para num="(3)">the name or employee number of the alarm monitor employee making the report;</para>
      <para num="(4)">a callback telephone number;</para>
      <para num="(5)">the location of the activated alarm, including the complete business or homeowner’s:<para num="(a)">name;</para>
        <para num="(b)">street address;</para>
        <para num="(c)">apartment or suite number; and</para>
        <para num="(d)">telephone number;</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(6)">the type of alarm, such as:<para num="(a)">an audible alarm;</para>
        <para num="(b)">a silent alarm;</para>
        <para num="(c)">a robbery alarm;</para>
        <para num="(d)">a hold-up alarm;</para>
        <para num="(e)">a duress alarm;</para>
        <para num="(f)">a panic alarm; or</para>
        <para num="(g)">a burglary alarm;</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(7)">if the alarm system is zoned, the specific location of the alarm activation, such as:<para num="(a)">the interior;</para>
        <para num="(b)">the perimeter;</para>
        <para num="(c)">a vault; or</para>
        <para num="(d)">motion detection;</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(8)">if it is a non-residential site, any available information about the non-residential site, such as:<para num="(a)">whether the business is open or closed;</para>
        <para num="(b)">whether guards or guard dogs are on site, and</para>
        <para num="(c)">what, if any, dangerous or special conditions are present at the site;</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(9)">if it is a residential site, any available information about the residential site, such as:<para num="(a)">the whereabouts of the homeowner;</para>
        <para num="(b)">whether any pets are presence, and if so, what types of pets; and</para>
        <para num="(c)">whether handicapped individuals are at the residence; and</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(10)">whether a representative of the alarm user or alarm company is responding and, if so, the representative’s estimated time of arrival.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="D.">An alarm monitor detecting an alarm system activation from an unregistered user must report the activation of the alarm to the Baltimore City Police Department in the normal manner.</para>
    <para num="E.">Written notification of request for police response.<para num="(1)">An alarm monitor must provide written notification to the alarm user or designee within 72 hours after the alarm monitor’s request for police response.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The monitor must maintain a record of these written notifications regarding requests for police responses.</para>
      <para num="(3)">The record of written notifications regarding requests for police responses must be made available for inspection upon request by any Baltimore City Police Officers, Special Enforcement Officers, or designees.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="F.">If an alarm monitor determines that an alarm signal is a false alarm, the alarm monitor must immediately cancel any request for police response.</para>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
