Divisions/District Stations — False Alarm Reduction Section

WHAT IS A FALSE ALARM ? 

            The alarm law defines a false alarm as any alarm signal that elicits a response by police personnel and for which there is no evidence of criminal activity to justify a police response.  This simply means that if a police officer responds to an alarm signal and, after investigation finds no evidence that criminal activity either had occurred or was occurring, the officer will designate the alarm signal as a false alarm.  A false alarm may be caused by factors such as human error or equipment malfunction.