Number
041616
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. DONOVAN, MURPHY, PUENTE, BAUMAN, DUDZIK, D'AMATO, WITKOWIAK, WITKOWSKI, HAMILTON AND DAVIS
Title
An ordinance relating to the provision of private first responder services by licensed alarm businesses.
Sections
105-75-2-j rc
105-75-12-a am
105-75-13-a am
105-75-14-g am
Analysis
This ordinance requires any alarm business licensed by the city to provide a "private first responder service" to determine, by means of on-site inspection, whether an attempted or actual crime has occurred at the site of an activated burglary alarm. The inspection may be performed by either an alarm agent (i.e., an employe of the alarm business) or by a private security company that is under contract with the alarm business to provide the private first responder service.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 105-75-2-j of the code is repealed and recreated to read:
105-75. Private Alarm Systems and Regulations.
2. DEFINITIONS.
j. "Private first responder service" means a service provided by an alarm business, either through an alarm agent or through a private security company under contract with the business, that determines, by means of on-site inspection, whether an attempted or actual crime has occurred at the site of an activated burglary alarm.
Part 2. Section 105-75-12-a of the code is amended to read:
12. CENTRAL STATION ALARM SYSTEMS.
a. A central station shall promptly relay messages to the police or fire department. When the alarm signal has been generated by a nonemergency situation, such as the testing or repairing of alarm equipment, the central station shall not send an emergency message to the department. In the case of an activated burglary alarm, the central station shall relay the message to the police department only after [[a]] >>the central station's<< private first responder >>service<< has verified that an attempted or actual crime has occurred at the alarm site.
Part 3. Section 105-75-13-a of the code is amended to read:
13. ALARM MONITORING SERVICE.
a. Any alarm monitoring service providing the service of receiving burglary, robbery or fire alarm messages from alarm systems and relaying alarm information to the fire or police department shall have trained employes on duty at all times. In the case of an activated burglary alarm, the alarm monitoring service shall relay the message to the police department only after [[a]] >>the monitoring service's<< private first responder >>service<< has verified that an attempted or actual crime has occurred at the alarm site.
Part 4. Section 105-75-14-g of the code is amended to read:
14. ALARM BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS.
g. In the case of an activated burglary alarm, relay the message to the police department only after [[a]] >>the business's<< private first responder >>service<< has verified that an attempted or actual crime has occurred at the alarm site.
LRB
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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Legislative Reference Bureau
Date:______________________
Attorney
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE
IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE
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Office of the City Attorney
Date:______________________
Requestor
Drafter
LRB05052-1
JDO
03/14/05