City of Milwaukee - File #: 041616

• File #: 041616
• Version: 0
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/16/2005
• In control: PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
• Final action: 4/12/2005
• Effective date: 4/29/2005
• Title: An ordinance relating to the provision of private first responder services by licensed alarm businesses.
• Sponsors: ALD. DONOVAN, ALD. MURPHY, ALD. PUENTE, ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. DUDZIK, ALD. D'AMATO, James N. Witkowiak, ALD. WITKOWSKI, ALD. HAMILTON, ALD. DAVIS
• Indexes: ALARM SYSTEMS, LICENSES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/28/2005	0	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
4/21/2005	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
4/12/2005	0	COMMON COUNCIL	SUBSTITUTED	Fail	4:10
4/12/2005	0	COMMON COUNCIL	HELD IN COUNCIL	Fail	2:12
4/12/2005	0	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	14:0
3/28/2005	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Speakers: Chief Nannette Hegerty - Milwaukee Police Department Deputy Inspector Raymond Sucik - Milwaukee Police Department Deputy Chief Joseph Whiten - Milwaukee Police Department Cary Evers - represents the Wisconsin Security/Private Police Association Dave Simon - Brink's Home Security System Bill Cooper - ADT Security Systems John Schuster - Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. Art Garcia - District Manager of Radio Shack for the Southeastern Wisconsin area Michael Martinez -Store Manager for the Radio Shack at 1834 S. 18th St. Richard Hactek - Regional Loss Prevention Manager of Radio Shack for the Chicago area Linda Jablonski - Store Manager of Victory Beauty Systems John Stackpole - Stackpole Security Chris Utter- Sentra Protective Systems	Pass	3:1
3/18/2005	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
3/18/2005	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
3/18/2005	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
3/16/2005	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

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...