Linda,
Would you please forward this e-mail to all
members. Thank you.
Attached is the Salt Lake City,
UT Alarm Ordinance website.
In September of 2004, when the Milwaukee
Police Department implemented the Verified Response to Burglar alarm policy, it
modeled the Salt Lake City, Utah Verified Response policy that had been
successfully in place since the year 2000.
Since Salt Lake is the veteran city in
using the VR policy, it might be beneficial to look at their Alarm Ordinance and
'Permit to Operate' application along with other ideas mentioned in regards to
their Private First Responders.
For example, Salt Lake City's Private
First Responders are regulated and licensed by the state which makes it easy for
the Salt Lake P.D. to supply a "list" of licensed and bonded guard
companies to Alarm Businesses that request this information prior to
operating as an alarm business in Salt Lake City.
If guard companies in Milwaukee could be
regulated at the Municipal level similar to how the State of Utah regulates Salt
Lake City's guard services, (requiring some sort of bonding or licensing), this
would enable the City of Milwaukee to have access to a complete list of
guard companies that are operating in Milwaukee, and to be able to supply
this list to Alarm Businesses that wish to operate in
Milwaukee.
Currently, the City Clerk's office has
record of the guard services mentioned on individual Alarm Business
License Applications as Private First Responders, however this is
not all inclusive.
Thank you.