SCHOOLS CAN REDUCE FALSE ALARMSCan you answer these questions?
Is the school facility used by outside groups on evenings and weekends?
Sports teams using your athletic fields in the evenings or on weekends may try to gain access to the facility for water and/or bathroom breaks. If your doors are unlocked, the kids will enter. Unless you are prepared to swear out a warrant for unlawful entry, this will be considered a false alarm! Secure and lock ALL doors and windows before arming the alarm system. Public Safety resources are limited and should never be wasted. Thousands of patrol hours are spent investigating alarm reports that turn out to be “false alarms”. It is absolutely necessary that an audible alarm sounds at the school site when an alarm is activated so that the alarm users know when the alarm has activated and can take steps to avoid false dispatches. |
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WHAT IS A FALSE ALARM?A false alarm is notification of an alarm to law enforcement when the responding authority finds no evidence of criminal offense or attempted criminal offense. FALSE ALARMS…
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Edmonton Police Service |