§ 26-439. Registration suspension and reinstatement.
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An alarm subscriber who has been suspended under the provisions of this article shall
be reinstated after completion of the 30-day suspension provided that the alarm business
which installed the alarm system certifies that the alarm subscriber has been retrained
in the proper use of the alarm system; certifies that the subscriber's alarm system
is in proper working condition. Any alarm subscriber who has been suspended due to
false alarms and has been reinstated shall be subject to a service fee of $50.00 for
each subsequent false alarm reported on their alarm system up to a maximum of four
additional false alarms within the original 12-month registration period. If the subscriber
exceeds seven false alarms within any registration year a written notice shall be
issued by the department of police (or its designee) to the alarm subscriber, and
to the alarm business providing service to such alarm subscriber, advising that police
response to the alarm system shall be suspended for a period of 12 months, effective
14 days after the date of the notice. No alarm subscriber or alarm business shall
send an alarm sounding notification to the police department from an alarm system
that has been suspended, except as provided herein. Police dispatch to a location
with an alarm revocation will be limited to those situations where a private guard
responder has first responded to the alarm site and confirmed that an attempted, suspected
or actual crime has occurred at such alarm site; however, the private responder shall
be required to remain at the scene until arrival of the police. This provision will
also apply to local alarms, but will not apply to the activation of duress, panic
or holdup alarms. All service fees for false alarms under this section shall be payable
to the City of East St. Louis Police Department. All other subscribers shall annually
revert to the beginning fine structure at the start of each annual registration period.
