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Patrol
False Burglar Alarms
The majority of burglar alarm activations are not by bad guys. False alarms account for 10 to 25 percent of all calls to the police. Each call usually requires the response of two officers for 20 minutes. In 2002, American police responded to 36 million alarm calls, costing $1.8 billion.
May 31, 2008
Patrol
COPS Releases Crime Fighting Guides
The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Policing (COPS) recently released eight publications in a series of crime-specific guides for police.
February 6, 2002
Special Units
New L.A. Alarm Policy Spurs Controversy
A new policy requires verification that a break-in is underway before police respond to burglar alarms. The alarm industry is upset, as are some citizens.
February 6, 2003
Technology
Calif. City Considers Fines to Combat False Alarms
To offset the cost of police response to false alarms, the Bakersfield (Calif.) Police Department has proposed an ordinance that would implement escalating fees for false alarm response. In 2010, 97 percent of the Bakersfield PD's 17,725 alarm calls in were false. Police responded to 10,115 calls, which cost the department more than $1 million.
July 14, 2011
Technology
Popular Doorbell Cameras Plaguing Police with False Alarms
She sent police the video recorded from the doorbell. Police immediately knew the man wasn't a criminal. "It was one of our detectives. He was going there to interview the person for whatever the situation was."
August 1, 2019
Training
Olympia Police Officials Win National Alarm Management Award
Two members of the Olympia (Wash.) Police Department received a national award February 20, 2007, for helping to improve alarm management practices in their city. The "Award of Distinction for Excellence in Alarm Management" is given by the Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC) in recognition of innovative and successful practices that reduce the number of burglar alarm signals generating calls for police dispatch.
February 28, 2007
Technology
Alarm Industry Vows to Fight Detroit PD's Verification Policy
A trade association representing the security industry pledged to challenge the Detroit Police Department's new policy requiring verification of the break-in before officers respond to a burglar alarm.
August 16, 2011
Patrol
Pawn Shop Alarm
A call comes in about an alarm going off at a very popular pawn shop just a little past midnight. You've handled a large number of false alarms at this location, but this time it could be a real burglary.
March 13, 2015
Special Units
Flavored Cocaine Alarms California Law Enforcement Officials
Setting off alarm bells and fears that the product is being targeted at a younger demographic, law enforcement officials in California's Yolo County say that a new type of cocaine is making its way into the U.S.—flavored cocaine.
June 21, 2007
Patrol
Spate of Drugged Driving Deaths Alarms U.S. Regulators
The percentage of traffic deaths in which at least one driver tested positive for drugs has nearly doubled over a decade, raising alarms as five states are set to vote on legalization of marijuana.
October 28, 2016
Technology
CryWolf False Alarm Management System
Public Safety Corporation
CryWolf is a comprehensive false alarm management system that greatly reduces the time and effort required to process false alarms for jurisdictions of all sizes. CryWolf has helped hundreds of city and county law enforcement agencies reduce the quantity of false alarms.
August 11, 2009
Patrol
Hawaii Police Training Leads to Errant Activation of Tsunami Alarms
A police training exercise led to the Tsunami sirens activating on the islands of Oahu and Maui, sparking a brief panic among residents.
September 20, 2019
Patrol
N.H. Trooper's $1.5M False Imprisonment Award Overturned
A Merrimack County Superior Court judge this week vacated a jury verdict awarding $1.5 million to former state trooper James Conrad, ruling the state police had immunity from claims they falsely imprisoned Conrad in 2007.
July 8, 2012
Patrol
Officer Lives at Risk Over False Narrative of Police Brutality
An accusation of bias against police officers is a deeply personal subject to the men and women in blue. We are not dismissive of the notion that there are officers who allow racial bias to impact their duties. But popular national media have distorted what is happening at police departments across America, and this matters greatly, because officers’ lives are put at risk by the false media narrative.
October 12, 2017
Patrol
Bearing False Witness
As law enforcement officers you have to put up with a lot of people bearing false witness against you. It seems to be the national pastime these days.
August 7, 2017
Patrol
Beware of False Headlines
So far, the U.S. Supreme Court has left it to the states and the federal appellate circuits to make their own rulings on the issue of whether officers may make a stop to investigate a reported drunk driver, without having any independent observations to corroborate the anonymous tip. This has led to a split of authority on the issue.
January 19, 2010
Vehicle Ops
False Floor with Electronics Tray
Go Rhino
The Go Rhino False Floor features a space-saving lightweight construction that replaces the OEM floor and allows for electronics and firearms to be mounted out of sight in a safe environment.
February 9, 2018
Gangs
False Document Mills Fuel Gang Profits
Advanced computers, scanners, and color printers make counterfeit detection much more difficult. Like good counterfeit currency, most false documents pass routine inspection and only the crude examples are detected.
August 23, 2010
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