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Police seek tougher false-alarm penalties; safety committee moves alarm ordinance to third reading
Summary
City police presented alarm frequency data and asked council to strengthen fines and billing for repeat false alarms; safety committee moved Ordinance 2025-48 to third reading for further consideration.
Tallmadge police asked council on April 24 to tighten the city’s alarm ordinance after the department reported hundreds of alarm responses last year and repeated false alarms from a small number of commercial sites.
Captain Eichler told the Safety Committee that the department recorded 811 alarms in 2024 across commercial and residential categories. He said about two-thirds were commercial burglary alarms and that a single business generated 158 alarms…
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