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Council routes false-alarm appeals to municipal court, giving residents a formal appeals path
Summary
The Providence City Council amended the false-alarm ordinance to place appeals under municipal-court review rather than an administrative police process, a change sponsors said will give residents clearer, case-by-case relief from fines for accidental alarms.
Providence City Councilors approved an amendment to the city’s false-alarm ordinance that moves the appeals process from an administrative police review to the municipal court.
Sponsor Councilor Aaron told the council the change will let judges review alarm fines and “determine on a case-by-case situation whether to ... dismiss or move forward,” rather than leaving residents to an opaque administrative route handled by the Police Department. Aaron said the current ordinance can leave residents — for example, a tenant who moved into a unit with an existing…
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