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Police propose rewritten alarm ordinance, event permit review; department outlines animal‑control staffing and trap‑neuter‑return plans
Summary
Chief Jennings told the Board of Aldermen Thursday that the police department has rewritten the city’s alarm ordinance and will bring the draft forward at the regular meeting.
Chief Jennings told the Board of Aldermen Thursday that the police department has rewritten the city’s alarm ordinance and will bring the draft forward at the regular meeting. The draft removes a previous $1 alarm registration requirement and increases fines for repeated false alarms: a $50 fine after the third false alarm and $75 after the eleventh. The chief said many false alarms recently have originated at businesses and that the changes aim to reduce avoidable emergency responses and protect…
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