Ken:

Here is another example of non industry people legislating industries they know nothing about. Please read and you will soon realize that an out of city, county or state central station cannot dial "911" from their location. The law further demands that a comatose person dial "911" themselves. They also demand the central station call the notification list in the order specified by the subscriber. We have all been doing that since inception and along with medical information given to us to contact medical personnel and other pertinent facts about the person being monitored. It's very unfortunate our industry does not do enough public relations and publicity to show how many lives we protect and save on a constant basis.

THANKS

HANK LUKS

CONTROLLOR SECURITY SYSTEMS

*************Hank is referring to the PERS law in Kentucky. You can read that law on my web site at http://www.kirschenbaumesq.com/alarmlicreq-ky2.htm.

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Ken,

The city of Fontana (california) recently passed two ordinances. The first ordinance states that the P.D. will not respond to alarms without video or audio verification. The second ordinance states that "If an alarm company CALLS P.D. dispatch and the alarm does Not have audio or video verification, then, not only will the P.D. NOT respond to the alarm but they will also charge a $150.00 fee to the alarm company simply for calling them! And, on alarms with video or audio verification, should THEY determine the alarm to be false, then they will charge the alarm company a $200.00 fee. I understand the first ordinance may be enforceable, but what about the second? Is that even legal to charge someone just for making a phone call to the Police Department? What happened to "Serve and Protect"?

MIKE A.

****************** It should be interesting to see how the PD enforces these new laws. Government gets to do lots of things when they claim its in furtherance of police powers.

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