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17J <br />9.A.2. PUBLIC HEARING - FALSE ALARM ORDINANCE 99 - <br />021- AND REPEAL OF ORDINANCES 99-010 AND 99-015 <br />PROOF OF PUBLICATION OF ADVERTISEMENT FOR HEARING IS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE <br />CLERK TO THE BOARD <br />County Attorney Vitunac advised that this meeting has been advertised and the <br />Commissioners can make any amendments they desire, including total repeal of the existing <br />ordinances. <br />Sandy Shields, Planning & Research Unit Supervisor, Sheriff's Office, thanked the <br />Board for the opportunity to appear and emphasized that the purpose of the ordinance is to <br />cut back on false alarm dispatches. She introduced Ron Walters. <br />Ron Walters, Southeast Regional Coordinator of the Alarm Reduction Effort for the <br />International Association of Chiefs of Police, stated that he covers an area from <br />Pennsylvania south and east of the Mississippi River. The alarm industry has not been able <br />to resolve this issue and in-depth studies revealed that 78% of false alarms are caused by user <br />error and that under 20% of users cause 80% of these dispatches. He believed that the <br />ordinance would reduce false dispatches by at least 3 0% in the first year. He also noted that <br />it is much less expensive for the County to pass the ordinance than to have to add an <br />additional deputy sheriff in 1 or 2 years. <br />Ron Kramer, Crime Prevention Officer, Sheriff's Office, explained the appeal <br />process and the Appeal Board and noted that when a permit is revoked, it would usually be <br />an equipment or user problem. <br />• <br />AUGUST 24, 1999 <br />-53-, <br />BOOK <br />