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(E) Alarm Site means a single premises or location served by an alarm systems. Each tenancy, if served by a separate alarm system in a multi tenant building or complex shall be considered a separate alarm site. (F) Alarm System means a device or series of devices, including, but not limited to, systems interconnected with radio frequency signals, which are designed to discourage crime, by emitting or transmitting a remote or local audible, visual or electronic signal indicating an alarm condition. Alarm system does not include: an alarm designed to alert only the inhabitants of a premises that does not have a sounding device which can be heard on the exterior of the alarm site. fire and emergency medical (Life Line) systems. (G) .-alarm User means any person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity who (which) uses an alarm system at it's alarm site. (R) Sheriff means the Sheriff of the county or an authorized representative. (n Conversion means the transaction or process by which one alarm business begins monitoring of an alarm system previously monitored by another alarm business. (,n Duress Alarm means a silent alarm signal generated by the manual activation of a device intended to signal a crisis situation requiting law enforcement response. (K) False Alarm Dispatch means an alarm dispatch request to a law enforcement agency, when the responding officer finds no evidence of a criminal offense or attempted criminal activity after having completed a timely investigation of the alarm site. An alarm dispatch request which is canceled by the alarm business or the alarm user prior to the time the responding officer reaches the alarm site shall not be considered a false alarm dispatch. (L) False Alarm User Awareness Class means a class operated by the Sheriffs Office for the purpose of educating alarm users about the problems created by false alarm dispatches and in the responsible use of their alarm system. (NI) Holdup Alarm means a silent alarm signal generated by the manual activation of a device intended to signal a robbery in progress. (1) Keypad means a device that allows control of an alarm system by the manual entering of a coded sequence of numbers or letters. (0) Monitoring means the process by which an alarm business receives signals from alarm systems and relays an alarm dispatch request to the city for the purpose of summoning police response to the alarm site. (P) One Plus Duress Alarm means the manual activation of a silent alarm signal by entering at a keypad a code that adds one to the last digit of the normal arm/disarm code (normal code = 1334 one plus duress code = 1335). (Q) Person means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, organization or -similar entity. AUGUST 24, 1999 -59- •