APPLICANTS APPLYING FOR AN ALARM PERMIT
SHOULD BE AWARE:
- The alarm permit being issued at this time will be valid only until the
end of that year and the permit will have to be renewed prior to January 1 of
the next year.
- Each permit is valid for only one (1) alarm site. For example: an
applicant has an alarm at his residence and one at his place of business, then
the applicant will need two (2) permits.
- If an alarm is the type that sounds at the ALARM COMPANY (a business that
specializes in monitoring alarms and notifying the Police Department that an
alarm has been activated at a certain place) the person owning the site where
the alarm is located must obtain a Class "A" permit. The fee for a Class "A"
permit is ten ($10.00) dollars per calendar year.
- If the premises has an audible alarm at the protected site and is the ONLY
existing alarm, which is not monitored by any other alarm company, then the
person owning the protected premises needs to obtain a Class "B" permit. The fee
for a Class "B" permit is ten ($10.00) dollars per calendar year.
- Class "C" permits are to be issued only to hospitals, banks, and similar
institutions. These alarms are monitored through the Police Headquarters. The
fee for a Class "C" permits is two hundred and fifty ($250.00) dollars per
calendar year.
- No more than one permit fee is necessary for the same alarm site unless
different designated classes of permits are used. Then one permit for each
designated class is necessary.
- An alarm permit cannot be transferred to another person. A permit holder
must notify the Chief of Police in writing of any changes that alters any
information listed on the permit application within ten (10) working days of the
change.
- Brownsville Police Department will respond to six (6) false alarms within
a calendar year without charging a service fee against the permit holder, but
for the 7th false alarm a service fee with be applied according to the following
applicant under these guidelines.
- If during any one (1) calendar year the
Brownsville Police Department has to respond between seven (7) to twelve (12)
false alarms at any alarm site, a service fee of fifty ($50.00) dollars will be
applied against the permit holder.
- If during any one (1) calendar year the
Brownsville Police Department has to respond between thirteen (13) to twenty
(20) false alarms at any alarm site, a service fee will be applied in the amount
of one hundred ($100.00) dollars against the permit holder.
- If during any one (1) calendar year the
Brownsville Police Department has to respond to more than twenty-one (21) false
alarms at any alarm site, a service fee of two hundred and fifty ($250.00)
dollars will be applied against the permit holder.
- Any alarm systems that transmit a telephonic recorded message to the
Brownsville Police Department are not permitted and is in violation provided
that manually operated recording systems utilized by handicapped persons are
authorized, if such system is designed and approved in the ALARM PERMIT.
- A permit holder must:
- Maintain premises containing an alarm system
in a manner that insures proper operation of the alarm system.
- Maintain the alarm site in a manner that will
minimize false alarms.
- To respond or cause a representative to
respond within thirty- (30) minutes when urged by the City to repair or
inactivate a malfunctioning alarm system to the alarm site or provide security
to the alarm site.
- A person in control of any audible system must adjust the mechanism or
cause the mechanism to be adjusted so that the alarm signal will sound for no
long than 15 minutes after being activated.
- A permit holder must be maintain at each alarm site with complete set of
written operating instructions for each alarm system. Special codes or passwords
need not be included.
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Application
For any questions, please call the Alarm Permits Clerk at (956)548-7033 |
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