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The following information is distributed from the City of Frisco's News
and Information service.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 4, 2010

PREPARED BY: Sergeant Adam Henderson

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sergeant Adam Henderson
Public Information Officer
972.292.6133
AHenderson@FriscoTexas.gov

Officer Greg Barnett
Public Information Officer
972.292.6140
GBarnett@FriscoTexas.gov

New Alarm Ordinance to be Enforced Starting March 1

FRISCO, TX  Beginning on March 1 the Frisco Police Department will begin
to enforce a new city ordinance regulating residential and business
alarms. The Frisco City Council passed the new ordinance near the end of
2009, but enforcement of the new regulations and fees have not yet been
enforced as city officials wished to allow both residents and businesses
to meet compliance prior to active enforcement by the police department.

The new ordinance requires a $35 annual fee for residential and business
alarms and incorporates a new fee schedule for excessive false alarms. In
2009, the Frisco Police Department responded to 9,841 alarms of which over
99.6% were false alarms, costing taxpayers over $1.1 million for a police
response. In an effort to mitigate these costs and reduce the impact on
Frisco taxpayers, the following fines will be applied to excessive false
burglar alarms occurring in a 12-month period preceding the last false
alarm:

刪 $50 for more than three but fewer than six false burglar alarms;

刪 $75 for more than five but fewer than eight false burglar alarms; and

刪 $100 for more than eight false burglar alarms.

Response by Frisco police officers to more than two false robbery, fire,
panic, or emergency medical assistance alarms in a 12-month period
preceding the last false alarm will incur a $75 fine for each subsequent
false alarm. Additionally, alarm permit holders are required to supply
alarm companies with three names and telephone numbers of contacts who are
able to respond to a false alarm, and failure by the alarm permit holder
or the three contacts to respond within 30 minutes of a false alarm may
result in a $50 fine. PMAM Corporation, a third party partner specializing
in false alarm management solutions, will manage the Frisco alarm program.

For more information on the new alarm ordinance or to view it in its
entirety, please visit www.FriscoTexas.gov/Police or contact the police
departmentˇs Records Division at 972.292.6000.