Home and Business Alarm Systems Must be Registered by October

Residents and businesses within the cities of Dunwoody and Sandy Springs who use a monitored alarm system must register their system by Oct. 1 or risk a $100 penalty. 

The cities each contracted with Cry Wolf to implement online registration, and tracking and collection of fees associated with excessive false alarms, a press statement said. Penalties for excessive false alarm calls will range from $50 to $500.

Last fall, then-Sandy Springs Police Chief Terry Sult told City Council members that 96 percent of citizen calls are false alarms. That’s about $150,000 annually. 

Registration gives officers someone to contact when they respond to a false alarm and no one is there. When an alarm is activated accidentally, a quick call to the alarm company to cancel the alarm will prevent a false alarm registered against the residence or facility.

Unlocked or loose doors and windows; children, visitors and pets; user error and equipment malfunction are among the most frequent causes of false alarms, the statement said.

In the city of Dunwoody, monitored alarms can be registered at www.dunwoodyga.gov/alarm; in the city of Sandy Springs visit www.sandyspringsga.gov/alarm.

Also for more information call 866-889-2365 or email SandySpringsGA@publicsafetycorp.com, or DunwoodyGA@publicsafetycorp.com.