When a residential or business security alarm activates, two Maui police officers are dispatched to the scene. It’s likely that they’ve been diverted from other police business, on the chance that ...

Officers will no longer be dispatched to burglary alarms from monitoring companies unless there is supporting evidence. The policy calls for proof like video, audio, panic alarms, or eyewitnesses.

SEATTLE — In a letter from interim Seattle Police Chief Sue Rahr, the Seattle Police Department (SPD) released a major policy change regarding the response to alarm calls. Starting Oct. 1, SPD will ...

The Gilbert Police Department will have to contend with fining itself for false alarms at its own buildings. The department last week got the go-ahead from Council on its requests to toughen various ...

In a letter from interim Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz, the Seattle Police Department released a major policy change regarding the response to alarm calls. Starting Oct. 1, SPD will only dispatch ...