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City of Palo Alto
City Manager'sSummary Report
HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT: POllCE
September 12, 1994 CMR:m:94
Response to Grand Jury Rooommendations Reganting !be
Standardization of Pollcle$, Lkenslng, IIDd F... Scbedules
Associated with ."a!se AIamls
The 1993-94 Santa CIani County Grar.d Jury issu.:O their final report CO"''''''''"8 their
in'"estigation of false burglar alarms in the cities within the County, Their fe:port
concluded with some recommer.dalions tiat, if adopted, would significantly impa~t t.ie
Cily of Palo Alto. Sm.", law require, that the governing bodies, of the public agencios
that have been ,uhie"! to a Graod Jury final report, must comment within 90 ruys 10 the
preaiding judge of the Superior Court on the findings and recommendations pertaining to
the malten under control ofllle governing body. Although a fannal vote is IlOI required,
the Grand Jury encourtlges provisions for public discussion ",;th the individuai governing
bodie •.
RECOMMENDAllONS
Staff tcCQI11mends th&t Council authon"" the Mayor 10 send • le"er to the Santa Clara
County Grand lury indicating the City of Palo Alto', response to the recommenrutions.
POUCY IMPIJCATIQNS
The recootmendations made by the Grand Jury, if approved, would result in several
policy implications for the Council to consider. The implications include the following:
A change in the Municipal Code that would require an aJarrn permit for all burglar alarms
installed in commercial, public or !esidenlial buildings; the automation of burglar and
false alann infonnation; a change in the six-month time allocation for false ala.nns to
~Ive months; and a change in the false alarm fee structure for burglar alanns.
EXECU'lJYE SUMMARY
The City of Palo Alto's Intrusion Alann Ordinance and Fee Schedule waa originally
adopted by the City Council in 1976. The ordinance deals with private intrusion alarms.
Since that time, the ordina.oce and fee schedule has been revised several times, with the
lut revision occurring in 1989. The intent of the ordinance was, and remains, an attempt
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10 reduoe !he nwnber of false alarms to which police office,.. respond. The current
onIiDllJlCe provides f()1 a ree \0 be charged after lime or more fal:;e alarms in a >ix-month
pe:ri«I. The fees arc jn<:reased for each subsequent false a1ann, up \0 • mlUimum of
S I SO per fIIx alarm.
Iu. result of. complaint made to the Grand Jury, regarding llIe pen:eived e.orbitard and
iDI:<laa~y applied 11 .... and penalties levied by the City of San Jose for false burglar
alarms, !he Grand Jury initial.cd an inquiry in'.o the aIsrm programs and policies by every
city ;1\ !he CGWIty. Their inquiry resulted in eight recommen<iati ons.
'The i~~mentation of some of ~ir recommendations would have an impact on the
City" current ordino.nce and procedures.
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Should the Orand Jury's recommendatiom be implemented, the precise fi,cal impm that
wooJd f'iesul! cannot be delerrnined. However, ba..~ 'upon tht City's current false alarm ,."j"" fees compand to lIlose proposed by the Grand Jury, staff .stimate. lIlat a
reduction of awroxill',a!ely $97,000 in false alarm service r::e, would occur. This
rev ....... loss may be offset to • certain extent, depending upon any revenue generated by
fee" tIW would be associated with the propoocd alarm permit recommendation.
If the City were to initiate an alarm permit system similar to that proposed by the Grand
Jury, additional .laffing resources would be needed to maintain the system, keep alarm
infonnllion current and updated, and issue new vern>its for new systems.
Eo'\f\'DlONMENTAL AS.~"
'There is no Environmenlal Assessment required or associated with the Grar.d Jury
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City Manager's Report (In-Depth)
SI!JIUTT: Rcspoooe 10 Gnnd Jury Recommendations Reganling the Standudization
of Policies, Li=>Sing, and foe Schedules A~;.ted with False Alarm •.
JECOMMENDADONS
St&tf recommends !lull COUDciJ IUthoriu the MlYo.-to send • letter to the Ssnta Clara
Count)· Grand lury indicoring the City of Palo Alw', concerns and opposition to some
of !heir =ommendatlom osoociated with false alarm fee li~nsing, policies and fee
structure..
IIACKGROlCSP
In 1976, t~ City CooOC)t ~d,~.c-d a..'1 ordinance n:ga.rdir1£ false ?.la.rms (Palo Alto
Municipa..i C\1I:k Chapta 4.39). The ordin..an,"'< was presented to COl.lndl as a result of
!.he Felice Ocpa.rt.rr.ent's cort<:.tm aoolJl f"l;:spor ..... jmg W approximately 200 alarms.~ month,
98 percent of which wen: false. I11e concerns w;!re centered afOund. t.~e resulting use of
police re..souroes &nd the ncgz.r..ive effect on police officer availability and safety,
Sp«:;fic~y, the concerns j""Iud<"<l the poknli!l danger to om""" .00 the public from
the ·'o_....c guan:\ syndrome' offi",,,, experience after repeaU:d responses 10 false
aUmu, !he .moont of poli", staff time required to re'porJ to ialse alarm,. and the
offi.::.ers' resulting unavailability to respond to other situations. Th~ original ordinance
allowed for two (alse rJ~rn" withool penall)' per qUArter, with. $25 charge fur each false
aLum !hereafter.
Owing !be Policc [)eputment', budgel hearin" in May 1982, the Council reviewed the
iDInasioo aLum J'I'OVIITI. AI !hat time, officers re.<pond<d to approximately 280 aLums
per mandl. Ill! perceoI of whlch were false. As. resu II of this review, together with the
belief thai usinIi: fees II • ~ .... rned w affect m;idents ~ ... most, Council amended
~ fee schcduk I<> provide for two free faI>e alarms, S50 for the iliir<l, $75 fer the fourth
and $100 for !hoe tiftlt and each 5Ubsequent faI .. aIDm.
As I resuit of considerable public ruction by .a..1ann owners and users to the revised fees
and, in paniculu, the r.on-reDCwablc naw'" of til< fee schedule, staff initiated A change
lIIowing the fee sd1cdule to revert 10 !he no charge peMlty, if • false alarm were not
generaI<d dwing • 1i .• -rnonth period.
In t989, £h(: Council approved major reVISIOns to the alann ordinance. Staff had
requested the revisions due 10 changes in state legislalion, a report from the City Auditor
~ that thet'e were not any provisions in the Municipal Code to authorize assessment
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of laic cIwgeo, and oyonll improvernentJ to alarm .}"Iems. The ",visions inclOOed the
eIlDWwioo of automatic te!epbone dialer and direcl ~ of alum systems into the
City', Communications Center; the provisioo fex laic fee ch&rges for cIcli nquent
iDlnlsioolJillsc alarm payments; and the inclusioo of • """poliet response policy for
IqJeIt offencIen.
III respoo ... 10 • complaint ~ng the peroeiyed •• orl>itant L'>d inconsistenll)' ipplie<l
fiIIes and penalties Ievi<d by the City of San Jose, the Grand I"')' initiated an i.-.quiry
during FiJcaI Y= 1993-!U in:.o the Jdminislntioo of alarm prugrwru. It.t>ould be !!OI<d
tbaI the Gnnd Jury', iDqUiry and report rer-nce. only lobe '~rg\ar' alarms. Like
some of the other citieo, ~ Alto'. ordinance ""'...... all aIanru including those
uoociated with hokI-up, robber)' and other types of intrusion alarms. Ten cities within
the County currenOy have alarm ordinar.ce< and prognrru. A •• result of tr.eir inquiry
(,.,. attached cop)' of the report!, Ill< Grand bf) de,eiC>p«i eigh' re("ommend.tions.
In FisaJ Year 1993--94, Palo A~IO P:)~i·;C' off,c(~ resj:.. .... ,:,'roro W !in aY(j;l~~ (If 236 alarm'S
per month, 98 percent of which wae fals.c n;i~ reileos ail ir.C'rt'as.': sin~c 1989, thzl
staffaltributes to the bcl;ef that there are mere :1Jarm ~»Ier!i.s thaI arc (;pcr?tiGD~ v. itl,in
the City,
POIJCy [MPLICAUO;.iS
The =omrnendalions mode by the GraM lury, if appro"ea, would result in ,.,,,oral
policy implications for the Council (0 consider. The implications i'lClooe the following:
A clw\gein the Municipal Code: ,'u,w'ould f<<Juire an alarm penni I for all burglar !larms
i1'\8Uilled in commtrciaJ, ~blic or re~lder.tj.al boi\dj"~s; the automaU0n of burgtar and
false alarm infonnation; I ch.a.ng~ in the !.i~~IThJnth time aJl,xation for falS-\: alarms 10
twelve months; and • change in the faI~ alum i~ structure for burglar alarms.
DISCUSSION
Five of the eight recommendations made by the Grand JUf)' would ""wI in dim,'1 impacts
O!I the City of Palo Alto per the followi"8;
RC'!;QRunco1ation Il, -That requirements for response '0 and efforts to reduce the
incidence of fllse burglar limn, be 5tandarGli=l throughoul Ihe County.
Staff does not concur with thls recommendation. Police responses \0 i.larms vary from
city to city depending upoIl Ihe avAiabwty of sWf, In the GraM Jury's report fo<
inotaIIce, it indicates that all poIiet depertments dispalch one officer to • burglar alarm.
WJille this may be the case in other jurUdictioru, PaJo Allo cop.sisten~y dispatches.
minimum of two officers, depending upon the type of lIarm. Staff r",ls strongly !hoI il'.is
procedure should no! be aleered for officer ;aiel)' ""-,,,ons.
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0Ihet" r.ctoro that",uaIly vary from community to .:ommunity include the diffu-ence in
penema,es of residcntial versus commercial alarm systems and =ponsive..,.. of
residents and busi ..... owners in preventing false alarms. Because lbese fac10n are
lISU&Ily not the same amOtlg ccmmunitieo, !he need for =pome to alarm. shoold te1t
with eacIt city.
Brwmmc:od,rion n -That all cities require an alum pennit and regiltrotion with the
police for any burglar alarm iru>talled in any commercial, public 0< residential building
and that permits be renewed annually.
CUITCIIIly. the City of Palo Alto', ordinance requires an alarm user to regi,le( with the
Police Departmenl. 'I'bc registration includes the user', name, addre .. , busi,.,.. and
home "'Iepbone numbers. and. liil of responsible persOtl,. The ordinance specifi~ly
indicates that no fee shall be charged for the registration. Woile mary oJarrn users
comply 'With this provision, it is not infrequent to find new a.larm u~rs who have rYA
complied. The imormation is kep~ in the Communication.s Center and updated
):Jeriodica1lyas svaiiablc st!fftime permits, or when it is determined that the inJormation
is not accurs.te or at the time of a police response to an alarm, The registration system
is somewhat informal. and because there is nl) fee attached 10 it, the tir1",'! !.pent (0
maintain jt is minim~ at besL
'The inclusion of a fee for an alarm pennit woo IJ res ult ina need for add j ti onaJ ~taff.
Staff estimates that approximately an hour per alarm per year would be l"e<Juired for th<
processing. billing, updating, and reven"e collection alisocia!ed ·,.ith • fee. &sed u!,,"
an estimated 3 ,()(x) alarm systems in the City, a minimum of one person ,'ear would be
needed to mainta',1 the permit system.
Berornmcndujon ~ -That :records on burglar alarms and false alarms be automated.
Prcaently, al&nn records for the City are maintained manually. When officen respond
to an alarm. they provide the appropriale infonnation 10 the dispatcher as 10 the validity
of !he alarm. The dispatcben reccrd !he information and pass it on to the staff person
who tTacks !he infonnation, notifies the al&nn user about !be number of alarms !bey hav.
had, and bills the ..... rs when they exceed !he allowable umit of false alarms. While staff
is looldng at the possibility of automating these rerords e\'entua1ly, especially as part of
!he computer aided dispatching syste", that will be purchaSl'.<I thi' fiscal ,eu, sWT dO<'.s
not feel !here is an urgency for the automation of these records 10 be completed.
B('fpmmendatjon IJj -That the false Alarm reporting period be standardized al 12 mon"'!s,
beginning with the issuance of a permit.
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While uff iI IlOl SIrongly opposed 10 ~'lis recommendation on its own merit, in
con,iullCtiol> with the Gnnd lury's seventh recommendation regarding the fine sch<dul.,
IIIaff ~ thai the aliding fee sch<duJe does encourage many alarm users to maintain
aM openII: their ~ responsibly. Palo Alto', ordioance currently iocludes • six
IIIOCIIb recording period. An alum wer i. allowed three false alarm ..... jlbin each six
moodt period beI'= penalties are assessed. Togelber W11b the proposed fees sch<dule,
IIIaff beIievca thai deterrent would be weakened.
Bavm!lml •tiop t1 -ThaI 5Chedules of fines be eslablish<d by resolution of the City
COUIIcil slid appended to the ordinance gove.ming burglar alarm systems, for example,
u follows, m;! thai to mluoe admini!trarive costs, these line. be allowed to occrue
durinc !be annual permit period and be payable in full at Ibe time of rene .... a1,
CAJ>Ce!latioo, or termination of the permit.
Occum",ce Residential I Commercial 1 I Warning J Wa...rning ~ 2 Warning Warning
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6 Probation ·t· $ I 00 Probation + 5150
Palo Alto Ius hi.toricaUy .scI fee., fines, and penalties by !'Csolution during the annual
budget proceu and with the adoption of the yearly Municipal Fee Schedule. 5i lICe the
initial adoption of tbe alarm ordinance, the fee structure has been revised approximately
four times. Staff believes this method Ius worked well in the past and should continue.
'The propoW to set lines as IlOIed above, IOgether with allowing the accrual "f fine
payments over the COUI'$<l of. year, is in conflicl wilb the intent of the establishment of
~. AI noted earlier, lines are used as • deterrenl, especially for residential users, and
ohouId reflect the cost to provide the service. Staff does not beHeve that by lowering the
fines and allowing deferred payments until the end of the year, any reduction in the
number of false aJarms will occur.
AL]EBNATIYES
No alternatives were identified.
nSCAL IMPACT
Should \be Graad lury', ~ be implemented, the precise fiscal impact that
woWd result caaaoI be dcIennined. H~, based upon the City's curront false alarm
cvioe feel COOIjMiod to IhoK proposed by the Gnnd Jury, staff estimates that a
I"Iduction at ~matdy $97,000 in false alarm service fees would occur. This
I'1Ovem1O loa may be offset to • certain extent, depending upon any revenue generated by
feel Ihor woWd be ....,..;ated with !be proposed alarm permit recommendation.
WhlIe it io WIkDowa bow many alarm .yslcm. &re operational within tho City, there
pul>4>l) .... weiJ "' .... 3,000. If the City wat: to initiate an alarm permit system ,imilat
ID !bot pup<ao! by the Gnnd Jury, additional .Wling resources would be needed to
maUuin the syaem. keep alarm information curront and updated, and issue new permi!JI
fer new !)"!tIemJ.
Po'VIRONMEl't'IAL A..~SWENT
There il no Emrironmer.ta.I AsseSSfO(:nt required or associated with the-G:and Jury
recommendations ,
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Pending CouncE approy~. the Mayor will s:nd ! lr:tter to the Grand Jury indicati.ng the
Clt)"s concern a.nd opposition regarding some of their recommendations.
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Policies governinq responses to f~lse hurglar alar=s--how po
lice respond to tbClll, how reconU;; are aaintl!lin("d. and \rOhat cit}' de
pa~nt maintains the., and. finu: and penal ty assessaents i.posf!'d
:for false alarms--vary greatly aaong t-he cities of Santa Clara
County. Policies are also inconsistently enforced. The report
recommends ~tanda~ization ot policies, auto~~tion ~f record r.eep
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Fiual Report of the 1993-94 Santa Clara County Grand Jury
:INVES'I'IGA"1'rON OF FALSE BORa LlUt ALArut6
IN CITIBS OF BANTA CLARA COUNTY
INl'RODUCTION. In response to a complaint that f ines an~J pen
alty assessments levieo for talse hurglar alarms in the City of San
Jose 'Wer-e both exorbitant and inconsistently applied, the Grand
Jury began an inquiry into the administration of burglar alanu pro
grams by Police Departments in ten Santa clara county cities: san
J05e, santa Clara, CUpertino, Saratoga, Monte Sereno J Los Altos
Kllls, Campbell, Mountain view, Palo Alto, and Sunnyvale. In all
ten cities the programs covered comme,rcial, industrial, and public
buildings and private residences: none of the cities included auto
mobile alarms in their coverage.
DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAMS. The ten cities covered by the GrC"lnd
Jury investigation had ordinances on fal~e burgla,':" alarLls ei ther in
9ffect or under considera.tioll. All cities except San Jos~ defi!,e
false burglar alarms as civil offenses. San JosP. d:~tines the)":;l-
ir.appropriately~ in the judgment of Gr-.-:md Jl.lry--as cd_rdnal cE::ens
CoS. The usual authority for a schedule 0_1' fines for false b' .. n::-glar
alarms is a. City Council re~olution. dlthough in sor.:e cilies the
setting of fi.nes is delegated to other authority. h11en, 3""' in San
JO!3e J false al~rn:s iu:e cr.iminal offenses, they are subject ui1der
the state criminal Code to a penalty assessment in addition to a
fine. Pines are payable to the city in ,",'hich t.he often~e is cott
mitted, but penalty assessments are transmitted to the count}' and
~~e state. Fees and penalties tor false alarms in t~e ten cities
covered. in this report vary from zero for tha first offense to a
high of $675 for the third. Table 1 shows the fines and penal ty
assessments in the city of San Jose.
Table 1.
Fines and penalty assessments in the City of San Joze
for false alarms occurring within ~ period of 60 aays.
(Data from city ordinance 10.42.0200.)
OCcurrence fu~ PenaltY __ A.ssessed ~_9.!_{',_1
1st $ 5e.OO $17.00 X 5 $135.00
2nd 100.00 17.00 X 10 270.00
3rd + 250.00 17.00 X 25 675.00
The recording period for false alarms--the period ..... ithin which
repeated false alarms result in an increase of fines and penal~y
assessments--varies from city to city; it is usually defined in the
city ordinance but, as with fines, is in so~e cities defined by the
Police Department or the City Manager. The features o( all ten tc'1.1-
nicipal programs are shown 1.n 'l'able 2.
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<,I The Sur.nyvallS ordi.nance requires that t.he Police Depart.ment ccntact offen
ders b-.f letter, telephone calls, "and personal visits as the nU!l'..ber of false
al..anRs increase.. Sunnyvale does not levy {ines or assessments.. Sunnyvale
also reports a 5O-percent drop ir. the nurobr of false alarms in the four years
erAi..ng IT 1993. C'.ampbe:ll reports similar slIccess over a five-ye-ar ~riod be
tweP..(l IGSS, 'WhEn It l".ad al.m.:;st 2000 false alan;$~ ari!'j 1993 J .. r&n it had 1101.
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In soae cities the Frogram is adtdniste:r;-ed by a department
other th~n the Police Department, such as Finance or Communication;
jn Qthers the Po~ice ~partaent retains responsibility. No Police
[)c;!part:::aeJ"lt surveyed by the Grand Jury devotes. stat! exclusively to
adzinist!'Btion of the false-alat:1ll. prog.l.-am. In one Department it is
a ~rt-tiae job for one officer: in others it is administered by an
~ploy~e other than a police officer.
All Police J)(!part,laents respond similarly to the sounding of a
hurqlar: alara, by dispatching a patrol unit_ (a unit is one officer
in one C4r) to the scene of an alarm. All alarms are treated as
siaple incidents until they are investigated. If an investigation
identities an alar. as false, the investigating officer prepares
the dooIlafmtlltion en the incident, has the respon5ible person in
the facility in which the alarm sounded notified, and at the end of
the police shift gives the d~entation to the administrator of
the burglar-alaZ"'m progr~p for posting to the poU.ce log and for any
required follo .. -up ~.cticn. Be::.ause re.gtstration ef alan::l systems
is T:ot required. ~n all cities, it is so:::":etimes difficult for the
invest.igating ott'icp.t-to locate the re.sponsible pers-:.n in the es
tablish=ent ~here a fdlse alarn h~s sound~d.
J..lt_h'J"G.gh SO":f-city ordinances .!:Iuthorize the Police Department
to c':.~a::;('"-respc;f~ding at-c"r 10 or 12 fdlse ala""C""ins ·,t the sal:!€" facil
i-::y .. ithin a repo7"ting pq:ioi, the Grand Jury f~.uf'.d no instance in
... hi("h th~ palice rl'l\'<" d:)ne $,--,. ctli''.!iS of Poli::=e indic3.te that not
to res?Ond to a burglar diann goes ag21inst the 9['ain of police
tl:aining, reg~rdless of th-e number of false alarms. One Chief
stated th~ ~~se ~el1: "The thirteenth alarm might be a real one.~
S'OPOO..KY. There:is ~ide variancf!, among the cities ot Santa
Clara Count:,.' in tl.e amounts of fines for repeated false burglar
ala~s and in the length ot ti~e that is allowed ~o elapse betw~en
them betore-tines and penalty as.s:essments are increa~ed. Registra
tion of alar. syste.s is not re~~ired in some cities, and San Jose
is the only city where false ala~s are violations of the criminal
code and therefore incur a penalty asseSSMent. Automation of the
manage.ent and adainistration of burglar ala~ programs would be
aore efficient than the: manual :methods currently in effect and
li'ould qive cities qreater control over the problem of false alarms.
llE<XJ:HliBJIDATIO.S. The Santa Clara County Grand Jury recol'lmends
to the City councilS, City Managers, and other responsible offi
cials of" cities \ol~thin the County:
j. That the City council of San Jose dccriUlinalize false
burglar alarJriS.
2. That requirements fOl response to and efforts to reduce
the incidence of false burglar alarP..s be standardized throughout.
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3. That all cities t'~ire an alanD pCnlIit. and registra.tion
with the police for any burglar alarm installed in any cottmercial.
public, or residential buildinq~ and that p-erzits be rene·."e-d e:~lnU
ally.
4. That records on burgldr alar=s and false al~~1<.s be duto
mated.
5. That the false alanl: report.iog period be st..andardized at
12 lIonths~ be:qinninq vitll the issuance of 4 p€OIit.
6. That fines, if levied, taKe effect after th~ third false
ala:~ 'With in the reportinq pedod.
7. That schedulE'"s of fine~ be establi5he~ by resolution of
the City Council and appended to t.he aT:"dir,'"!m:e goverr,ing burglar
alar1:l systems, tor-eXi!!Iillple as folle.!':, i'lr.d that t.o redtlCe adJ:;lin
istrative costs, the:<;;e fines be I!Il1o"'E'd to ae,-=rJ.:€ durif'g th(' annu.al
permit period ar-.<i .be payable in tul1 at the ti~.e cf rcn,2· ... ,:il, can
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8. Th.at the cities of Gilroy. Milpitl'ls, and K<:lrqan Hill and
unincorporated arei'\5 of Santi! Clard: C'oun':y ",ho 3Te under the ;uris
diction af the county Sheriff .:'tnd ,";hl) are r,,-;t inch:uc'd :in th:is re
~ort imp1e~ent similar actions.
PASSED AND APPROVED bV tl~e Santa Clard. County Grand Jur'.1 this
thirty-first day of Mar-ch, 1994.