Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 26—The Gilbert Police Department will have to contend with fining itself for false alarms at its own buildings. The ...

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 ...

Like most Bay Area communities, Vallejo is facing a critical police officer shortage and the city’s now considering a plan to stop responding to most alarm calls. Since 2020, officers were sent to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new ban on the use of defensive tools by Tewksbury State Hospital security staff puts police, hospital workers, patients and the ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Pittsburgh police are changing the way officers respond to burglar alarms, saying right now the calls eat up thousands of police staff hours each year and the "overwhelming ...

NEWTOWN -- An ordinance that would allow the chief of police to refuse to send officers to an check out the site of an activated security alarm will be discussed and possibly voted on during tonight's ...

PHOENIX — A staggering rate of false alarm calls in Paradise Valley has led the town’s police department to take action. More than 99 percent of the 3,672 security alarms that the Paradise Valley ...

WASHINGTON — It’s a mistake that could cost you hundreds of dollars if you aren’t careful or prepared. Prince William County police say they respond to more alarm calls than traffic crashes, domestic ...

The security system at the Brink's armored car office sounded 103 times in the first six months of this year. But every time police pulled up to the fortresslike building on 17th Street NE, the ...