Burglar Alarm Changes
The media really ought to address this. Beginning 01 January, the Police Department stopped issuing False Burglar Alarm citations. Instead, False Burglar Alarms are to be written on Administrative Notices of Violation (ANOVs).
If we aren't mistaken, under the old system, businesses were forgiven up to five false burglar alarm citations for a calendar year. Now, since the violation is noted on an ANOV, the business gets an "administrative hearing" which, as a wholly owned entity of the Department of Revenue, means that fines are going to be imposed almost every single time.
On one hand, we don't really mind. False alarms eat up a lot of time that could be better spent elsewhere and the recurring regular alarms ought to get hammered for wasting everyone's time and contributing to the "boy who cried wolf" syndrome. On the other hand, we don't remember seeing any word of this coming down the pike and it appears like a case of "gotcha!" enforcement on unsuspecting businesses. Businesses that pay quite a bit in taxes and licensing fees already.
If we aren't mistaken, under the old system, businesses were forgiven up to five false burglar alarm citations for a calendar year. Now, since the violation is noted on an ANOV, the business gets an "administrative hearing" which, as a wholly owned entity of the Department of Revenue, means that fines are going to be imposed almost every single time.
On one hand, we don't really mind. False alarms eat up a lot of time that could be better spent elsewhere and the recurring regular alarms ought to get hammered for wasting everyone's time and contributing to the "boy who cried wolf" syndrome. On the other hand, we don't remember seeing any word of this coming down the pike and it appears like a case of "gotcha!" enforcement on unsuspecting businesses. Businesses that pay quite a bit in taxes and licensing fees already.
Labels: city politics
posted by SCC at 12:33 AM
44 Comments:
Someone has to sign an anov...usually people are never there...thats why the fucking alarm is on.....nice try shortshanks, did aunt b clue you to this b.s. revenue scheme?
14 PAUL! No Anov from me
it's ALL about money......ain't a damn thing funny.
KING RICHARD II will not be denied !!!
LONG LIVE THE KING !
Another example of Econ 102?
Is it just me or is Daley and his rubber stamping Aldercreatures just driving jobs out of the City?
This City, County and State have got to be the worst State in the union to be a business owner.
Alas, the sheeple keep voting these Criminals into office. Change is on the way in the form of the Great Messiah Barak Hussien Obama will save us all!!!!!!!!!
Way to further alienate the very people who make this City what it is, dickhead Daley!
TRU will have to long form them if it is on the dock area hahahahaha!
who the fuck cares "14p" until i get written up.
simple... if its a good buisness that is good to the police....14p, which means no ticket.. if its a buisness that is not good to the police and takes a sh*t in your buritto... 14N..which means citation issued... so f' all the food places with 15 alarms a day and no breaks to the police... no breaks for you... good luck with trying your case
Its called r-e-v-e-n-u-e!
Of course it is a fuck job on businesses! do you think the City wants this publicized? Hey Fran, Frank, Sneed, pick up on this one. The city, without City Council approval, is canceling the False Burglar Alarm program and is now finding a way to fine businesses for each and every false burglar alarm!
As if businesses aren't screwed enough!
Great way to get business to pull out of Chicago.
will this apply to false home alarms as well? The rules were slightly different and we were afforded three false alarm notices in one year before a fine was imposed.
He's taxing businesses out of existence and taxing the citizens right out of the city.
I thought I remembered reading somehwere that LA police don't even respond to burglar alarms any more, which makes sense to me.
How many in-progress arrests to alarms result in?
Can somebody please tell me who signs the damn thing and how in the hell do I stick it on the window????
There is supposed to be a Dept. Notice coming out on this. How ass backwards. As of 01 Jan start issuing anovs but no instructions on what the charge is. they won't need a signature. You just slide them under the door or put them in the mailbox. We still will no be writing residences, only Commercial Businesses. Stupid Stupid Stupid.
TRU will have to long form them if it is on the dock area hahahahaha!
1/04/2009 01:44:00 AM
Even worse, MSF will make a deal with the owner and give the owner a pass as long as he tells them where they can find 3 other burglar alarms going off.
If your forced to write an anov, write it. Dont leave the buisness copy and dont turn in the department copy. You still have your copy to prove you wrote one. Fuck'em!!!
I dont write burglar alarm tickets but i sure do write parking tickets. Any one parked close to the alarm gets a ticket.
TOOOO BAD!
Ex 153 Ranger
Anonymous said...
it's ALL about money......ain't a damn thing funny.
KING RICHARD II will not be denied !!!
LONG LIVE THE KING !
1/04/2009 12:54:00 AM
OK, Now your KING RICHARD thing is just ANNOYING!!!
STOP IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
Burglar alarms are a pain in the ass, but why not take advantage of them. Security patrols of off duty police should be formed privately, to respond to the alarms of their clients. The business would pay for the service and the police would only respond to holding the offender.
I say write every business and make sure to remind them that it is compliments of King Richard due to the budget crisis.
You might want to consider writing an ANOV for ALL the FALSE HOLDUP ALARM calls at a bank. These banks have money from their greed and loan scandals. Most of the time the bank employee laughs at you, me or us and think it's a big fucking joke when we walk in believing they were being held up. They never consider the officer who might have been in an accident on the way to the call to help their stupid butts. So I say write the ANOV if for no other reason than personal satisfaction.
Please Don't Bother Me With This Nonsense. You Just Make It All Work !
Love "Your Mayor"
PS Have A Nice Day !!
How many in-progress arrests to alarms result in?
With all respect, I appreciate the cops coming by even if it is a false alarm, and would pay for it. Maybe won't ever catch a burglar, but they would likely be able to tell if there was damage and a possible fire following a break-in. If I'm here when they show up, I'll make them coffee.
Does anyone even write Anovs said...
Someone has to sign an anov...usually people are never there...thats why the fucking alarm is on.....nice try shortshanks, did aunt b clue you to this b.s. revenue scheme?
Nice one dumb ass, read the order on the Alarm. No signature is needed nor does a name have to be placed on the ANOV. You should figure out how to do your job before bitching about something you clearly do not knwo what to do about
The media won't touch this. Just be glad ypou don't own a business in Chicago. The businessman is being run out. $3.oo parking, $150 fines for false burglar alarms, 10.25 percent sales tax. Predicted 10 percent unemployment in 2009. Good bye storefront retail.
The tenants in a shopping center in my diustrict told me that they have had three property flipping landlords in the last 18 months. They will not tolerate a rent increase with all other competing open storefronts in nearby locations.
9:27 is correct. Nixing responses to burglar alarms was one of the first things Bratton did when he went to LA a few years ago.
The biggest complaints came from the burglar alarm companies. They were shouted down when Bratton pulled out the numbers. LA police spent something like 4 or 5% of patrol time responding to burglar alarms, and had an absolutely minisculse number of bona fides.
When he was looking for patrol time to free burglar alarms were the first to go.
Just another way to push businesses out of the city. Idiots at City Hall and 35th.
The new code will not be 14P, but 100buckaroos.
What would be funny if Daley himself was running around trying to set off the alarms!
There has been no explanation as to how these will be treated after they are written. They still might get the 5 passes..
"There has been no explanation as to how these will be treated after they are written. They still might get the 5 passes..
1/04/2009 06:54:00 PM"
You're a riot, Alice, a REAL RIOT!
Simple solution for small businesses:
Convert alarm system to silent, direct to security company notification.
Add alarm triggered video surveillance function.
If actual burglary occurred, you've got the munchkin(s) on video.
What would be funny if Daley himself was running around trying to set off the alarms!
1/04/2009 06:49:00 PM
the animals in the neighborhood will be setting them off on the businesses purposely
the minority owned businessmen won't have to pay
"OK, Now your KING RICHARD thing is just ANNOYING!!!
STOP IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
1/04/2009 11:08:00 AM"
Not nearly as annoying as the real McCoy is.
"Even worse, MSF will make a deal with the owner and give the owner a pass as long as he tells them where they can find 3 other burglar alarms going off.
1/04/2009 10:29:00 AM"
Only 3?
Write all the parking meters on midnights. Then tell the beefing citizens that its because Daley sold the parking meters.
I'd burglar, but the stuff on my beat is just so tacky.
WHO CARES...
When he was looking for patrol time to free burglar alarms were the first to go.
**They should do away with the kids throwing snowballs; my kid disrespected me; my kid won't go to school. MANY of the calls we are assigned to, shouldn't even make it past dispatch.
Burglar Alarms are $ makers for the city so we will continue to answer them. I'd like to see all the store owners go for their hearings and ask the hearing officer to prove that something that happened didn't cause the alarm to go off? Someone could have pulled the door handle; someone could have banged the window.
How can you prove it was false??
Many businesses bypass the burglar alarm system fines because they come in as hold up alarms. If the business is closed, how can it be a hold up alarm? Daley will probably look for a way around this.
TRU will have to long form them if it is on the dock area hahahahaha!
Are you talking about the loading dock or the D.O.C you retard.
What about !!!???
A burglar alarm goes off, officers respond directly from the Dunkin Donuts down the street. From the front seat of the squadcar they see the rear door appears intact, no one near the business and the officers leave.
Morning arrives and Sid Goldberg arrives at his family's jewelry store. Suprise-- the safe is busted open and Mrs. Feinstien's pearls are gone with 6
$600,000 in others peoples jewelry.
Can the business owner send a bill to the same assholes from 35th St. or City Hall who billed him for the for "false alarms".
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