Agency writing new ordinance with local communities - Cowlitz County had stopped responding to residential burglar alarms for a period of time during 1997. After joining the Model States program, they resumed responses. Basically, no changes were made except for accepting cancellations, but a major reduction in false alarms is contributed to the excellent response by the alarm industry. The county legislators have asked that an ordinance be coordinated between the county and all of the cities to provide for consistency in alarm response. That project is currently being completed. During 1998, a false alarm report was provided to 10 alarm companies on a monthly basis, and 100% responded with information as to corrective action taken.