Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office Profile

COORDINATOR COMMENTS

Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office has had an atypical alarm ordinance in place for several years. To date their efforts have given them a false rate of .63 spread across 59156 registered alarm systems.

This agency has reached a point where reductions have leveled out and a more dramatic approach needed to be considered.

The revised ordinance for Palm Beach County as proposed by the Sheriffs Office are as follows:

1^st alarm, free
2^nd alarm, free
3^rd alarm, $125.00 fine and mandatory school attendance.
4^th alarm, $200.00 fine and 12 month suspension of dispatch with no appeal.

The revised ordinance as proposed by the criminal justice council.

1^st alarm, $25.00 fine
2^nd alarm, $50.00 fine
3^rd alarm, $125.00 and school
4^th alarm, $200.00 fine and suspension appeal
5^th alarm $250.00 fine
6^th alarm $400.00 fine and suspension for 1 year, no appeal.