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05/20/1998Site visit – Los Angeles PD (Management Division / Alarm Unit); they...
    • contact accounts w/more than 4 activation’s in a 28-day period
    • have 150,000 false dispatch activation’s per year
    • charge for excessive false dispatch alarm activation’s
    • conduct an alarm abuser school
    • identify their "worst offenders"
    • include many of the important elements from the Model Ordinance
05/20/1998Orange County Alarm Assn. "Dinner Meeting w/Law Enforcement"
05/25/1998Pomona PD – sent MS binder and information
05/25/1998Chula Vista – data disk reflected "99" rather than "98". Corrected.
05/26/1998Santa Rosa PD – still has no computer. Will send "worst offenders."
05/26/1998CA Model States update to Dan Petesch for ISC
05/28/1998Fax to all Alarm Administrators: need for data; use of FAAP 33; additional alarm company input; "Corrective Action Report" draft
05/28/1998Created a history binder for the CA Model States Program
05/28/1998Tustin PD, David Kreyling – limited computers. Not using FAAP. Light duty officer to identify "worst offenders"
05/29/1998Chula Vista PD, Barbara Brookover – her e-mail not working. "Zip" data file transfer to Mark did not go through.
06/01/1998City of Orange, Barbara Brown- checking to see if they have MS binder
06/02/1998Carlsbad Finance Dept. working on billing portion of FAAP
06/02/1998SAAA General Membership Meeting – Rancho Cordova, CA
06/02/1998Vallejo PD- left a message on need for base information, etc.
06/04/1998CAA Summer Convention – Palm Springs, CA
06/05/1998CAA Summer Convention – Palm Springs, CA
06/06/1998CAA Summer Convention – Palm Springs, CA (Model States Panel)
06/09/1998San Bruno PD - ready to work diligently on getting alarm ordinance draft prepared. Stan agreed to help with presentations to council and C of C. "No real problem alarm accounts" per Mark Phillips.
06/10/1998Oakland PD – George Gunning requested city ordinance information
06/10/1998Santa Ana PD – CAD criteria given to them for worst offenders
06/11/1998Chula Vista PD – frustration over errors, data file still corrupted
06/11/1998Foster City PD, Crpl. Scott Welch - got computer up and running w/FAAP
06/12/1998Chula Vista PD – teleconference with Stan, Mark, and Bob Bonifas
06/12/1998Vallejo PD -
    • currently uses a computer-generated billing for excessive false alarms
    • working on revisions to their alarm ordinance, including non-response after eight excessive false dispatches
    • does not have a personal computer that will support FAAP
    • is compiling a list o their "worst offenders" for our use
    • has received the tab-delimited ASCII file layout for their communications manager to use 
06/15/1998Santa Clara PD sent draft ordinance on disk to San Bruno PD (per my request)
06/15/1998Chula Vista PD – Mark Schramm called: file not corrupted
06/16/1998Chula Vista PD – Mark suggested reloading FAAP. Still having errors.
06/17/1998Foster City PD – Site visit. Installed FAAP 33 and trained volunteer.
06/17/1998Golden Gate AA – General meeting (SSF, CA). Jeff Gorlick, Atty - spoke
06/18/1998Foster City PD – inquired about default information in FAAP (city, zip…)
06/24/1998Santa Ana PD – mailed FAAP CA Alarm Dealers (Paradox & Corel Quattro Pro formats to them.
06/24/1998Chula Vista PD – e-mailed Barbie re: Mark’s phone call (see printout).
06/24/1998Tustin PD – status of light duty officer for list.
06/24/1998Tiburon PD – getting computers on July 1st. Faxing "worst offenders."
06/24/1998Novato PD – Alarm ordinance drafted. Copies to alarm associations/me.
06/25/1998Tustin PD, Dave Kreyling-data by next week. Re-writing alarm ordinance.
06/26/1998Foster City PD, Dan Lee (vol.) data input / using the billing feature
06/29/1998Camarillo PD (Ventura County SO), Bob Fleming – ADI mailed VHS tape
06/29/1998Walnut Creek PD – e-mailed Richard Bartlett on status of program
07/01/1998DOJ request for Y2K problems/solutions
07/06/1998Novato PD, Dave Bettin – changing billing parameters
07/06/1998Santa Ana PD – still attempting to permit all existing accounts
07/08/1998Santa Ana PD – Confidentiality issue - Municipal Code 10.284 "…will not release false alarm information." Reluctance on the part of the city to give out F/A information to anyone. I explained to him that I had signed a non-disclosure / confidentiality statement and undergone a background check. He will discuss further.

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MODEL STATES REPORT
Best Practices in Reducing False Dispatches
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