05-27-86 Public Safety Committee

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rr Page 2. Public Safety Committee cover that however the calls would be locked in by the Police Dispatcher. Mr. Larry Roller of Eagle, Inc. , an alarm vendor also voiced concern with regard to weather related as opposed to line related problems . He noted that there are two separate signals which could determine the differences between the problems . He further added that the City typically treats all signals the same and sends out large amounts of equipment . Mr. Emil Resnick of 1ST Source Bank noted that they have several alarms in the main building which are caused by water leaking from the parking garage into "traces" which they are trying to correct . He also noted that he does a substantial amount of work with the Marriott in light of the large common areas and that they have experienced numerous problems from children riding bicycles throughout the parking garage and setting off the various alarms . He added that they are trying to diligently correct all of the problems and further noted that it was very rare where an employee would be setting off the alarms, that typically the alarms were set off by weather ; or by vandals. Mr. Lee Gerhing, a security officer for 1ST Source Bank voiced concern over what he termed "judgment calls" and added that many of the difficulities that they have experienced are line related . Mr. Tom Cook of TC Security Company also noted that you can tell when it is a line problem versus a real alarm. Councilman Taylor stated that he did not believe that the ordinance was anit-business and that the City was trying to reasonably address the large amount of wasted man-hours in both the Police and Fire Departments . Mr. Bill Humphries of Indiana Security Systems suggested that changes be made on page 3, Sec. 12-5 and that the terms "alarm audible sounder" be used instead of the terminology currently used. Councilman James Barcome questioned whether the ordinance directly addressed the concerns in nursing homes. Mrs. Schwartz noted that the nursing homes would each have three false alarms per year but after that they would be subjected to a $25. 00 fine. It was noted by several individuals that many of the elderly set off alarms while smoking in halls or by pulling the boxes as they walk down the hallways. Most of these problems cannot be controlled by the individual nursing home. Mr. Charlie Horsewheeler of the ADT Securities , Inc. noted that the types of pull boxes in the nursing homes are dictated by State code with regard to ;eight and locations. It was noted that this was a Fire Department problem. Councilman Taylor noted that all concerned business would have to review their individual systems and measure their responsibility to the community.