If your residence is equipped with an alarm system that requires a response from the Police Department, Fire Department, or First Aid Squad, you must obtain an alarm permit yearly.

The period for registering your alarm is June 30 to July 31. If you registered your alarm for 2009/2010, your alarm registration may be renewed for 2010/2011 for $50, no later than July 1, 2010. Alarm registration renewals cost $100 after August 1, no exceptions.

If your alarm system was not registered for 2009/2010, the registration fee is $100

An alarm registration form can be downloaded from the Washington Township Police web site at www.wtpdmorris.org; below, or the form can picked up at either the Washington Township Police Headquarters or the Municipal Building.

False alarm fees are set in an effort to recoup some of the costs associated with answering false alarms, and to encourage alarm owners to both manage their systems and to exhibit greater care to avoid false alarms. False alarms have dropped over 20% since the fee structure was implemented.

The ordinance allows for two false activations in a twelve-month period. A service fee of $100 will be billed for the third false activation, $150 for the fourth, with the fee incrementing by $50 until the 10th false activation when the service fee is $450.

A service fee of $100, plus the alarm registration fee, will be billed for all alarm systems that are not currently permitted.

Please don’t get caught by surprise. Have your alarm system in good working order, and register it today.

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