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Alarm Permits
City Ordinance 02-895 requires owners of active alarm systems to register their alarm system with the Highland Village Police Department and pay a thirty-dollar ($30) permit registration fee of each year.
An ACTIVE ALARM SYSTEM is defined as a device or system that emits, transmits or relays a signal intended to summon or that would reasonably be expected to summon, fire or police services of the city, including, but not limited to, local alarms.
Active alarm systems do not include: An alarm installed on a motor vehicle; An alarm system designed solely to alert the occupants of a building or residence which will not emit a signal either audible or visible from outside the building or residence; An alarm system that has been disabled and does not have the ability to send an alarm notification to fire or police personnel.
During the month of December 2005, the City joined together with AOT Public Safety Corporation to better manage our alarm permitting and billing process. You will notice that any future correspondence regarding alarm permit renewals or excessive alarms will come from the following address:
Highland Village False Alarm Reduction Program (FARP)c/o AOT Public Safety CorporationPO Box 915Waldorf, MD 20604-0915
Please note that this change in no way affects the Highland Village Police Department's response to your alarm calls. This service is strictly for maintaining accurate and complete records as well as ensuring that all payments are processed promptly and correctly.
Never registered your alarm? Click here to download and print an alarm permit application. You can mail the completed form along with your check made payable to "FARP" to the above address.
HOW TO REDUCE FALSE ALARMS
You can reduce the chances for experiencing false alarms by remembering the following:
- Educate family and domestic staff about proper alarm system use.
- Keep your code and pass key in a safe, but convenient place.
- Have your alarm company perform periodic inspections.
ALARM STATISTICS
Since the inception of the false alarm ordinance, false alarm calls have gone down quite substantially. Each alarm call is responded to by at least two Highland Village police officers. Officers typically spend half an hour at the location checking the home/business to ensure that there are no signs of criminal activity.
The rise in the number of false alarm calls in the past had meant a decrease in the amount of time our officers were able to patrol neighborhoods looking for criminal activity. The effectiveness of the ordinance and permitting process has proved very valuable to our citizens and our department.
Feel free to call us, email us or stop by and visit to let us know how we can be of service.
972-317-6551 or HVPD@highlandvillage.org
Highland Village Police Department
1000 Highland Village Road
Highland Village, Texas 75077