Current through 2024 Legislative Session Act Chapter 531
Section 1226 - Duties and authority of the security alarm system administrator(a) The Department of Safety and Homeland Security, or its designee, shall: (1) Designate a manner, form and telephone number for the communication of security system dispatch requests; and(2) Establish a procedure to accept cancellation of security dispatch requests, which shall be used by the security system administrator to enforce the provisions of this section.(b) The security system administrator shall establish a procedure to record such information on security system dispatch requests necessary to permit the security system administrator to maintain records, including, but not limited to, the information listed below: (1) Identification of the registration number for the security system site;(2) Identification of the security system site;(3) Date and time security system dispatch request was received, including the name of the monitoring company and the monitoring operator name or number;(4) Date and time of law-enforcement authority arrival at the security system site;(5) Zone and zone description, if available;(7) Name of security system user's representative at the security system site, if any;(8) Identification of the responsible security system installation company or monitoring company;(9) If the law-enforcement authority was unable to locate the address of the security system site; and,(10) Cause of the alarm signal, if known.(c) The security system administrator shall establish a procedure for the notification of a false alarm to the security system user. The notice shall include the following information:(1) The date and time of law-enforcement authority response to the false alarm;(2) A statement urging the security system user to ensure that the security system is properly operated, inspected and serviced in order to avoid false alarms and resulting fines.(d) The security system administrator may require a conference with a security system user and the security system installation company and/or monitoring company responsible for the repair or monitoring of the security system to review the circumstances of each false alarm.(e) The security system administrator may require a security system user to remove a holdup alarm that is a single action, nonrecessed button, if a false holdup alarm has occurred.Amended by Laws 2017, ch. 73,s 4, eff. 10/15/2017. 76 Del. Laws, c. 179, § 4.;