9.05.090 - Misuse of alarm system.
Part of the Code of Ordinances of Commerce, CA.
The text
Use of an alarm system or audible alarm system in the absence of an actual emergency situation, which results in the response of the sheriff, or use of an alarm system rather than a telephone to summon the sheriff in any situation where such telephone use would not create an immediate threat to the safety of the caller or other persons or use of an alarm system to summon law enforcement to incidents of shoplifting, petty theft, disturbances, prowlers, suspicious circumstances or to any incident where all suspects are believed to have the left the scene, is a false alarm and a misuse of the alarm system.
(Ord. 559 § 1, 2002).