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The city has experienced repeated calls from citizens for emergency medical services when no real emergency exists and has repeatedly responded to public health emergencies generated by repeated negligent or criminal activities at a single location. Further, responding to such nonemergency calls or repeated negligent or criminal activities at a single location requires the use of public safety personnel and equipment so that they are not readily available in the event of a real emergency. Therefore, the purpose of this chapter is to reduce such abuse and misuse of emergency medical services provided by the city, thus keeping personnel and equipment available for use in real emergency situations, conserving energy, and reducing costs.
(Ord. No. 2020-06, § VI, 6-3-2020)