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   Permit Ordinances                                 Bulletin 3060  6/21/00   
   Copyright (C) 2000, Coastal Security Systems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.   
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  The central station software provides some features to assure compliance with
alarm permit ordinances.  The dispatch agency database contains the following
fields:

User permit required (Y/N)? _  No dispatch without permit (Y/N)? _
Callout must respond on second dispatch within 24 hours (Y/N)? _

When the "User permit is required" field contains "Y" for yes each subscriber
record is checked for a permit number.  If the subscriber record contains no
permit number the account is included in the subscriber trouble report.  The
account is also included if an expiration date has been given and the permit
is currently expired.

If the "No dispatch without permit" field contains "Y" for yes a stronger
warning appears in the subscriber trouble report and the central station
operator will be instructed not to dispatch.  Other notifications, such as
verify calls and callout lists will be made as usual.

If the "Callout must respond" field contains "Y" for yes and the agency being
dispatched is the designated police agency for the account then the software
will cancel the dispatch step and insert "CALLOUT MUST GO" in the remarks
field when a previous dispatch occurred within twenty four hours.  The central
station operator will reactivate the step and dispatch the police only if a
callout agrees to respond to the alarm.

When the central station operator sees "CALLOUT MUST GO" in the dispatch
remarks field, he or she will say the following to the callout:

   "We received an alarm from ____ premises.  A previous alarm was
    dispatched within the past twenty four hours.  The police/sheriff
    will not respond unless a responsible party will meet them at the
    premises.  Do you wish to respond?"

If the callout declines to respond the operator will not dispatch the police
or sheriff.  The operator is not required to make the same request of other
persons on the callout list.