§ 46-38. Interference with police department telephone trunk lines prohibited; alarm business central office required; identification required.

(a)

No person shall use or cause to be used any telephone or electronic device or attachment that automatically selects a public primary telephone trunk line of the police department or any other department or bureau of the city, and then reproduces any prerecorded message to report any burglary, unauthorized entry or other emergency.

(b)

No person shall provide a private alarm service system programmed to a central alarm reception office, unless it shall have the central office staffed at all times, 24 hours a day, including holidays.

(c)

Any staff member of a private alarm service system reporting an alarm activation to which police response is requested shall identify himself and state the name and telephone number of the alarm business by which such response is requested.

(Code 1979, § 24-60)