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In May of 2008 the Suffolk City Council adopted a new revised alarm ordinance and program that became effective on July 1, 2008.  In 2007, the Suffolk Police Department responded to over 5,300 false alarm calls. False alarms cost the city and its citizens thousands of dollars per year and take officers away from actual emergencies. The ordinance also creates a registration process, provides for annual alarm registration fees for residential and business alarms, and provides for fees for false alarms to encourage all alarm users to maintain the reliability of and to properly use their alarm equipment.