Council tables home alarm rules

By Rafael Marquez

Concerns raised by the Kyle City Council over data security and giving enough time to inform the public on security alarm regulations led officials to table a proposed ordinance indefinitely earlier this month. 

Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett proposed an ordinance that would institute a fine for police response to home and commercial alarm system false alarms. The Kyle Police Department last year responded to over 1,500 alarm calls. After attending to the alarm, the Kyle Police found fewer than 20 of those calls actually warranted a police response.