ROH §40-9.4
How police decide if an alarm is false and what happens next
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗When police respond to an alarm, the officer checks if there was a real emergency or if it was false. If it is false, the officer writes a report and the alarm user gets written notice. Police can also inspect the alarm system.
The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Response to alarm - Determination of false alarm
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) Police response. Whenever an alarm system is activated which results in a response by the police department, the responding police officer shall inspect the area and determine whether an actual or threatened emergency existed at the time of the system’s activation, or whether the alarm was a false alarm.
(b) Notification. If the police officer at the scene of the activated alarm system determines the alarm to be false, the police officer shall make a report of the false alarm. The permittee or, if there is no permittee, an alarm user, shall be notified in writing of each false alarm determination.
(c) Inspection. At the time of the response, the chief of police shall have the right to inspect any alarm system to which the police department has responded to determine whether the system is being used in conformity with this article.
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