False Alarms
Within Muskoka, the Ontario Provincial Police receive about 1,600 false alarms annually. Most of these are caused by faulty alarm systems. This is a significant cost to all taxpayers and requires our police resources to be diverted from other community safety needs.
False Alarm Fine
A warning notice will be issued after the first false alarm stating that the second and subsequent false alarms will result in the fine. A fine will be issued for a second false alarm response in an alarm response year, as per the General Fees and Charges.
To dispute a false alarm notice or charge in the District of Muskoka, please email our Accounts Receivable team at accountsreceivable@muskoka.on.ca or call us at 705-645-2100.
The District asks for your cooperation and assistance of all security system owners and operators in keeping their systems maintained and operating properly. There are service providers who are able to:
- Use keys to search the premises
- Reset the alarm system
- Secure any openings
- Determine the cause of the alarm
- Where applicable, repair or adjust the cause of any false alarm
Reducing the number of false alarms in Muskoka will result in much better use of our policing resources.