San Francisco business owners faced with repeated break-ins say 'false alarm' fees being assessed by the city when their burglar alarms sound are adding insult to injury.Kinani Ahmed sifted through pages of bills in the thousands of dollars for false alarm fees issued by the San Francisco Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector.He showed a neighboring business owner evidence of one of multiple break-in attempts he's had to deal with recently.
The second false alarm penalty is $100, the third is $150, the fourth is $200, and five or more is $250 per instance.'We need police to be dispatched when somebody tries to get into your business, but you shouldn't be getting penalized for that,' said Ahmed. Other business owners have made similar complaints, hoping the city can make it easier to appeal what they feel are legitimate responses to property crimes, but are determined to be false alarms.
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