Fontana police want to change city's alarm law (The Press-Enterprise)

FONTANA - The City Council on Tuesday night took the first step to establish a new citywide burglar alarm ordinance that shifts responsibility for responding to false alarms from the Fontana Police Department to the alarm companies.

Alarm industry objects to ordinance formalizing Fontana police policy (The Press-Enterprise)

FONTANA - Representatives of the alarm industry are complaining that the Fontana Police Department is trying to drastically change city law on burglar alarms with little public notice.

Bomb scare false alarm (Sidney Herald-Leader)

The Bismarck, N.D., bomb squad, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and FBI investigated the possible explosive device Tuesday. A spokesperson from the Sidney Police Department said that the device was not an explosive and did not contain any explosive material.

Gas leak false alarm (Windsor Star)

Residents of an east Windsor neighbourhood had a scare on Wednesday afternoon when firefighters showed up at their door telling them to evacuate due to a gas leak.

Faulty sensor trips fire alarms at Welty Middle School (The Times-Reporter)

A false alarm caused the evacuation of Welty Middle School students this morning after a malfuntioning heat sensor set off the school’s fire alarms.