Calexico residents, business owners required to register specific type of alarm

CALEXICO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - Residents and business owners in Calexico who have an alarm that requires police assistance now have to register them with the police department.

The ordinance was put on pause in 2013, but now it's back.

Calexico police says it started sending notices to residents and business owners last week.

Police say if residents do not register their alarms they could be fined.

"The cost is $50 for residents and $100 for businesses for two years, both of them so with that you get four free responses per calendar year. After the fifth response, you get a bill for the response," said Calexico Police Chief Armando Orozco.

Calexico police says residents can come to the police station if they need help registering their alarms or visit their website.