Holly Springs sets alarm fines

The city of Holly Springs is cracking down on repeat alarm violators.The city council recently OK’d an ordinance setting up fines for repeat false alarms. A fourth automatic alarm drawing a police response within a year is a $50 fine. That escalates to $75 with a fifth occasion and for a sixth and beyond, the fine jumps to $100.

There’s also a $100 fine for failure to register a system.

Holly Springs police have had problems with repeated false alarm responses. When an officer responds repeatedly to a false alarm, he can let down his guard resulting in injury or death. The city wants to save tax dollars lost through responses going to habitual false alarms.