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CoffeeAddict wrote:Just tell them the truth and be done with it. Don't be cute with police officers. If you don't get the alarm permit then its not the end of the world.

It is a form for civilians in most PDs. The city HAS to issue the permit. Failing to get one can result in large fines if/when the police have to respond to the alarm.

KRM45 wrote:Before everyone get too far into this, we should look at the other side...

Maybe the cops want to know if you own a gun so they don't get shot rushing in. I know if I responded and I knew the owner may be armed I would take a different approach. I would be much more vocal in my announcement of who I was, and why I was there. I would also not just shoot anyone I saw holding a gun if I knew it could be the homeowner...

How can you "know" he "may" be armed? Shouldn't a cop "know" that about everyone? I did.

Police should assume every alarm call will result in a burglary. Every burglar owns a gun. (thats how cops are supposed to think). A cop should NEVER just shoot someone they see holding a gun.

Those forms are designed by people who have no clue. Leave it blank, put NA or whatever. The dispatcher is not going to dispatch "1 Adam 12, the alarm permit indicates that the homeowner owns guns".