On April 28, 2005, the Town of East Windsor adopted an Alarm Ordinance 05-1 entitled “Ordinance Regulating Alarm Systems.” The Alarm Ordinance requires that all alarms be registered with the East Windsor Police Department.  Registering your alarm provides the Police Department with important key-holder and emergency contact information, where a key is hidden or a code to get into the home in case of an emergency. It also provides after-hours contact information should the alarm activate when your business is closed.

Alarms that need to be registered are Burglary, Hold-Up\Panic Alarms, Medical Alarms & Fire Alarms (only if they are monitored by an alarm company)

Smoke/Carbon Monoxide Alarms NOT monitored by an alarm company are not registerable.

The alarm registration fee is $15.00 for a FIRST-TIME registration or $10.00 for a registration RENEWAL. If your home or business has had NO false alarms in the previous year, the renewal fee is waived. Please make checks payable to the East Windsor Police Department.  ALARMS MUST BE RENEWED EACH YEAR, on or before September 1st. Any alarm registration received by the Police Department on or before July 1st would not be renewed until September 1st of the following year.  Failure to register and/or renew an alarm system could result in a $100.00 fine.  Please complete the alarm form & return it along with your payment to the address below:

East Windsor Police Department
Alarm Registration
25 School Street
East Windsor, CT 06088

A warning letter will be sent to the registered user after the third false alarm is received during a 12-month period (September 1st through August 31st). This letter will inform the user that a fine will result upon the fourth false alarm being received during this 12-month period (September 1st through August 31st)

*The fine for the fourth alarm may be waived if the user voluntarily attends a 1-hour seminar given by the East Windsor Police Department regarding alarm reduction and safety. 

Whenever a charge for a false alarm is imposed against the user, the user may, within ten (10) days of imposition, appeal the charge by filing a written notice of appeal with the Alarm Administrator.  A Hearing will be scheduled within thirty (30) days of receipt of the written appeal.

Examples of false alarms that you WILL be charged for:

• Wrong pass code entered by person on site
• Windows or doors left open causing motion sensors or alarms to improperly activate

Examples of false alarms that you will NOT be charged for:

• Severe storms
• Prolonged power outages

You will never be charged for actual crimes and/or emergencies.

If cancellation occurs prior to law enforcement arriving on the scene, this would not be considered a false alarm, and no charge will be assessed.

Alarm Permits cannot be transferred to another person or another alarm site.

To view Town Ordinance 05-1 “Ordinance Regulating Alarm Systems” (Burglar, Hold-up/Panic, Fire & Medical Alert Alarms) in its entirety you may click here.