The Alameda County board of supervisors finds as follows:

    A.    Alarm systems that are not properly operated, installed or maintained pose a hazard to the general public and law enforcement including the sheriff’ s office, divert sheriff personnel and resources from other duties and services that protect and promote the public health, safety and welfare, waste sheriff and other county resources, and create a nuisance to the community.

    B.    The overwhelming majority of alarms to which the sheriff responds are false alarms. False alarms dispatches also pose a hazard to the general public and law enforcement including the sheriff’ s office, divert sheriff personnel and resources from other duties and services that protect and promote the public health, safety and welfare, waste sheriff and other county resources, and create a nuisance to the community.

    C.    This chapter is a necessary measure to establish standards for and reduce the occurrence of nuisance alarm systems within unincorporated Alameda County.

    D.    The sheriff is hereby empowered and authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter, and is authorized to promulgate necessary rules and regulations for its administration and implementation. (Ord. 2005-35 § 2 (part))