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FAME gets funding mae 3' maes 129 13 pagel 2 more Ontario tities, frWhitby lacrosse page FXTFTfl Polce o carge -fees for resPoneS, to fal se alairms Durhfam Regional Police will soon be charging or responding to faIs. caa homes and businesses epuipped with monitored alarme. Effective Sept. 1,* there will be ýan annuaf regist- ration'fee of $50for resi- denitial premises and $100 for commercial buildings that have monitored alarmn not regietered by Sept. 1, pOliceWill 1not 1respond un- esthere is confirmed entiy or damage to the =Oe;rýonce the sys- tlmii remstered, home- o.zanerc hants had better- ensure that it isn i good working order. Three or 'more false alarme wiil resutitn, the * propertY. either being sus- pended or the owner paying a $150 fine. Staff SuperIntendent Derk Dnsn told The Free Prese that the decision to institut, ant alarm ret- ration prcwam in uram 98 per cent of alarms are fake Regon asproptd by the nnually ncrasng number of alarmnds- sequent cost to taxpayers in haigouce respond 0f the average 10,000 alarms catalogued by the poiesrvices' computer- axdd iýdispatch, nearly 98 re 'etwe found to be fleadmany wereinitia-;, tedby a reotmonitoring stton. -- <'W. had an alarming number of oeils and -man involved» dealing witz alarm monitoring coin- pasaid Denaon. "At týhe Urne of our study, oýnly 17 ?r cent of the regionhad monitored alarmas which'*meant that 80 per cent-of the popula- tion was supporting less than 20 per cent,» he said. «Last December, we pre- sented a program to the- poieservices board, which wefeit would help us offset that coet.» Denson explained that an alarm monitorin cornpany " non. of whxch 15 lin Durham Region - enters into a contract with a busi- ness or homeowner. When the alarm is trig- gered, the monitoring station contacts police ana reports, the location. respond and we will res-, pond as soon as possile,» Denson stressed. "But the officers can 'be tdupanywbere o from 2Ã" mmtsto two hoursm he «We're lcoking to offset thoée costa rather than. con- tinue to ask the taxprayers tojpay for ail of it., Dienson said human or technical, error could pesai- bly occur twice li one year and if this haens, a cau- tion notice willb issued to the iproperty owner. SEM PAGE 3 19 Zeroý, tole rainýce, by police on park parties Police have,- adoptedà zero tolerance olic towars eoleparticipat umg r g parties in,ý Tweveyouths were each issu.d a $125 icket ione incident alone last wveek, say Durham Regional, PoieInspector Greg Rid. Officers responded to.a ;c plaint of some-20 to 30 cinski Park(hibr Street and',-Woodhaven Crescent area) ýThursday . eveningfrdaymorningeý sa~ eenstried tô rËun when- they sàaw -police bu ' after investigatinig, oers were able to issue 10 tick- ets for drinking uder agp and two for illgal posse- sion of liqur lThy also týook home four youths- who were intoica- ted, Reid adds. Man char, assault isi A 55ý-year-old t Lawrence Street' man ,,who .*as recently. charged 'wi*th ":Il,assault was -beaten« upFrdy at ithe -man' reeldence a roxand' 10:30 p an sd, foundbis, fodo had been kiced mocf bis -eyes W"as ,w L e. shut and-,his face wa covered with blo.. Clerk, robbed*l sprayed A Whitby convenience 10J î fl* wh store clerk was sprayed with what police say was ln on ,ofthWýgàflikely. pepper spray li an .~EVIubtI thU armed rcbbery, late Thurs-, nt Y i .(0Y day evenmg. oorejid *01 fl ,,niupi - 'Aman ioding a knif. Iod ën4honvrm.r > entered Jokers Corner SStore '120(: RossandRd "4 E.,aon 1ý0,55 pan. and; threatenedthe ion. 22- year-oldmiale *clerk, says Inspector Greg Reid. *The'clerék took amail ýge în sex amoântecf cash out of 'the regsrW sud'laid it -on the cuter, says Reid, and was jete then âpayedby'the suspect before e fled. He was:treated by, ambu- The vicim refused to co- lance pers9onnel' at the operate and -Would not even scene. say ýwhèther -he.hadbeen Tesseti .clé asaute, olce say, and es wliitè, five f'et il inches only. reluctty agreed .te te six feet aged 18 cr -19 go te ho pi al fo t ea in nt and ,w ei hi g -40 t e 150 of bi injuies.pounds. -i hdbeen,' cèharged H. hIas .a: -thin bùild and after police hIvéstigiated the waswernabsealcp sexalasaul ofa 2-ear- dark-coloured bandaà a over. cld boy* who -'>*oiuelling 'his fac1 awhte t-shi asu chocolt. almonda Anjr.9. Ioàtedblue jeans. 'Warriors on brink of elmiaion,