§ 14-1314
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§14–1314.
(1)In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2)“Law enforcement agency” means a police department of the State or of a county or municipal corporation of the State.
(3)“Response time” means the period of time from the moment an alarm from a security system is activated to the moment a law enforcement agency responds to the alarm sounding.
(i)“Security system” means any burglary alarm system or robbery alarm system.
(ii)“Security system” includes the service of monitoring the property to which a security system is attached in case of an alarm sounding.
(5)“Seller” means a person who sells or offers for sale a security system.
(b)In connection with a sale or offer for sale of a security system, a seller may not state that the seller can or will provide, as part of the security system, a response time by a law enforcement agency to an alarm sounding that is shorter in time than the response time by the law enforcement agency to a general distress call.