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Reply To: Residents Congregating during Alarm Activations

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April 8, 2020 at 12:30 pm #12641

John Wilson

Participant

From my perspective, as long as the residents maintain their distance from your crews, the rest isn’t your cup of tea to educate/enforce. While we all want the best for everyone, we’ve got a tough enough job without voluntarily accepting responsibility that isn’t ours. Leave that up to the police/bylaw per your municipality.