Most cities and counties around the country have always charged a fee for people who have alarms. The alternative is for the alarm to go to the alarm company and then they dispatch their own security guards out to check and call police if there is a problem they can't handle. Califoronia has laws regulating who can work as this type of guard. They receive 120 hours of training to be armed and have limited arrest powers on the property of people and businesses that contract with their service. This