Noise Complaint.

chicorytip

Which is the correct body with which to file a complaint regarding a constantly sounding burglar alarm coming from a vacant property - an Garda Siochana or the local authority? The identity and whereabouts of the owner/keyholder is unknown.

Victor

Start with the environmental section of the council.

Record when the alarm goes off.

Does the alarm have branding on it? Try contacting the installer.

chicorytip

Victor wrote:

Start with the environmental section of the council.

Victor wrote:

Record when the alarm goes off.

Victor wrote:

Does the alarm have branding on it? Try contacting the installer.

Thank you. There's a plain white alarm box with no branding. The alarm itself seems to be sounding from inside the building and the noise emanating through open windows on the upper stories. It's been going constantly now for the past four days.

chicorytip

The local authority inform me that they have no powers in this particular instance. They hold no database of keyholder identity or alarm codes and are prohibited from entering the property or disconnecting the power supply. The Gardai have told me quite simply that they can do nothing either and to speak to the local authority!! The reason for this appears to be that the disturbance is not "public" e.g. loud drunken behaviour on the street or such like.

I'd probably keep ringing the local Garda station, saying the alarm is going off somebody must have broken into the house.

chicorytip

The alarm has ceased sounding since this afternoon I am glad to report. Somebody heard me.

pleas advice

chicorytip wrote: »

. The Gardai have told me quite simply that they can do nothing either and to speak to the local authority!! The reason for this appears to be that the disturbance is not "public" e.g. loud drunken behaviour on the street or such like.

I thought the law regarding this changed recently?