Brea requires all residential and commercial alarm users to obtain alarm permits and to pay the required fee, prior to operating an alarm system.  All permits must be renewed annually by July 1st.  Annual fees are $50 for businesses and $25 for residents.  

The alarm permit is available from the Brea Police Records Division, located at 1 Civic Center Circle, Brea, California.

Since false alarms use valuable police resources, require thousands of hours of work, and cost more than $150,000 annually to manage, false alarm fees have been established, as follows:

False Alarm Fee Schedule
False Alarm 1 - Free
False Alarm 2 - Free
False Alarm 3 - $85
False Alarm 4 - $110
False Alarm 5 - $135
False Alarm 6+ - $135