Which type of alarm may result in financial penalties for repeated activations?

False alarms can lead to financial penalties due to the burden they place on emergency response services. When an alarm system generates a false activation, it can divert police, fire, or emergency services from responding to actual emergencies. Many municipalities impose fines on alarm owners who have a high number of false alarms within a specific timeframe. This enforcement is put in place to encourage proper maintenance of alarm systems and to ensure that resources are not unnecessarily tied up responding to non-urgent situations.

In contrast, silent alarms, monitored alarms, and local alarms do not typically incur financial penalties for repeated activations; instead, they may serve different purposes or employ different monitoring methods that do not contribute to the same concerns regarding police response and resource management.