I have a friend who&#x27;s been a cop in the area for a few years and I recall him complaining about some circumstance that caused him to have to visit a house several times over a weekend (I want to say it was a monitored alarm system on an unoccupied residence that was malfunctioning).  He said that despite knowing <i>with complete certainty</i> that it was a false alarm, he was required to treat it as though a crime in progress could be happening.<p>I&#x27;m going to hazard a guess that a similar situation exists here -- a citizen complains and involves the police, they probably have no choice but to treat it as though &quot;maybe this time the phone is really there&quot;. It may not be up to the local police, it could very well be a county&#x2F;state regulation or law that causes that.