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False alarm at Stevens Forest storage facilityColumbia MD

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Stevens Forest, Columbia, MD 21045

Police and fire units responded to an alarm activation near Stevens Forest. Both buildings were accessed and secured with no signs of forced entry or crime. The alarm was confirmed as accidentally triggered at the storage facility with no danger present. The alarm system was reset but the burglar alarm might still be active. Attempts to contact a key holder were unsuccessful.

Audio|Source: Howard County Police, Fire and EMS
02:13
Transcript:
00:00
Near Stevens Forest, Department 59, and 6-seater's no history for either.
00:05
10-4[1], thank you.
00:10
2 over 2-1.
00:12
2 over 2-1.
00:17
There's any information back on my telephone.
00:24
One zero one there.
00:26
One zero.
00:28
The New Jersey plate.
00:35
Good boy, in a in a Maryland place.
00:38
Okay, we made access to both buildings here.
00:42
We need to be a malfunctioning system. The system's been...
00:50
Something's been resecured,
00:52
however, the field...
00:54
The Maryland one is a metro car's leasing, so it looks like it's probably a leasing or a rental vehicle brake.
01:05
The New Jersey plate has a New Jersey address. I can try running the name to see if I can find anything for a phone number.
01:16
That's fine.
01:17
I'm going to do work.
01:23
R101, I got me access to both buildings,
01:26
pleading to be a malfunction.
01:28
The voting has been re-secured.
01:30
Your radio has been cutting in and out.
01:32
Do you have any further?
01:34
Yeah, 101 has how you read?
01:36
101, that's cleared.
01:42
Okay, yeah, that was correct. The building's been re-secured.
01:45
The alarm was reset.
01:47
However, the burglar alarm may still be active.
01:50
We were unable to get a hold of a key holder.
01:53
Oh, great. And are you clear now?
01:55
One-on-one tower ten are ready.
01:57
Dispatch rank ten.
01:59
Correct, close zero time.
02:00
Right time.
02:06
Another alarm at the storage facility. Fire still on scene. It was settled by them accidentally again. 10.4 to cancel.
02:13
Go forth.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment received; message understood; affirmative or OK.

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Location mentioned:
Stevens Forest, Columbia, MD 21045

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