Security Company in Tempe, Arizona

Sting Alarm installs and monitors home security systems, security cameras, and business security systems in Tempe, Arizona. We design each system around your home or business, help you file Tempe's alarm permit, and provide 24/7 security monitoring from our monitoring center. Call our Phoenix-area team at (602) 431-1300 or request a free quote.

Tempe alarm permits and false alarm fees

Tempe requires a permit for every alarm system, home or business, monitored or not. Under Tempe City Code chapter 22, article IV and the city's fee schedule:

• Every alarm user needs a permit within 30 days of the system becoming operational.
• The initial permit costs $10 for homes and $15 for businesses. Permits renew every year; renewal is free for homes and $15 for businesses, and residents over 65 get the fee waived.
• With a residential permit, your first two false alarms in a permit year are free. The third costs $50, and each one after increases in $50 steps ($50, $100, $150, and so on). For businesses, the first false alarm is free and the $50 steps start at the second.
• Without a permit, false alarm fines escalate in $100 steps instead, and the city assigns you a permit and charges you for it after your first false alarm.
• An audible alarm that sounds for more than 20 minutes carries its own $75 fee.
• The Tempe Police Alarm Unit administers the program, and the city's False Alarm Awareness Program can take $50 off one false alarm invoice per year when you complete an online tutorial.

The pattern is clear: the permit is cheap, and false alarms are what cost you. Most false alarms trace back to a wrong code, a loose door, or a motion sensor placed where it can be set off by a pet or a swaying fixture. Professional placement and a real walkthrough prevent most of them, and video verification lets our operators confirm what triggered an alarm before police are requested.

We help every Tempe customer complete the permit when we install.

Home security around ASU, Mill Avenue, and the neighborhoods

Tempe is Arizona's densest mix of campus, nightlife, and neighborhoods: about 190,000 residents in the state's most landlocked city, wrapped around Arizona State University, the Mill Avenue district, and Tempe Town Lake. That mix shapes security needs. Rentals near campus see heavy turnover, established neighborhoods south of the US 60 want cameras and smart locks, and lakeside condos need systems that fit HOA rules.

A typical Tempe home system includes:

• Door, window, and motion sensors with a touchscreen panel
• A video doorbell and outdoor cameras covering the driveway, side gate, and backyard
• Smart locks for rentals and roommates, with codes you can add and revoke from your phone
• Optional smoke, carbon monoxide, temperature, and water leak sensors

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Business security in Tempe

From Mill Avenue storefronts and restaurants to offices along the Loop 101 and 202 corridors and retail at Tempe Marketplace, Tempe businesses get the same integrated system we install across the Valley: intrusion detection, cameras, access control, and optional remote guarding for after-hours coverage. Commercial alarms need a Tempe permit too, and we include the paperwork.

For commercial fire systems, Tempe enforces the 2024 International Fire Code through the Tempe Fire Medical Rescue Department, with permits required to install or modify fire alarm systems. One licensed team handles your fire protection and security together.

Watching the local picture

Tempe publishes police activity through its open data portal, including dashboards of calls for service and arrests over the trailing 90 days. It is a useful honest look at what police respond to in your part of the city, and a good reminder that a monitored system is about response time: the faster an alarm is verified, the faster help is on the way.

Why Tempe chooses Sting Alarm

Sting Alarm has protected homes and businesses since 2003 and is licensed in Arizona under ROC CR-16 #359059 and CR-67 #357917. We are local and independently owned, and one team handles your security, cameras, access control, and fire protection. Vegas-proven protection, now serving Tempe.

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