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August 1, 2011
Proven techniques that cut false alarms and police dispatches are business as usual for Custom Alarm. The company’s assimilation of practices like two-call verification and following up on all false alarms helped it earn the 6th annual Police Dispatch Quality (PDQ) Award. Find out what makes its outstanding false alarm management program tick.
July 27, 2011
The Fairhope (Ala.) City Council approved an alarm ordinance, which increases fines for false alarms and requires businesses and residents to register their systems.
July 27, 2011
Welcome back to SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION's "Security Speaking" podcast! Here, Stan Martin, executive director of the Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC), talks about issues affecting the industry, including efforts to reduce false alarms.
July 27, 2011
In the 2011 Law Enforcement Security Industry Study, police and sheriffs provided tips on how alarm companies can strengthen their relationships with law enforcement. Read on to see the responses.
July 20, 2011
Police arrested three men for breaking into a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based pawnshop with the help of an audio alarm system.
July 20, 2011
A new false alarm question feature developed by Digital Monitoring Products (DMP) for its alarm panels will help users quickly cancel false alarms, the company announced this week.
July 14, 2011
As this city's police department continues to respond to a large number of false alarms, the Bakersfield City Council unanimously approved the first reading for a false alarm ordinance.
July 7, 2011
A new dispatch system called Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP) may help public safety answering point (PSAP) Houston Emergency Center (HEC) save up to $2 million annually.
June 30, 2011
Following unanimous approval by the Prescott City Council in May, police officers will begin enforcing a new alarm law today that charges alarm users for the third false dispatch in a 12-month period.
June 23, 2011
The SafeAir Wireless carbon monoxide (CO) detectors by Bradenton, Fla.-based Interlogix provide quick response, electrochemical sensing, fast reset time and false alarm immunity, the company says
June 9, 2011
Video analytics provider Cernium Corp. and Sprint have partnered to offer a wireless mobile broadband video surveillance and alarm verification solution.
June 8, 2011
Welcome to the Electronic Security Expo (ESX) edition of SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION's "Security Speaking" podcast! Here, Major Eddie Levens of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg (N.C) Police Department talks about the importance of law enforcement agencies collaborating with the alarm industry.
May 19, 2011
With this city's police department reporting it responds to about 3,000 false alarms each year, the city council unanimously approved a new alarm ordinance ...
May 11, 2011
In an effort to recoup an estimated $200,000 in annual costs related to false dispatches, the Roseville (Pa.) City Council voted unanimously to amend the city's alarm ordinance to allow for increased fines and permit fees ...
May 11, 2011
In an effort to educate alarm companies on how to stem false dispatches, the False Alarm Reduction Association (FARA) and Elite CEU will offer a one-hour online training course ...
May 4, 2011
Following a months-long effort by a task force charged with rewriting this city's alarm ordinance, installing security contractors and city leaders are hailing sweeping changes made to the provision ...
April 28, 2011
Recognizing their contributions in reducing false alarms, the False Alarm Reduction Association (FARA) named two winners for its 2011 W. Rex Bell Associate Member of the Year award ...
April 27, 2011
The city of Hastings, Minn., is on the warpath because home and business owners continue to have needless false alarms. What's the big deal, you ask? After all, it's their job to check them out anyway ...
March 10, 2011
The Addison Police Department now has a new 24-hour monitoring tool to protect local businesses monitored by Dallas-based Stealth Monitoring ...