Lexington, SC (January 26, 2017) – The town of Lexington, SC and its Police Department were presented with the Security Industry Alarm Coalition’s (SIAC) Director’s Award of Distinction for its outstanding work in reducing alarm dispatches. The town reduced its alarm dispatches by 46% freeing up officers for community policing activities and problem solving projects. […]
The schedule of CSAA meetings at ESX 2017 is now available. Meetings will be held during the afternoons of Monday, June 12 and Tuesday, June 13. Make your plans now for ESX — hotel rooms are in high demand in popular Nashville, TN. The ESX Premium Pass, with access to all event activities, is just $199 […]
SIAC has alerted CSAA to a new notice from Beaverton, OR police regarding important changes to the city’s alarm ordinance. SIAC Director Ron Walters reviewed the letter as well as the full ordinance and notes that there is potential for an alarm company to be fined $500. See the full notice.
Rick D. Sheets, SET, has been appointed to the CSAA Board of Directors to replace Steve Shapiro, who leaves the board due to new CSAA bylaws limiting the number of directors from any company. Sheets is the Director of Compliance for AT&T Digital Life. During his 25-year career in the Security, Fire and Home Automation […]
2017 is just a week old and already there is positive ASAP news. On January 6, Bucks County, PA went live with the service. This is the first ASAP implementation in the state of Pennsylvania. “Bucks County went live with the ASAP program and Vector Security on Friday, January 6, 2017 just before noon,” said […]
On January 4, 2017 FierceWireless’s Mike Dano reported that “AT&T is in the process of turning off its 2G network. But that doesn’t mean the carrier is taking the network apart just yet.” Read the complete update at FierceWireless. CSAA members are reporting varying degrees of 2G sunset activity in their networks.
The 2016 CSAA Annual Meeting provided a panorama of value to attendees for its combination of education, networking, and enjoyable events. Don’t miss the 2017 CSAA Annual Meeting in Scottsdale, AZ, October 7-11! CSAA thanks Brandon Freedman for his photography. Click on images to enlarge.
The members of CSAA join the alarm industry in mourning the passing of Joseph Comunale. Joseph was a sales associate at Tri-Ed Distribution, Inc. He was 26 years old, a graduate of Hofstra University and an avid hockey player. Our thoughts and prayers go out the Comunale family at this difficult time. Family and friends may […]
State Farm’s Joe Miskulin Honored with CSAA President’s Award for Leadership in Education, Proprietary Monitoring VIENNA, VA (November 14, 2016) – On October 26 at the Central Station Alarm Association’s Annual Meeting in Marco Island, Joe Miskulin, manager at State Farm Central Monitoring Services, was awarded the CSAA President’s Award for his service to the […]
On October 26 at the Central Station Alarm Association’s Annual Meeting in Marco Island, Joe Miskulin, manager at State Farm Central Monitoring Services, was awarded the CSAA President’s Award for his service to the monitoring industry. Miskulin, who was not in attendance at the Annual Meeting, was presented with his award at the CSAA Fall […]
