The week of February 9 has been a busy one for the alarm industry in responding to the FCC’s announcements regarding net neutrality. AICC Chair (and CSAA Executive Director) Lou Fiore, along with AICC lobbyist Bill Signer, CSAA counsel Ben Dickens, and CSAA counsel Mary Sisak, visited the offices of more than a dozen Members of […]
Security practitioners or those who aspire to a career in this field may apply for the ASIS Foundation/University of Phoenix full-tuition scholarships. Professionals may apply to earn either an undergraduate or graduate degree at a University of Phoenix on-ground campus or may attend University of Phoenix online. Open Application: February 2, 2015 Application deadline: April […]
CSAA is launching a video series called “CSAA 365” to promote the many programs, services and membership benefits we offer that will help you advance your business all year long. Here’s President Jay Hauhn with a preview! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kl7_8nZ7Hw&w=560&h=315]
On January 16, Honeywell announced the appointment of David Paja as president of Honeywell Security Group, succeeding Ron Rothman, a member of the CSAA board of directors who has served as president of Honeywell Security Group since January 2010 (and who will remain with Honeywell through June to assist with the transition). “Ron’s involvement in the […]
Attention Alarm Equipment Manufacturers: FCC Outsources RF Equipment Certification, and Updates Testing and Measurement Standards On December 30, 2014, the FCC issued a Report and Order in ET Docket No. 13-44, updating the Commission’s radiofrequency (RF) equipment authorization program to expand the use of Commission-recognized Telecommunications Certification Bodies (TCBs) as a faster and less expensive […]
A message from Julie Webber, CSAA VP of Education and Training. Happy New Year! My colleagues and I on the CSAA staff want to make sure you know about speaking opportunities at our Annual Meeting coming up in October of this year. While it seems a ways off, from our perspective it really is right around […]
Chief Harlin R. McEwen, chairman of the International Association of Chiefs of Police Communications and Technology Committee, goes back a long way with Mario Cuomo, the former governor of New York who died January 1, 2015. “Upon hearing of his death last week, I immediately thought back to the day in 1984 when he came […]
CSAA International announced three recipients of the CSAA International President’s Special Recognition Award for 2014. They are Shannon Woodman, Washington Alarm, Inc. Seattle WA; Stanley Oppenheim, DGA Security Systems, Inc., New York, NY; and Harlin McEwen, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Ithaca, NY. To read more, visit CSAA.
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Industry Contemplates Legal Challenge to Unconstitutional Ordinance By David Margulies. This article will appear in upcoming issues of CAA Mirror and CSAA Dispatch. Despite learning that provisions of a similar ordinance was ruled unconstitutional, the Chico city council voted unanimously to begin fining alarm companies for false alarms. The vote came after the council ordered […]
