The first county in Pennsylvania has gone live with the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP). Bucks County joined the growing list of localities choosing to automate their dispatch processing for alarm signals. It’s an important program that helps improve alarm...
St. Cloud, FL recently released statistics showing that is had reduced alarm dispatches by 67 percent using the Model Ordinance. That’s not news to us, because SIAC and other committed organizations, companies and associations in the electronic security industry have...
Take stock. We don’t mean buying shares on the stock market. We don’t mean stealing someone’s stash of papers. We mean, “Take stock of where you are, where you’re headed, what’s important, and what it’s going to take to get you there.” At SIAC, we regularly take stock...
Security Systems News (SSN) has an excellent annual edition of its publication that highlights accomplishments of women in the electronic security industry. Like the need to bring younger people into our industry, SIAC also supports recruiting and publicizing the...
The Electronic Security Association’s (ESA) Annual Leadership Summit will hit Tampa, FL, this coming February. If you read this blog regularly, you should attend and participate in the learning sessions. SIAC staff regularly attend the Summit, and every year we’ve not...
SIAC’s own Stan Martin has been reappointed to the National Sheriff’s Association (NSA) Outreach Committee, which includes crime prevention and alarm subgroups. Stan has served on this committee for eleven years. SIAC is proud to partner with NSA and serve on...
Many of you who read our blog know our SIAC team personally. Others do not. Because so many of our accomplishments flow from the work of our talented staff, I’d like to run down our team for those of you who may not know us or who don’t know some of our players. Glen...
The recent IACP (International Association of Chiefs of Police) meeting in San Diego exceeded attendance expectations. SIAC was there in full force, and SIAC staff met, visited with or saw the IACP President Terrence Cunningham, executive director, several past...
SIAC thanks John Stroia for serving on our Board of Directors the past several years. As a representative for the Security Industry Association (SIA), John distinguished himself with his insights from the equipment and manufacturing side of the house, an important...
Glen Mowrey exemplifies leadership in many ways. It’s a major reason SIAC selected him as the winner of the 2016 William Moody Award, given each year to a member of the security industry demonstrating leadership in alarm management solutions. With great...