Bermuda is a beautiful setting, but not just for vacationing. In October, the members of CSAA International, the voice for central station monitoring companies, will converge on the British overseas territory for five days of learning and planning that will drive the direction of the association and address the challenges to the security monitoring industry.
Security Partners, a national monitoring company with three central stations across the United States, has partnered with PSA Security Network as part of its Business Solutions Program, which offers a suite of exclusive value-added resources for its owner members.
Honeywell welcomed The Mercury Group as a Honeywell Authorized Dealer for Commercial Security Systems (CSS). For more than 36 years, the company’s three divisions — security, electrical and voice and data — have provided clean power, structured cabling for voice and data systems, electrical efficiency lighting, security and access control services to customers in Connecticut.
Guardian Protection Services of Warrendale, Pa. recently achieved the successful implementation of ASAP-to-PSAP processing protocol for the communication of alarm information to the City of Richmond, Virginia. The protocol went live after successful data transmissions between Guardian’s U.L. certified CSAA Five Diamond monitoring center and the City of Richmond’s 9-1-1 center.
SDM received word that Safeguard Security, Scottsdale, Ariz., sold its alarm division to SAFE Security, San Ramon, Calif., for an undisclosed amount. Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP represented the seller in the transaction. The deal closed yesterday, August 19, 2014. Lessing Gold and Alan Pepper worked on the transition.
TRI-ED is pleased to announce that its Technology Roadshow is coming to Los Angeles this fall. Dealers and integrators in the area are welcome to attend this free,one-day event to be held November 12th at the Marriott Burbank, located at 2500 North Hollywood Way in Burbank, CA.
Anixter International Inc., Glenview, Ill., announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Tri-Ed, Woodbury, N.Y., an independent distributor of security and low-voltage technology products, from Audax Group for a purchase price of $420 million.
ADS Security(ADS), has acquired customer accounts from Stewart Security Systemsin Shelbyville, Tenn. The acquisition adds nearly 600 accounts to their middle Tennessee customer base, one of ADS’ largest markets. This purchase is the fourth acquisition for ADS this year following the acquisition of a South Carolina security companyin April and two Alabama security companiesin March.
Monitronics, located in Dallas, is the first company in the security industry to partner with Mission 500 to support the organization’s Children Fleeing Violence Project. The effort is dedicated to providing protection and basic resources for tens of thousands of children from Central America who are traveling unaccompanied to the United States to escape gang violence and high levels of poverty in their home countries. The majority of the children are stalled at the border in their search for safety as authorities decide how to proceed.
S2 Security announced the expansion of its sales and application engineering support in the Middle East and Africa. The company is investing in this expansion to address the growing demand for S2 products and services in the region, which already has a number of high-profile customers.