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HB5683 Circumvents Lisle-Woodridge Ruling

The intent of newly introduced House Bill 5683 appears to be a way to circumvent the Lisle-Woodridge ruling in federal court.
Kevin Lehan
February 19, 2014

On Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, House Bill 5683 was introduced by Representative Timothy L. Schmitz (R-Geneva) to amend the Fire Protection District Act to allow the adoption of ordinances regulating the supervision and monitoring of fire alarm systems maintained within a district.


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ESA Summit Preps Companies to Thrive

February 13, 2014
The seventh annual ESA Leadership Summit wrapped up a few weeks ago, sending the more than 250 security industry professionals who attended back to their companies will their minds full of information, strategies, new contacts and more — all of which ESA carefully crafted to help security businesses not just survive, but thrive.
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Habitec Goes Red to Support Heart Disease

February 13, 2014
Anyone who walked into the office of Habitec Security in Toledo, Ohio, on February 7 would have been greeted by an office building illuminated in red. Once inside, the sea of red was even stronger, as employees proudly sported red in honor of National Wear Red Day.
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ESA Honors D’Ascoli With Weinstock Award

February 13, 2014
At the 2014 ESA Leadership Summit, the Electronic Security Association (ESA) recognized Charles “Dom” D’Ascoli, founder and vice president of Smoky Mountain Systems in Franklin, N.C., as its 2013 Morris F. Weinstock Person of the Year Award winner.
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ADT Study Shows Strong Tie Between Physical & Digital Security

ADT and McAfee released the results of a survey that looked at the parallels between personal and online security.
January 29, 2014

On the heels of ADT’s announcement at CES regarding its partnership with McAfee to release collaborated products that offer both physical and digital security protection for its customers, the No. 1 ranked company on the 2013 SDM 100 released a study that reinforces the new partnership and ADT’s direction into total security for the home, personal lives and on-the-go.


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HID Opens $50M, 250,000-Sq.-Ft. Global Headquarters in Texas

January 21, 2014
Before an audience that included representatives from Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s office and U.S. Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas), and other state and local officials, Denis Hebert, president and CEO of HID Global, and U.S. Rep. Michael T. McCaul (R-Texas), chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, cut the ribbon that officially opened the company’s new world headquarters and North American operations center in Austin, Texas.
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