G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc. (G4S) plans to hire 6,000 returning military veterans and their family members by the end of 2013. So far, G4S has hired 3,000 veterans across the United States since the 2011 start of the White House Joining Forces campaign.
Alarm Detection Systems Inc., Aurora, Ill., acquired Norshore Alarm Company Inc., a privately-owned residential and commercial security business located in Libertyville, Illinois.
Two alarm industry veterans were honored for their dedication, service and contribution to the industry and the customers it protects with SIAC’s 2012 William N. Moody Award. Mel Mahler, chairman and chief executive officer for ADS Security in Nashville, Tenn., and Maria Malice, vice president Special Projects at COPS Monitoring in Scottsdale, Ariz., will receive the award on June 26, 2012 at the ESX Electronic Security EXPO Icebreaker Luncheon in Nashville.
Cooper Notification, Long Branch, N.J., announced the introduction of its new Wheelock Series EH speakers and speaker strobes at the 2012 NFPA Conference & Expo.
CheckVideo® launched its Low Profile Mobile Sentry (CMS1200). CMS1200 is a complete, cloud-based, mobile intelligent video surveillance solution that can be installed indoors or outdoors, anywhere with mobile broadband network coverage.
Shoplifters and dishonest employees stole more than $6.0 billion in 2011 from just 24 major retailers, according to the 24th Annual Retail Theft Survey conducted by Jack L. Hayes International, a loss prevention and inventory shrinkage control consulting firm.
12- and 16-foot MP5000 mobile deployable vehicle crash barriers helped police and military officers protect 60 heads of state and other global leaders, more than 2,000 journalists, other attendees and onlookers at the recent Chicago NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Summit.