Up until the fourth quarter of last year, Devcon Security, Hollywood, Fla. operated nine branches, seven of them in Florida and two in New York. Fast forward to the end of June, and the company has built out its regional business into a nationwide platform with 52 branches and more than 900 employees.

ADS Security (ADS), Nashville, Tenn., promoted Christine Mudrak to central station manager. Previously central station quality control supervisor, Mudrak is now responsible for hiring, scheduling and training all central station employees, as well as overseeing the education of new ADS employees on central station procedures and policies. She will continue to supervise quality control in the central station and act as liaison between the central station and the company’s 14 branches. Mudrak was the first recipient of the CSAA Central Station Excellence Awards Operator of the Year award in 2006.

Agilence Inc., Camden, N.J., a provider of point-of-service (POS) video auditing™ solutions, purchased the assets of video analytics company Vidient Systems Inc. Agilence plans to modify and extend the technology and combine it with its Hawkeye™ platform to offer new applications and benefits for the transportation and retail industries.

VidSys collaborated with the United States Park Police (USPP) on a technology trial to protect the hundreds of thousands of people from around the country during the annual Fourth of July celebration in Washington, D.C.

Per Mar Security Services announced in late May that it acquired Employer’s Security of Elkhart, Ind.