When Poughkeepsie, N.Y. police officer, John Falcone, responded to a domestic dispute call on Friday, February 18, 2011, the 18-year veteran of the Poughkeepsie City Police Department would end up giving his life to save a three-year-old kidnap victim. The child’s father was holding the three-year-old and waving a pistol when Officer Falcone arrived on the scene.
Honeywell, Melville, N.Y., and 2GIG Technologies Inc., Carlsbad, Calif., today announced the settlement of a lawsuit involving the alleged infringement of a Honeywell patent related to the design of security system panels, known as the “148 Patent.”
The North Carolina Electronic Security Association (NCESA)announced it has partnered with ESA for the 2011 Electronic Security Expo (ESX) at the Charlotte Convention Center June 6 to 10.
BNP Media, the Troy, Mich.-based parent company of SDM and Security, recently announced a partnership with BirdDog Career Centers which combines the resources of the leading media company serving the mechanical systems field with the leading job/career center resource focused on this market.
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.
The House Subcommittee on cybersecurity, infrastructure protection, and security technologies approved a seven-year extension of the rules overseeing chemical production facility security. The measure now moves to the full Homeland Security Committee.
Standards for the physical security industry took an important step forward at ISC West with the successful demonstration of interoperable products from Honeywell, UTC F&S, Tyco, Hikvision, Arecont Vision, IQinVision and ObjectVideo, according to PSIA.