For the second consecutive year, home security and automation service provider Vivint is sponsoring the Electronic Security Association’s (ESA) Youth Scholarship Program. The company contributed $10,000 to support the 2014 program.
A few weeks ago, Mission 500 was featured at two important security industry events: the Pelco by Schneider Electric World Vision Kisongo Experience Tour and the Security Industry Association (SIA) awards dinner.
For years, security companies have used the long-standing practice of insurers offering discounts to homeowners who install security systems as a selling point.
Mission 500, a non-profit initiative focusing its efforts on the security industry and dedicated to serving the needs of children and communities in crisis, secured another 60 child sponsorships at its Oct. 9 launch in Bogota, Colombia.
Shrink — comprised of shoplifting, employee or supplier fraud, organized retail crime and administrative errors — cost the retail industry more than $112 billion globally last year, according to the 2012-2013 Global Retail Theft Barometer. Shrink represented 1.4 percent of retail sales, on average.
Yesterday’s tragic Navy Yard shooting in Washington D.C., in which a gunman killed at least 12 people, will serve to keep active-shooter drills at the forefront of first responder agencies for months to come.
ESA of Florida, an official chartered chapter for the Electronic Security Association (ESA), announced it will host a legislative dinner featuring guest speaker Sen. Anitere Flores.