With thousands of consumers victimized by fraudulent door-to-door home security sales every summer, the Better Business Bureau, with the help of ADT and several industry associations, is sounding the alarm about deceptive tactics.
Best Buy and Vivint Smart Home announced a strategic partnership to give customers an easy way to automate and manage their homes, called Best Buy Smart Home powered by Vivint.
The Electronic Security & Technology Association (ESTA), presented its first Lifetime Achievement Award to member Bob Helstrom, owner and CEO of Custom Security Systems, Lacey, Wash. Helstrom received the award at a luncheon held in his honor on May 2, 2017, during the ESTA annual Owner’s Conference in Seattle.
The Town of Highland Park, Texas, became the 22nd public safety answering point (PSAP) in the U.S. and the fifth PSAP in Texas to join the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP) program.
The Monitoring Association (TMA) has renewed The Protection Bureau’s Five Diamond Monitoring Center designation. This designation is granted annually to monitoring centers that satisfy all of the requirements of the five points of excellence, the company said in a press release.
Skylar Odin of Miami Springs was awarded ESA-FL’s first place in the Youth Scholarship Program. Odin’s father is Chief of Hialeah Fire Headquarters and her “guardian angel,” as she wrote in her essay.
Vector Security recently announced the winners of its 2017 Loss Prevention Foundation (LPF) scholarships, which provide financial support to loss prevention professionals seeking to obtain Loss Prevention Qualified and Loss Prevention Certified certifications.
DMP announced the successful completion of its first surveillance audit following the transition to the 2015 edition of the ISO 9001 quality management system standard in 2016.