Highlights from this week's Security News Round-Up.

Seattle alarm companies were given just two weeks' notice that, starting October 1, the police department will no longer respond to unverified intrusion alarms.

Fast-casual pizza chain MOD Pizza has chosen managed service provider Interface Systems to implement a comprehensive upgrade of physical security infrastructure for more than 420 of its company-owned restaurants.  

The study examined four communities that had adopted the Model Alarm Ordinance, developed by the Security Industry Alarm Coalition in association with industry and leaders in law enforcement.

The city, located about 35 miles east of San Francisco, will also require residents and businesses to register their alarm systems. 

Residents and business owners can now be assessed increasing fines based on how many false alarms they incur.

Parks Associates finds 62 percent of security owners report their system triggered at least one false alarm in the past 12 months. 

Calipsa, a provider of deep-learning powered video analytics for false alarm reduction, has announced the integration of its false alarm filtering platform with Tether Technology. 

Calipsa and Immix are bringing their AI Video Alarm Verification solution to central alarm monitoring stations in the Americas.