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SIAC Quells Barbarians at the Alarm Industry Gate

SIAC partners with SSI on the Police Dispatch Quality (PDQ) Award (see here). Here SIAC Executive Director Stan Martin (center) presents this year’s honor to Guardian Protection’s representatives. 10.31.19 – SSI – Stan Martin The Security Industry...

911 dispatchers say system puts police, public at risk

11.1.19 – WATE – GREENSBURG, Pa.  Some 911 dispatchers are sounding the alarm about a system they say is putting lives in danger. It’s a dispatch program used in Westmoreland County. Programs like it will soon be required throughout Pennsylvania. The...

An app that can detect distress speech and trigger SOS

10.21.19 – By Dinesh C Sharma The innovation won the first prize in a national contest organized in India by the US-based Marconi Society under its Celestini Programme Just imagine a smartphone app that can ‘listen’ to distress calls and automatically trigger an...

Phoenix Police Spend Thousands Of Hours On False Alarms

By Christina Estes Published: Monday, October 14, 2019 – 5:05am Updated: Monday, October 14, 2019 – 9:15am When alarms go off accidentally at homes and businesses, it can be annoying. But, it can be costly, too. Last year, Phoenix police responded to...