1.31.19 – KATV – Little Rock – Normally, when a home or fire alarm goes off, it goes to the alarm company’s call center. That call center then contacts dispatch, and then, first responders are sent to the location. Those extra minutes could be...
1.23.19 – Security Sales & Integration- An IHS Markit analyst discusses how video verification provides confirmation of the nature of an alarm, which helps speed the dispatch response process. False alarms are a major problem plaguing the intrusion alarm and...
1.22.19 – WKYT- RICHMOND, Ky. 911 directors are signaling the alarm over a growing trend involving elderly residents. The US Census Bureau reports more than 15 … The US Census Bureau reports more than 15 percent of the total population is 65 or older. A...
1.12.19 – Salina Journal- Salina police officers are spending less time answering false alarm calls, thanks to an ordinance passed three years ago. Chief Brad Nelson said the ordinance, enacted on Jan. 1, 2016, was intended to help reduce burglar, panic and...
André Kuipers [Photo: NASA/Wikimedia Commons] Calling 911 from the International Space Station is surprisingly easy 1.3.19 – Fast Company – BY MELISSA LOCKER Houston, we have a problem. Astronaut André Kuipers called 911 from the International Space...
1.3.18 –MSN – Police in Lexington, Kentucky posted photos of “grieving” officers after donuts were destroyed in a Krispy Kreme truck fire. Police officers in Lexington, Kentucky said they had “no words” after a Krispy Kreme truck fire sent dozens and...
