Tri-Ed / Northern Video, Woodbury, N.Y., an independent security distributor, announced its acquisition of Video Security Specialists (VSS), a west coast CCTV distributor.

Tri-Ed / Northern Video will maintain the two VSS offices in California at 632 N. Victory Blvd., Burbank, CA 91502, 800-546-8774, and 1785 Pomona Road, Unit B, Corona, CA 92880, 888-896-8774, and will integrate the Las Vegas office & sales team into the Tri-Ed / Northern Video branch at 5240 South Decatur Blvd., Suite 8, Las Vegas, NV 89118, 702-227-6636.

“We are very excited to increase our North American footprint,” notes Pat Comunale, president and chief operations officer. “We welcome the VSS sales staff to the Tri-Ed / Northern Video team.”

Tri-Ed / Northern Video provides solutions from the industry’s leading manufacturers of CCTV, IP, access control, fire, intrusion, sound, communications, structured cable and home automation products. For information, visit www.tri-ed.com.