The Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC) has launched a program to raise awareness of the continuing need to foster strong relationships between the electronic security industry and law enforcement. 

 

“The Raise Your Hand Campaign focuses on SIAC’s role in preventing the type of legislation that can damage the industry and make it more difficult to protect our customers,” said Stan Martin, SIAC’s executive director. “The first poster focuses on proposals that crop up at the local level to fine alarm providers rather than alarm owners.”

 

SIAC has strong support among industry leaders and is seeking to broaden its funding sources to continue its program of working with the approximately 18,000 law enforcement agencies throughout the United States.

 

Since 2004, SIAC has been a voice for the electronic security industry with law enforcement and elected officials.  According to SIAC, it is the only entity solely focused on ordinance activity and alarm management education in North America, committed to promoting a well-vetted model that provides reasonable best practices that ensure our ability to serve customers and grow businesses. This organization fights or overturn ordinances that are costly and burdensome to the industry.  

More significantly, SIAC has worked with the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the National Sheriffs’ Association to create model alarm ordinances that significantly reduce alarm dispatches.

 

“Each year new elections and changes in law enforcement leadership require that SIAC continue its important mission of educating these leaders in the best practices that are essential for maintaining sworn officer response while conserving public safety resources,” said Martin. “Failure to do so can result in punitive ordinances or policies that make it more difficult and expensive for us to operate effectively.”