More than a decade ago the industry formed the Security Industry Alarm Coalition, better known as SIAC. The stated mission of SIAC is to “speak as one voice for the industry on alarm management issues,” and an important part of SIAC’s activities was and continues to be to improve the view of the industry in the eyes of law enforcement.
As with any relationship — particularly one in which the parties have different goals and objectives — a level of trust has to be nurtured. We can finally say that the leadership on the police side not only trusts us, they respect the progress the industry has made to address the issue of false dispatches.