Member companies of the Illinois Electronic Security Association (IESA) voted yesterday to end their chartered chapter relationship with the Electronic Security Association (ESA) by a vote of 38 to 7 in favor of the split. The impetus behind separating from the national association revolved around what the state chapter views as the best use of financial resources. The Illinois chapter for several years now has been battling against municipalities that enter the alarm monitoring business and authorize the taking over of Illinois alarm dealers’ subscriber accounts.
“The IESA board chose to have this vote because we believe it’s the correct action to protect our livelihoods. We plan to devote the financial resources in the state to political solutions and actions that will help end the municipal monitoring problem that we’re facing here in this state,” said Kevin Lehan, executive director of IESA.