6 Alarm Companies Sue Tyco IS, Village of Schaumburg
Six private alarm companies have filed suit against the Village of Schaumburg, Tyco Integrated Security, and the Northwest Central Dispatch for what the Illinois Electronic Security Association (IESA) said amounted to the city confiscating customers from private alarm companies. (Read more at www.SDMmag.com/illinois-esa-schaumburg.)
After the IESA attempted unsuccessfully to fight a new law in Schaumburg, Ill., that required any new alarm installations for commercial fire to be monitored by the Northwest Central Dispatch (the 911 center for 10 nearby communities), the aforementioned six companies filed suit March 20, 2017.