A case recently arose in the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit in Missouri where the defense was they were protected by the doctrine of sovereign immunity.
Two key meetings held on Tuesday, June 23 at the ESX show in Baltimore were the Electronic Security Association’s annual membership meeting and the Central Station Alarm Association International’s general membership meeting.
Genetec, a manufacturer of unified IP security solutions, demonstrated at ISC West new features of its flagship security center, an open-platform IP security system that seamlessly merges IP video management, access control and automatic license plate recognition.
AVAD LLC, a provider of solutions to the residential and commercial custom installation markets, announced a new training program. “Commercial Days” will be scheduled periodically at various AVAD branches and will provide local dealers the opportunity to participate in valuable commercial training sessions and the opportunity to take advantage of special savings on commercial products.
For the last 27 years, Manchester, N.H.-based Centra-Larm Monitoring, Inc. has provided its customers with central monitoring of fire, video and intrusion alarm systems. Founded in 1988 by current owner Kevin Helmig’s father, Stewart Helmig, the company’s original focus was on fire alarms and fire prevention. Over the ensuing years, the company’s business expanded, first to include distribution of alarm devices, and then to provide alarm monitoring services and call answering.
SG-System 5 is an IP-based receiver that supports visual alarm verification solutions. Working with PIR cameras, SG-System 5 sends images to monitoring facilities so they can more accurately assess alarm situations.