In this week’s Security News Roundup, TMA/SDM announce the winners of the 2026 Monitoring Center Excellence Awards, SDM 100 dealers choose their top brands, and the industry celebrates the life and legacy of Jerry D. Howe.
The first phase of the initiative deployed the solution through ASAP View, a web-based portal that reduced the city’s implementation timeline by roughly 50%.
The result is faster call processing, better-informed dispatch decisions and the elimination of transcription errors and miscommunication between ECC and alarm-monitoring center personnel.
In this week’s Security News Roundup, applications open for the 2026 TMA/SDM Excellence Awards, Pye-Barker acquires two companies, Security 101 acquires Blackhawk Security and SIA recognizes three security professionals.
Eligible members of TMA may enter to win awards in the following categories: Monitoring Center of the Year [Enterprise, SBM and GSOC], Monitoring Center Manager of the Year, Monitoring Center Operator of the Year and Monitoring Center Support Person of the Year.
In this newly created role, Evan Newman will lead strategic efforts to grow, engage and retain TMA’s membership, bringing more than 10 years of membership and marketing experience to further support the association’s growth and commitment to the monitoring and security industry.