In a presentation at the 2017 ESA Leadership Summit entitled “Burglary Victim Adaptation & What Security Businesses Should Know,” Kristie R. Blevins, associate professor in the School of Justice Studies in the College of Justice and Safety at Eastern Kentucky University, shared this information from a study she was a part of, which was designed to better understand burglars as well as burglary victims.

Dallas/Fort Worth-based Fortress Security, a home and business security system installation provider, has secured new funding and investments worth up to $2 million to expand residential security systems and commercial security systems. This funding, the company said, will allow it to better serve its customers in service areas across Texas, including Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio and Houston.

Peak Alarm has published around 20 photos of its Alarm Museum located at its Salt Lake City, Utah, office.

Ron Davis has written a 238-page paperback book called The Start of the Deal about M&A transactions in the alarm Industry.

As of March 16, 2017, The Monitoring Association (TMA) is the new name of the 67-year-old Central Station Alarm Association. The name change reflects an adjustment in mission and focus necessitated by growth and changes in the alarm monitoring industry (find out more about this decision in a Q-and-A with SDM and Elizabeth Lasko, TMA vice president of communications).

Police Protection, based in Charlotte, N.C., announced that security platform company Global Guardian, out of McLean, Va., is using its Cooperative Alarm Sharing Transmission (CAST) product and that a dozen large monitoring companies have agreed to pilot it.

The Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC) awarded its Director’s Award of Distinction to St. Cloud, Fla., and to Lexington, S.C., for the cities’ work to reduce alarm dispatches.

Charles Johnson, Open Options’ Southeast sales manager, will be showcasing DNA Fusion at the inaugural Converged Security Summit (CSS) to be held on March 1, 2017, at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The Partnership for Priority Verified Alarm Response (PPVAR) announced that Tyco, a part of Johnson Controls, has joined the organization as a full industry member. With the addition of Tyco, as well as ADT in September, and long-time industry member STANLEY Security, PPVAR now has the three largest companies in the electronic security sector as part of its 77-member roster.