The Security Industry Association (SIA), through its Ethics in Security Technology Working Group, has developed the SIA Membership Code of Ethics, a set of nine ethics principles designed to promote the highest standards of conduct among its members. 

The North Carolina Association of Chiefs of Police (NCACP) honored the Security Industry Alarm Coalition’s (SIAC) Glen Mowrey with its Outstanding Partnership Award. 

Kirk MacDowell, an executive with a 39-year career in the electronic security industry, has been selected as the new chairman of the board for the Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC). SIAC is the industry’s liaison with law enforcement for dispatch reduction and alarm management issues. SIAC’s model alarm ordinance, developed in conjunction with national law enforcement leaders, is being adopted nationwide.

An issue recently arose in California where a police dog was used to seize and retrieve a suspect. The plaintiff fled into a thicket of bushes during a police chase.

TMA has issued a statement retracting a previous statement condemning Ring and its partnerships with law enforcement.

The Monitoring Association (TMA) announced that New York State Lieutenant Rachael VanDeusen is the 2019 recipient of its Public Sector Award. 

The Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC) Directors Award of Distinction for Excellence in Alarm Management was presented to the Atlanta Police Department during a December Command Staff Meeting.

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.