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Byram charging for false alarms

 by:  SSN Staff  - 
08/22/2011
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BYRAM, Miss.—An Aug. 12 story from ABC affiliate WAPT reports police officials here are going to impose fines for property owners for false alarms.

Foster City false alarms will be costly

 by:  SSN Staff  - 
08/22/2011
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FOSTER CITY, Calif.—An Aug. 16 story from the Foster City Patch reports changes in Foster City’s false alarm ordinance have been enacted as a means of recouping costs involved for responders.

Ogle County introduces false alarm ordinance

 by:  SSN Staff  - 
08/22/2011
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OGLE COUNTY, Ore.—The Ogle County Sheriff's department on Aug. 16 presented the county board with a new ordinance for consideration, which will establish a false alarm ordinance.

Capital One is new entrant in security finance market

Three CapitalSource execs depart for Capital One; Schmidt named CapitalSource managing director
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Martha Entwistle
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08/11/2011
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ST. LOUIS, Mo.—There were two separate, but related announcements in the world of security finance this week. Will Schmidt has taken over the role of managing director of CapitalSource and three CapitalSource executives—Bill Polk, Tom Pagnani and John Robuck—have left CapitalSource to head up a new security lending group at Capital One.

When will network video surveillance sales surpass analog?

An SSN Q&A with IMS Research's Gary Wong
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Martha Entwistle
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08/11/2011
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WELLINGBOROUGH, England—According to a recently released IMS Research report, 2014 will be the year that sales of network video surveillance equipment finally surpass analog. The report said that the growth of the network video surveillance market and the decline of the analog market will lead to this transition in 2014. However, the transition in terms of shipments of network cameras themselves will not occur until “far beyond” 2014.
Security Systems News, sister publication of Security Director News, conducted a Q&A with IMS Research analyst Gary Wong. Below, Wong answers SSN’s questions about the report.

Devcon Security hires new general managers in Richmond and Norfolk

 by:  SSN Staff  - 
08/03/2011
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—Devcon Security on Aug. 2 announced it had hired new general managers at two of its Virginia locations. The company named Ray Blanchard as general manager in Richmond while Chad Lasky is the new general manager in Norfolk. Blanchard joined Devcon after working for eight years in management at the former Brink’s Home Security. He will focus on hiring and training sales people and technicians. Lasky will have those same duties in Norfolk. Before coming to Devcon, he worked for 12 years in management and sales at ADT Security Services.  Devcon is the 13th largest home-security monitoring and business alarm company in the U.S., according to Virginia Business.

Fire Dept. will assess new fines for false alarms

 by:  SSN Staff  - 
08/03/2011
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LINCOLN, Ill.—An Aug. 2 story from the Lincoln Courier reports a new false fire alarm ordinance regulating fees administered by the Lincoln Fire Department won approval Aug. 1 during a Lincoln City Council meeting. The fees are being implemented to help reduce false alarm calls and to generate some compensation for the department’s cost of various runs.

Avigilon expands North American and Latin American sales teams

 by:  SSN Staff  - 
07/25/2011
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VANCOUVER, Canada—Avigilon, a provider of HD and megapixel video surveillance solutions, on July 22 announced the appointment of four new sales executives.

Ingersoll Rand names Gary Michel president of Residential Solutions business

by:  SSN Staff  - 
07/25/2011
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SWORDS, Ireland—Ingersoll-Rand on July 21 announced the appointment of Gary Michel, a 26-year company veteran, as president of its Residential Solutions Sector, effective August 1. He replaces Steven Hochhauser, who is leaving the company to pursue other business opportunities.

Edward Wassall, Ph.D. to direct Samsung's IP business development

 by:  SSN Staff  - 
07/25/2011
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RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.—Samsung Techwin America, a global supplier of video surveillance and security products, on July 21 announced the appointment of Edward Wassall, Ph.D. as director of IP product and business development. He will report to Frank DeFina, Samsung's SVP of sales and marketing, North America.

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Retailing home security has become a trend. Comcast is selling its Xfinity Home security/home automation product in stores nationwide. AT&T's Digital Life product is available in its stores, and Lowe's is selling its Iris product in its retail stores and Verizon Wireless stores. Security companies, including SecureWatch 24, The Alarm Company and Security Options, also have retail stores. Is this the wave of the future or just a fad? What do you think?

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