Tag: CPI Security

MCLEAN, Va.—The Monitoring Association (TMA) welcomed its 111th Emergency Communication Center (ECC) in the United States on Monday, July 25, 2022. The New Hanover County ECC in North Carolina became the 12th ECC in the state of North Carolina to implement the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP). The New Hanover County ECC went live with Rapid Response Monitoring, Vector Security, Tyco (Johnson Controls), Stanley Security, Guardian Protection, Securitas, ADS, United Central...

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Security companies Vivint Smart Home and CPI Security head to court this week over CPI’s claim that Vivint used, as outlined in the lawsuit filed in September 2020, “false and deceptive sales practices on the doorsteps and in the homes of significant numbers of CPI customers across the Southeast.” In its complaint, CPI stated that sales representatives for the Provo, Utah-based Vivint, “posing as CPI employees or affiliates, have bound CPI customers...

Curtis Robertson is now the central station manager at CPI Security, based in Charlotte, N.C. He took on the new role, in addition to his previous role as the company's account creation manager, on May 21. In late June, Security Systems News caught up with Robertson to ask him five questions.Are you married? Do you have kids?Yes to both. I've been married for � seven years and have three kids, aged 14, ... 13, and my youngest is 4.Do you have any pets?We've got a cat—his name's Simba. We found...

CPI Security now has a lot of room to grow, including some R&D space. The company started building a new 120,000 square-foot building a few weeks ago. Recently, I got a chance to catch up with Ken Gill, CEO of CPI, and talk a bit more about the new facility's design and how it compares to—and expands on—the current one. Room to grow is a big theme with this building. Not everyone at CPI is moving over to the new facility once it's built, Gill said. In fact, the company currently plans...

A lot of companies seem to have their employee environment on the mind, especially when it comes to designing a new space. CPI Security broke ground on Friday for its new 120,000 square-foot facility, to be built adjacent to its current building in Charlotte, N.C. Alongside this development, the company announced that it plans to add 300 employees, to its current total of 540, over the next couple years. The new building will hold training facilities, R&D, and the company's central station, which...