Tag: Jim McMullen
COPS Monitoring, security pros step up to help children through Mission 500
September 17, 2021SSN Staff
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.—The annual “Back to School Backpack” event organized by Mission 500 for students at Crosspointe Elementary School in Boynton Beach, Fla., has bought essential school supplies, provided by the generous efforts of COPS Monitoring and individual donors in the security industry.
The team at COPS Monitoring came together once again to outfit students at Crosspointe Elementary with essential supplies and notes of encouragement to kick off another successful school...
Join Mission 500, COPS Monitoring to provide school supplies to children in need
July 16, 2021SSN Staff
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. —Students at Crosspointe Elementary School in Boynton Beach, Fla., will once again receive essential school supplies from COPS Monitoring and Mission 500.
For the sixth consecutive year, COPS Monitoring is kicking off this effort with the generous commitment to provide school supplies for 300 students, and invites all security industry professionals to join this effort by donating to the “2021 Back to School Fundraiser” by visiting https://www.mission500.org/school-supplies-for-crosspointe.
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COPS acquires wholesale monitoring business from Security Partners
June 9, 2021SSN Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, N.J.—COPS Monitoring, a provider of wholesale professional alarm monitoring services in North America, announced that it has purchased the wholesale monitoring assets of Security Partners LLC at auction on May 27, 2021.
Upon completion of the acquisition and subsequent preparations, the alarm companies and their 100,000+ subscriber accounts will be migrated to COPS and monitored by its network of six UL listed and TMA Five Diamond certified monitoring stations located...
COPS Monitoring achieves HIPAA compliance with compliancy group
January 12, 2021SSN Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, N.J.—COPS Monitoring, the largest provider of wholesale professional alarm monitoring services in North America, announced that it has taken all necessary steps to prove its good faith effort to achieve compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). By doing so, COPS has earned Seal of Compliance, a distinction issued only to organizations that have implemented an effective HIPAA compliance program through the use of Compliancy Group's...
Mission 500 and COPS Monitoring team up to help children in need
September 8, 2020SSN Staff
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.—In what has become an annual event spearheaded by Mission 500, students at Crosspointe Elementary School in Boynton Beach, Fla., will once again have essential school supplies, provided by COPS Monitoring, thanks to the generous efforts of the “Back to School Backpack Event.”
Different from the past six years, the COVID-19 pandemic dictated a format change from the norm. Rather than meeting in-person to assemble the backpacks and distributing them directly...
COPS Monitoring promotes Juergen Henry
May 4, 2020SSN Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, N.J.—COPS Monitoring, one of the largest providers of wholesale professional alarm monitoring services in North America, announced the promotion of Juergen Henry to assistant vice president of operations. Henry was recently named to the Security Systems News “40 under 40” class of 2019.As Assistant Vice President of Operations, Juergen's primary role will be to provide direction and individualized support to the operations managers at each of COPS' six locations to ensure...
COPS Monitoring strengthens accounting and finance teams
February 7, 2020SSN Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, N.J.—COPS Monitoring recently announced the promotions of Michele Beckett to Vice President of Accounting, and Nicole Black to Vice President of Finance to strengthen its accounting and finance teams.
“The contributions Michele, Nicole, and their respective departments make are instrumental to successfully executing the complex financial matters associated with our strength and continued growth,” said COPS Monitoring President Jim McMullen said in the announcement.
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COPS Monitoring adds to management team
November 14, 2018Spencer Ives
WILLIAMSTOWN, N.J.—COPS Monitoring recently hired Joe Parisi to its leadership team as director of project management. Parisi has more than 20 years of alarm industry experience and will play a key role on the company's management team by leading technological projects related to COPS' network of monitoring centers, the company said.
“The last two years have been very dynamic for us,” Jim McMullen, president and COO of COPS, said in the announcement. “As a result of our sustained...
Where is video monitoring now?
July 25, 2018Spencer Ives
YARMOUTH, Maine—Video monitoring, including proactive video monitoring, guard tours, video verification and even MIY among consumers, is on the rise, according to six wholesale monitoring professionals interviewed by Security Systems News.“The subscriber is demanding more video monitoring options and we are continuing to invest in our video monitoring capabilities,” Woodie Andrawos, president of NMC, told SSN in an email interview. “NMC has been a big proponent of video monitoring...
TechSec 2017 Panel: Monitoring the next tech
March 15, 2017Spencer Ives
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—The hot topics in the industry—drones and robotics, cybersecurity, the Internet of Things, big data and data mining—all impact monitoring centers, as well as integrators and end users.At the TechSec Solutions 2017 panel, “Monitoring the next tech,” Morgan Hertel, VP of technology and innovation for Rapid Response Monitoring, and Jim McMullen, president, COO and founder of COPS Monitoring, explored how industry trends will impact their side of the business.Jay...