Tag: Safeguard
Bradley builds ECD Systems
June 9, 2015Martha Entwistle
TEMPE, Ariz.—Systems integration firm ECD Systems is up and running in its new headquarters here, with a goal of moderate growth for its first couple of years.“The first year is all about establishing our new identity and making sure our brand and our culture are set,” ECD Systems CEO Mike Bradley told Security Systems News.“We want to grow moderately, at 10- to 15 percent so we don't outstrip our resources, and then we'll see where the market leads us,” he said.ECD...
ESX roundup
June 25, 2014Leif Kothe
With ESX 2014 in the rearview mirror, I wanted to combine some of my experiences into one summarizing blog of an event rich in educational seminars and insightful speakers. Here are some of the sights and sounds, in more or less chronological order:
How, in 2014 and beyond, does a security company remain relevant? That's the question Safeguard Security CEO John Jennings addressed at the ESA eye-opener breakfast, urging audience members to free themselves from outmoded ways of doing and thinking about...
Metro Phoenix city looks to force false alarm fines on alarm companies
March 17, 2011Daniel Gelinas
AVONDALE, Ariz.—City officials here held a meeting March 7 with certain members of the local security industry as well as representatives from SIAC to discuss their false alarm ordinance. The results of that meeting include the city remaining firm on its decision to fine alarm companies for false alarms. According to SIAC industry/law enforcement liaison Jon Sargent, the outcome could have been better.
“This is similar to what happened in Fontana, but not quite the same. That had to do...