Tag: Steve Keefer
SIAC follows up with Carson City
February 11, 2015Spencer Ives
About two months ago, Security Systems News spoke with Steve Keefer, national law enforcement liaison for SIAC, about the unique way the Carson City Sheriff's Department approaches false alarms; by utilizing volunteers. Since, Keefer followed up with this sheriff's office and found that while false alarms have dropped, it is difficult to determine how the volunteers were involved.
Upon looking at the figures over all reductions, “I told the sheriff, 'I bet you're close to a fifty percent reduction...
Volunteers fighting false alarms in Nevada
December 9, 2014Spencer Ives
CARSON CITY, Nev.—The sheriff's office here is using volunteers to reduce false alarm dispatches, an approach new to the Security Industry Alarm Coalition, SIAC says.The Carson City Sheriff's Office started the program at least five years ago, but SIAC hadn't heard about it until recently, Steve Keefer, western U.S. law enforcement liaison for SIAC, told Security Systems News.These volunteers, currently just two who speak with repeat false alarm offenders to discuss ways to reduce the number...
Volunteers fight false alarms in Carson City, Nev.
December 3, 2014Spencer Ives
Steve Keefer, western U.S. law enforcement liaison for SIAC, noticed that Carson City, Nevada, is trying something different in the attempt to reduce false alarms—utilizing volunteers through the sheriff's office. This is an approach that is very new to SIAC, Keefer said.
These volunteers are “regular citizens that just want to help out in the community,” Keefer told Security Systems News.
The Carson City Sheriff's Office started this approach at least five years ago, but SIAC hadn't...
California leads the way for SIAC
November 17, 2014Spencer Ives
CHULA VISTA, Calif.—California is leading the way in adopting false alarm ordinances, according to Jon Sargent, the industry/law enforcement liaison for the Security Industry Alarm Coalition.“CAA (California Alarm Association) has been very proactive” in its involvement with SIAC, Sargent told Security Systems News. “I don't believe there is any state structured in this matter as well as California.”The city of Chula Vista and others have made strides in their alarm...