NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc announced the promotion of David Sperber to Director of National Accounts. Formerly, Sperber served the role of Southeast Regional Sales Manager. In David’s new role, he will team up with VP, Duane Warehime, developing and supporting Napco’s new and existing national accounts.

RapidSOS and Emergency24 announced a partnership that aims to deliver alarm signals for commercial fires faster and with more accurate data into the hands of first responders. With the launch of digital alerts, Emergency Communication Centers (ECCs) nationwide will receive dispatch information from monitoring centers in real-time, eliminating the need for a phone call.

Optimism has returned to the security industry, just in time for the run-up for fall industry events, with the Security Industry Association’s July/August Security Market Index finding that over 75% of respondents have a positive view of the industry’s current condition.

The Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC) and The Monitoring Association (TMA), invite entries for the industry-sponsored “Sheriff/Private Security Partnership” award.

Snap One announced the company invests approximately $65M annually in R&D, with a large portion going to the 150-person software development team.

On August 17th, the SAAA held their Top Golf event in Roseville.   With over 100 in attendance, we fought through the heat and had another great event. 

Native Smart Properties of the greater Dallas area (“Native”) recently secured a $500,000 three-year line of credit with Alarm Financial Services

PPVAR Announced their new board positions for the upcoming 2023-2024 term. Partnership for Priority Verified Alarm Response (PPVAR), an organization established to promote the value of verification and validation of alarm events during the emergency response process, recently announced their new president and secretary for the 2023-2024 board.