New York State became one of the first in the country to enact a “right to repair” law.  The Digital Fair Repair Act is set to go into effect on July 1, 2023.  New York’s regulation requires manufacturers to provide owners and independent repair shops the manuals, parts, diagnostics and diagrams necessary to repair consumer devices. Read the full Chapter amendment below.

COPS Monitoring, an industry leading professional alarm monitoring service provider in North America, is proud to welcome its first K9 assistant to its workforce.

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January 2023. The Monitoring Association (TMA) Standards Committee has received confirmation that its TMA-AVS-01 Alarm Validation Standard has received official ANSI accreditation. Initiated in 2020 in a joint effort between PPVAR and TMA, the standard provides a method of creating an alarm scoring or classification metric for unauthorized human activity detected by alarm systems.

TMA-AVS-01 provides a standardized method of creating an alarm scoring or classification metric for unauthorized human activity detected by alarm systems that will assist law enforcement with resource allocation and Call for Service prioritization.

The NYLESA is looking for instructors. This a great opportunity to assist in strengthening the work force in your industry!

Altronix, the recognized leader in power and data transmission products for the professional security industry has partnered with TDSi, a leading supplier of integrated access control solutions to offer new streamlined access and power integration solutions that are UL294 listed for access control systems.

Recently, the Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC) coordinated a joint meeting of the North and South Carolina Police Chiefs Alarm Management Committees. The meeting was held at the Charlotte Motor Speedway’s Speedway Club in Concord, North Carolina.  Members of each committee were present, and each state conducted their respective individual meetings during the joint session.