Tag: John Pastore
Crime Prevention Security Systems widens Florida territory
August 19, 2015Amy Canfield
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Crime Prevention Security Systems has acquired Scott Alarm, expanding its territory into Northeast Florida.Crime Prevention gained 1,100 accounts in the deal, 70 percent of which are residential. “But the commercial part will probably start growing,” John Pastore, owner of Crime Prevention, told Security Systems News.Scott Alarm, based in Jacksonville and owned by Bruce Scott, specialized in alarm systems and home technology and business coverage. Scott contacted...
Redundancy helps Universal Security Monitoring grow
July 14, 2011Daniel Gelinas
GAINESVILLE, Fla. and ATLANTA—Universal Security Monitoring, which became the central station arm of Crime Prevention Security Systems when CPSS acquired the monitoring center in 1996, is growing its monitoring footprint, ramping up its AES IntelliNet radio network. It's a move central station manager Jim Carr says positions his company well for the future.
"It's great the way you can build up that multi-path, mesh network up really quickly. We don't need to worry about depending on a third...