Tag: Kevin McCarthy
SIA expresses support on Senate and House innovation and competition legislation
April 12, 2022SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has expressed its support for and feedback on S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), and H.R. 4521, the America COMPETES Act.
SIA’s letter comes ahead of a Senate and House conference to reconcile the differences between the two pieces of bipartisan legislation, both of which will bolster U.S. leadership in developing and adopting innovative emerging technologies in order for domestic companies...
Monitoring stations with an edge: Earning dealer loyalty
August 26, 2015Kenneth Z. Chutchian
YARMOUTH, Maine—It's supposed to be a win-win when wholesale central monitoring stations want to manage, service or purchase accounts from alarm dealers. The dealer can acquire some capital. The central station builds its portfolio. This business relationship can be sweet, as when central stations offer perks to purchase accounts. Or it can go sour when the central station and the dealer, after an account transfer, wind up competing with each other for customers.
The only chance that...
EMERgency24 looking to PERS, redundancy for the future
August 11, 2011Daniel Gelinas
DES PLAINES, Ill.—Third-party monitoring center EMERgency24 is remaining true to its roots as well as getting ready for something new, according to PR manager Kevin Lehan and national sales manager Kevin McCarthy. The central station recently opened a new hot redundant monitoring center and is expanding its dealer offerings.
"EMERgency24 was a leader in the redundancy trend. We were probably the first to open a redundant center," Lehan told Security Systems News. "We opened our Washington,...