Tag: Security Specialists
SSN Interview with BISD Director of Safety and Security Ty Morrow
February 17, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
BRAZOSPORT, Texas – In early February ZeroEyes announced the deployment of its A.I. gun detection platform at the Brazosport Independent School District (BISD). As a result, Security Systems News sat down with the district’s emergency manager and Director of Safety and Security, Ty Morrow.
SSN: Mr. Morrow, could you tell us a little bit about BISD?
Morrow: Our district encompasses about 11,700 kids and we've got 24 facilities - 19 of them are instructional facilities...
ADS makes first buy of year
March 6, 2019Paul Ragusa
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—ADS Security, a regional security and automation company headquartered here, made its first buy of 2019 following a record-setting eight acquisitions in 2018.ADS acquired the customer accounts of security dealer Security Specialists in Lexington, S.C., and will service the new customer accounts out of its Columbia, S.C. branch. Security Specialists' owner, John Kerce, and his team will be joining ADS Security. “Security Specialists is a great company and we are very...
PSA announces new board of director members
April 5, 2018SSN Staff
WESTMINSTER, Colo.—PSA, one of the world's largest electronic security cooperatives, recently announced changes to its Board of Directors.
The following PSA owners were elected to positions on the board:
Central regional director: Carey Boethel, president and CEO, Securadyne Systems
Midwest regional director: Skip Sampson, president, KST Security
Northeast regional director: Terry Rivet, president and CEO, Securitronics
Incumbents remaining on the board are:
Chairman:...
Access control now a basic need at schools, but a 'culture of security' tops lists
December 29, 2014Kenneth Z. Chutchian
YARMOUTH, Maine—Two years after the tragic shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. brought renewed awareness to security needs in public school buildings, experts in the field say the most important measure of progress is not new technology or even new applications of existing technologies.The true test of whether a school is taking care of the health and safety of people inside is the extent to which they have created a culture of security awareness.“For a few thousand...
'20 under 40' 2014—Kimberly Kissell Rescigno
October 21, 2014Tess Nacelewicz
Kimberly Kissell Rescigno, 31Director of sales and marketing, Security Specialists, Stamford, Conn.What inspired you to get into the security industry?I stumbled upon it by chance when I relocated from Maryland, where I was in operations management for Enterprise Rent-A-Car, to the greater New York City area. I met Security Specialists' general manager at the time and I was immediately intrigued by the industry, but had very little knowledge of what it really entailed. I researched its trends and...
Security Specialists expands
July 2, 2013Martha Entwistle
STAMFORD, Conn.—With revenues up 28 percent over last year, Security Specialists, a systems integrator based here, has opened a second office in Hartford, Connecticut.“Hartford is a big growth area for us, with the insurance business and schools,” Daniel Budinoff, president of Security Specialists, told Security Systems News.“I've been saying for years I wanted to [open an office there],” Budinoff said. In January, he hired a general manager who lived near Hartford to...