Tag: Sharon Elder
NMC hires new director of national sales
December 13, 2017Spencer Ives
LAKE FOREST, Calif.—NMC recently hired Nicola Oakie, who previously worked as the general manager with American Video and Security and then the director of business development at I-View Now, as the company's new director of national sales.
Oakie officially starts at NMC on Jan. 2. “In a broad sense, her role will be to educate the dealers regarding video. Dealers can implement a full array of video services from clips to analytics,” Sharon Elder, NMC's vice president...
San Jose's non-response policy catches alarm industry off guard
January 4, 2012Rich Miller
SAN JOSE, Calif.—The police department's new non-response policy for unverified alarms, announced the week before Christmas and put into effect Jan. 1, ignores data on enhanced call verification and rolls out a “welcome mat” for burglars, alarm industry officials say.The San Jose Police Department announced the policy change on its website in a posting titled “Verified Response Protocol Information.” Citing a 2008 department study that found that more than 98 percent...
Boyd acquires Bay Security
December 21, 2011Martha Entwistle
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—In a deal designed to bring patrolled response services to alarm customers, Boyd & Associates, a security company that provides guards, monitoring and alarm installation, on Dec. 15 acquired the assets of Bay Security & Communications of Costa Mesa, Calif.Terms of the deal were not announced.“It's increasingly important to find some way to verify alarms rather than dispatching authorities,” Dan Boyd, president of Boyd & Associates, told Security Systems News.The...