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On flies and honey
by L. Samuel Pfeifle, Editor, Security Systems News
The monitoring industry has perhaps never found itself working so closely with local municipalities. Though there is a long history of attempts at false alarm reduction and relationships with police forces that go back decades, we have been buffeted lately by stories of cities and towns all over North America that are trying to legislate their way out of alarm problems and budget holes.
The efforts of the SIAC, especially, are to be commended in a great many of these cases. Their emphasis on early involvement, cooperation, fairness, and consistency has resulted in a slew of well-crafted ordinances that understand the realities of both alarm monitoring and community policing.
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