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TRANSMITTED BY THE WASHINGTON BURGLAR AND FIRE ALARM ASSOCIATION
Spokane Police Department Change in Policy
Effective February 2, 2009
1)SPD will institute a policy of not dispatching officers to alarm calls when the alarm company does not provide the alarm site permit number.
Each alarm company with accounts in the City of Spokane, Washington is required to send a list of their customers to the Spokane Alarm Administrator. If you have not done this, your customers do not have permit numbers and, therefore, will not qualify for a police dispatch.
Continue reading Spokane PD Changes in Policy
TRANSMITTED BY THE WASHINGTON BURGLAR AND FIRE ALARM ASSOCIATION
New Alarm Ordinance – Auburn, Washington
(The effective date of the ordinance will be announced later).
The provisions of the new ordinance are very similar to the Pierce County ordinance adopted a year ago.
Ordinance Provisions
1. Annual Registration
$24 per year/$12 for seniors or disabled.
Each Alarm Company with accounts in Auburn will submit their list of customers
to the Alarm Administrator in electronic format as proscribed by the Administrator.
Continue reading New Alarm Ordinance for Auburn WA
Reprinted from SecuritySales.Com:
Jan 21, 2009, HAYWARD, CALIF. — On-Net Surveillance Systems Inc. (OnSSI)and DNF Security, a provider of mission-critical IP surveillance solutions, have formed a strategic partnership to offer IP surveillance solutions.
DNF recently completed certification of its advanced Seahawk IP storage platform with OnSSI’s NetDVMS enterprise scale network video recorder (NVR) and camera management platform.
DNF’s scalable storage platform offers robust performance for bandwidth-intensive surveillance platforms, giving OnSSI’s network of system integrators, dealers and resellers a viable solution for both new and existing installations, says OnSSI Director of Technical Services Julio Montalvo.
“OnSSI and DNF share a similar philosophy in using open standards, and in supporting a range of platforms to offer our customers choices in deployment options for new and evolving environments,” says Jame Ervin, product manager for DNF. “Working with an industry leader such as OnSSI allows us the opportunity to give customers an advanced, open-platform solution with integrated analytics and fully-featured camera management.”
DNF has been a Milestone Strategic Partner since May 2008.
Courtesy Security Info Watch:
A new bill in the state of Washington wants to tackle the issue of video surveillance inside schools. Introduced last week by Mike Sells, a state legislator and vice chair of the Washington House Higher Education Committee, the bill would make clear school policies on video surveillance.
According to KHQ-TV, the bill was prompted by a previous incident where video from a camera inside a school classroom was used as part of the basis for firing a teacher who helped students publish and underground publication.
The proposed bill, Washington HB-1262, would require written notification to all staff that video surveillance was being used, and it would also require clear signage indicating areas where video
surveillance systems were being installed.
Additional commentary on the bill from Rep. Mike Sells, the bill’s author, is available from KHQ-TV (read original story).
NICET I & II TEST PREPARATION COURSE
JANUARY 24 – 25, 2009
UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA
This course benefits WBFAA so if you need a class,this is the one to take!!!!!!
Contact Info:
Alarm Specialist Consulting & Design, Inc.
Howard Williamson, S.E.T.
P.O. Box 66269
Burien, Washington 98166-2951
Phone: (206) 550-3831 FAX: (206) 431-2951
www.ASCDinc.biz Howard@ASCDinc.biz
WASHINGTON BURGLAR AND FIRE ALARM ASSOCIATION
JANUARY MEETINGS
WESTERN WASHINGTON CHAPTER
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 – 11:30am
Barnaby’s Restaurant
16401 West Valley Hwy.
Tukwila, WA 98138
Price: $20
Speaker: To be announced.
EASTERN WASHINGTON CHAPTER - Please note the change – our meeting is on the third Wednesday rather than the second.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Red Dragon
1406 W. Third
Spokane, WA
Order from menu
Speaker: Phil Jordan, Department of Labor and Industries, Eastern Washington E-Core Lead Electrical Inspector. Mr. Jordan will provide a quick review of 2009 and information on B permits.
This is a great time to have your questions answered: Please e-mail me stella@washingtonbfaa.org any questions so that I can refer them to Mr. Jordan prior to the meeting – this would make for a great meeting.
Courtesy of Security Sales & Integration:
SEATTLE — The Seattle Police Department is one of the first major police departments in the United States to begin full enforcement of an enhanced call verification (ECV) law, mandating central stations to place two calls to alarm customers before contacting police.
Seattle police began enforcing the law, which was first adopted in 2004, on Jan. 1 and will no longer respond to dispatch requests that have not followed the ECV procedure. ECV is generally not enforced by local police departments even though the policy has been adopted in many jurisdictions across the country.
“Many alarm companies understand the value of using ECV and are doing it voluntarily in every jurisdiction. Other alarm companies have yet to fully appreciate its value and for that reason enforcement is required,” Ron Haner, alarm response manager for the Washington Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (WBFAA), tells SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION.
The Seattle ordinance requires registration of alarm companies that conduct business within the city limits. It is designed to reduce the number of false alarm activations by instituting measures that have been fully endorsed by the Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC), International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and WBFAA.
“Like numerous cities with ordinances adopted three or four years ago, after the initial 50 percent reductions resulting from ECV and the other industry best practices, they are looking for more. Some of those jurisdictions look for ways to ‘tweak’ their ordinance to squeeze out more reductions,” says Haner. “Seattle is aggressively doing that and working with the alarm industry in that effort.”
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