SALT LAKE CITY UT Jan 2 2022 — In June 2020, a salesman from Vivint Smart Home knocked on the door of a 60-something-year-old Air Force veteran living in South Carolina. The woman was a customer of CPI Security — a major home monitoring company in the Southeast and a rival to Utah-based Vivint. In a […]
MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. Nov 22 2021 — A former high-level manager has filed a racial discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against CPI Security Systems and its CEO, Kenneth Gill. Gaston County resident Kelley Phelps filed the lawsuit Thursday alleging she was fired from her job at CPI in retaliation for objecting to the company’s racist practices, including […]
WICHITA, Kan. Aug 15 2021 The district attorney’s office says a security company has agreed to pay $263,000 in penalties after investigators discovered some of the company’s technicians were not licensed as they worked in Sedgwick County. District Attorney Marc Bennett says his office investigated DEFENDERS, LLC, doing business as Protect Your Home, after a Sedgwick […]
Lawrenceville GA April 17 2021 Lawrenceville officials are still weighing their options for levying fines against residents or alarm companies for setting off multiple false security alarms. At its Wednesday evening work session, City Council discussed issuing fines by contracting with a private company to monitor false alarms and send out bills. As an alternative, it […]
California March 14 2021 Hackers aiming to call attention to the dangers of mass surveillance say they were able to peer into hospitals, schools, factories, jails and corporate offices after they broke into the systems of a security-camera startup. That California startup, Verkada, said Wednesday it is investigating the scope of the breach, first reported […]
Dallas TX Feb 3 2021 Calling it a “disgusting betrayal of trust,” US attorneys with the Northern District of Texas announced Thursday that an ADT home security technician has pleaded guilty to repeatedly hacking into customer video feeds for the purpose of spying on women. The breaches of customer privacy affected 220 accounts; prosecutors say. The […]
STOCKHOLM Dec 19 2020 — Securitas AB has acquired FE Moran Security Solutions, a super-regional alarm monitoring and electronic security systems integration company based in Champaign, Ill., for approximately $82 million (MSEK 695). The acquisition increases Securitas’ density and offerings in the United States’ Midwest region and is aligned with the company’s ambition to double the […]
Dallas TX Sept 3 2020 A man was taken into police custody after he called an alarm company to say he had killed his family at a Far East Dallas apartment complex. Dallas police say three people were found dead inside an apartment. Officials did not release names or the age of the woman but said […]
Cincinnati OH Aug 10 2020 A new high-tech security system is now installed at the Great American Ballpark. The new software has the power to detect a weapon long before the person carrying it ever realizes they’ve been scanned. Ginter Electric has deployed the Patriot One Technologies PATSCAN for the Reds. It is a step […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. July 26 2020 Former Charlotte police chief Kerr Putney will be joining CPI Security as a community and government relations consultant. CPI Security made the announcement Tuesday. Putney recently retired from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and will work directly with CEO Ken Gill. The former police chief will be responsible for community engagement and […]