Knowledge and experience is key to successful implementation.
January 10, 2022
Artificial intelligence, or A.I.; deep learning; CV or computer vision; analytics; new hardware terms like CPUs and GPUs; neural networks; cloud versus edge processing.
First, allow me to say I am honored to be chair of the Alarm Industry Communications Committee (AICC). We typically meet four times a year in Washington, D.C. For years I have resisted having AICC go online, even in a hybrid form.
After finding surprising success during the coronavirus pandemic, video monitoring professionals are preparing for an even bigger boom as the world returns to normal.
Last summer, we were already a few months into a pandemic-induced lockdown. Businesses everywhere were closing their doors, employees were working from home, and, luckily, most security professionals were considered to be ‘essential.’
False alarms have long troubled video monitoring stations. With stations in Lafayette and Baton Rouge, La. and Chicago, Ill., Acadian Monitoring Services did better than most in the industry, estimating only two of three alarms received were false.
Jacqueline Brogan, 2020 Central Station Manager of the Year of Alarm Detection Systems, discusses how to communicate with your team to ensure a positive work environment.
January 13, 2021
Jacqueline Brogan, central station manager at Alarm Detection Systems in Aurora, Ill., is The Monitoring Association’s 2020 Central Station Manager of the Year for her work in leading a team of more than 20 operators. She first joined the team in 2012 as an operator, then became a customer service representative in 2015. She returned to the central station in 2019 to take on her current position.
Central station redundancy and its significance is essential to understand. A select group have maintained redundancy over the years, although UL hasn’t mandated redundancy until recently.