CSAA Signals
Vol. 8, No. 20 —October 17, 2002
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The 2002 Annual Meeting is almost here! TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Resolution on Multiple Call Verification Formally Adopted by the IACP On Sunday, October 6, the Private Sector Liaison Committee (PSLC) of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) passed a resolution (later presented to the IACP Board) calling for central stations to implement multiple call verification. Click here to see the resolution presented to the Board. Studies have shown that second call verification reduces the incidence of false dispatches by 30 to 50 percent. This resolution is seen as a further step in the war on false dispatches and it is viewed by CSAA and other alarm industry organizations as a positive step. According to Chief Tom Sweeney of the IACP's Private Sector Liaison Committee, "the adoption of the resolution on "multiple call" verification was not expected to happen this year. The circumstances leading to such a quick approval by the General Assembly are remarkable." Chief Sweeney further explained that typically the IACP requires resolutions to be submitted 30 days prior to the annual meeting. "We drafted the resolution on Saturday and the full IACP/PSLC approved the resolution for submission on Sunday. We expected it would be presented next year at the 2003 session. However, that Sunday evening, during the CSAA-organized (Industry-sponsored) reception, I ran into an IACP Executive Committee/Resolutions Committee member and he informally took the resolution and agreed to make the effort to get it approved on Tuesday, waiving the 30 day policy notice," added Chief Sweeney. The resolution was formally adopted by the IACP body during the General Assembly. "Everything the industry does has some degree of impact/influence: individual/association participation in multiple IACP subcommittees, donation of booth space, manning the booths, sponsoring receptions, attending/working receptions, providing IACP documents on our AIREF Resource CD, assisting PSLC in marketing, free training/support to law enforcement through CARE, and inviting them to annual meetings where they can network with peers in a relaxed environment," commented Stan Martin, AIREF Coordinator. "Working together, they really do see us as partners... and like any other investment/effort, it pays dividends for them & us!" added Martin. CSAA Executive Vice President Steve Doyle believes that "the relationship and trust that has been built by CSAA and the alarm industry associations with the IACP resulted in this extremely unique resolution. Our mutual faith and trust in each other to work for the betterment of the public and private sectors has really demonstrated our determination to be good partners with the IACP." Thanks to Chief Sweeney, Deputy Chief Steve Reesor (Toronto PD), Deputy Chief Glen Mowrey (Charlotte PD), and the incoming IACP President, Joe Samuels, for working towards the speedy approval of this resolution. Adelstein FCC Nomination Again Sidetracked
Word from Capitol Hill is that the nomination of Democrat Jonathan Adelstein to the FCC quite likely is dead for this year. Senate Republicans, still feuding with Democrats over judicial nominations, have placed anonymous holds on Adelstein's nomination--even after his July approval for a floor vote by the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. A "hold" is a request by a Senator to the party leadership asking that a certain measure not be taken up on the floor. Typically, a hold serves as a bargaining chip to force the leadership to call up another piece of legislation. Adelstein is a former aide of Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD), long a lightning rod for Republican complaints for stalling congressional action. More recently, the partisan feuding exploded into outright accusations after Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) pulled from consideration the nomination of Dennis Shedd--a former top aide to Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC)--to a federal judgeship. The move brought the 99-year-old Thurmond--a 48-year Senate veteran who's stepping down in January--to the floor to denounce the absent Leahy, who, he said, had promised a vote on Shedd before adjournment. "I am hurt and disappointed by this egregious act," Thurmond declared. Earlier this year, Judiciary Committee Democrats defeated the nominations of Federal Judge Charles Pickering and Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owens to the Fourth U.S.Circuit of Appeals. At this point, all pending judicial and executive nominations, including Adelstein's, are in doubt. With time running out on this Congress, no Judiciary Committee meetings scheduled to consider nominations and the election looming, it's unlikely a compromise will be reached. The White House posted the nomination of Adelstein last February to complete the remainder of a five-year Commission term that expires next June 30. First Meeting of the CSAA Proprietary Central Station Council Announced CSAA is pleased to announce that the CSAA Proprietary Central Station Council will hold its first official meeting on January 23 and 24, 2003. Through the kindness of Joe Miskulin of State Farm Insurance in Bloomington, Illinois, we will have the opportunity to meet at his headquarters and tour the State Farm Central Station. "This will be a highly unique event in which proprietary central stations will have the opportunity to learn from their peers as to their operations and how they deal with parent company issues when the central station is not high on their radar screens," said Steve P. Doyle, Executive Director of CSAA. "We will also look at licensing reciprocity and a host of other technical and national issues, such as no response," added Doyle. Lee County, Florida to Adopt Verified Response Policy We have been notified recently that the Lee County, Florida Sheriff’s Office announced its intention to adopt a verified response policy. This will be a policy, not an ordinance. Visit http://www.csaaul.org/JurisdictionswithNonResponse.htm for a list of jurisdictions to watch.
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