2007 Annual Meeting Date Changed
Save the NEW Date: October 19-24, 2007!

The date for CSAA's Annual Meeting has been changed to avoid conflicts with the new date of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)'s Annual Meeting. The CSAA Annual Meeting will take place October 19-24, 2007 at the beautiful Fairmont Orchid Hotel in the Kohala Coast of Hawaii.
For more information about this meeting, please click on the meeting icon (see left) that appears in all the page of the CSAA Web site, www.csaaul.org.

SAMMY Awards Deadline Extended to Jan. 12

The entry deadline for Security Sales & Integration magazine’s 12th Annual SAMMY Awards has been extended to January 12, 2007. This is the opportunity for security integrators and dealers to showcase their installation, sales and marketing achievements for industry-wide recognition.

For entry forms, eligibility rules and a sample of last year’s finalists, please visit thesammyawards.com.

Deadline for PDQ Award Competition Nears

CSAA members are committed to the reduction of false dispatches. Showcase the results of your efforts to the rest of the industry by participating in the Police Dispatch Quality (PDQ) Award program. Security Sales & Integration magazine and Honeywell Security are co-sponsors of the PDQ Award, along with the Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC) and the False Alarm Reduction Association (FARA).

CSAA member Vector Security won last year's competition due to its totally committed corporate team and program that follows virtually every industry recommendation to reduce false alarms. Vector reduced dispatches from 1.37 to .8 per customer.

For more information and to download an application and the “Getting Started” guide, visit www.siacinc.org or www.faraonline.org.

APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED AND/OR POSTMARKED BY DECEMBER 31, 2006.

CORRECTION: Last week's CSAA Signals (Vol. 12, No. 21) inadvertently omitted that the "Security Industry Hall of Fame" is sponsored by Security Sales & Integration magazine.