Tom Powers

Most Alarms Protect Life and Property but Generate No Calls for Service  A new study by a professor at the UNC-Charlotte, Criminal Justice & Criminology Department shows that most electronic security systems in the communities studied protect life and property without generating calls for police services. The study examined four communities that had adopted the […]

New whitepaper developed in partnership with Essence addresses security system innovations enabled by smart home connectivity A new Parks Associates whitepaper reports that home security consumers are looking for solutions to reduce false alarms as well as improve responses to triggering events like home burglaries, while new solutions are emerging for device manufacturers to address