Tag: Pamela Petrow

VIENNA, Va.—On March 16, CSAA announced that it is officially The Monitoring Association. To recap: the name change was discussed among members in the second quarter of 2016. It was voted on, and passed, during CSAA's general membership meeting in early June, 2016, in Fort Worth, Texas. SSN spoke with executive director Jay Hauhn and the organization's vice president of marketing and communications about CSAA's plans for 2017, including the process of changing the name. In a letter to the CSAA...

VIENNA, Va.—CSAA awarded its 2016 Public Sector Award to Chief Harlin McEwen during ESX on June 9. The award recognizes a public sector individual's contribution to the alarm industry. “It is our pleasure to recognize Chief McEwen for his tireless efforts to advance the relationship between monitoring companies and our partners in the public sector,” CSAA president Pamela J. Petrow, said in a prepared statement. “I am deeply honored with being selected for this prestigious...

BALTIMORE—CSAA presented its first Public Sector Award to Bill Hobgood, project manager, public safety team in the IT department for the City of Richmond, Va., for his work with the ASAP to PSAP program. “Over the past several years, Bill has worked tirelessly to promote and implement ASAP, a program that increases the efficiency and reliability of emergency electronic signals from central station alarm companies to Public Service Answering Points (PSAPs),” said CSAA president Pamela...

VIENNA, Va.—Pamela J. Petrow, president and CEO of Vector Security and newly named president of CSAA International, has set her sights on changing the association's image, improving value for members and increasing member involvement.“In the past, some people have considered CSAA to be an 'old boys' club,'” Petrow told Security Systems News. “It does make me cringe, because there's a lot of value in the programs that CSAA brings, but sometimes, when there's a perception, that...