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Caitlyn Peele Joins ICU as Accountant

ICU Technologies, Inc., the leader in public safety security technology solutions, proudly announces Caitlyn Peele has joined our firm as Accountant. Caitlyn brings her Master’s Degree in Accounting and nine years of experience from the retail industry to ICU’s accounting department. After a long tenure with her previous employer, she found herself ready to take on new challenges. Caitlyn quickly recognized how passionate the ICU team was while interviewing. She knew this would be a great place for her to work and expand her own accounting expertise. Read the entire announcement here.

Leveraging AB-841 Grant Funding for Safer and More Secure Schools

California’s new AB-841 law created a grant program to make K-12 schools safer, but failed to address debilitating issues like staffing shortages and procurement hurdles. Learn what AB-841 requires and how, when applied properly, the law actually helps California public school districts address staffing and procurement issues while improving process efficiencies in the effort to create safer schools. We detail what a good technology partner should be doing for school districts, and how AB-841 not only helps to improve the air quality of schools, but also can help reduce crime.

3 Reasons to Use GSA Instead of RFPs for Technology Procurement

Most organizations rely on the RFP process when purchasing technology solutions, but that process is exhausting, inefficient, expensive, and often results in outcomes that ultimately do not fix the problem the RFP was intended to improve. There is a better option: the GSA contract. This article explores three significant problems with RFPs and provides key reasons to consider the use of the GSA procurement process.

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Covid-19 Relief Funds Buy School Security Technologies

COVID-19 relief funds are available for cameras, access control systems, private LTE, real time response control solutions & more$82 billion was just allocated to the Education Stabilization Fund by the Federal government. The newly available...

The Unintended Defunding Threat to American Policing and Public Safety

Technology’s Key Role in Bolstering Community SafetyA major change in U.S. policing is likely underway. Some seek to purposefully defund (or divest, or re-imagine, or under fund) the police while others fear a future without adequate police...

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ICU Technologies Joins Avigilon Elite Partner Program

(530) 488-7200 sales@icu-techinc.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Auburn, CA, November 2019 ICU Technologies, Inc. is proud to announce that they have joined the “elite” ranks of the Avigilon Partner Plus program. They have earned this coveted status...

How to Get the Most out of Your TipNow

As discussed in an earlier blog post, TipNow is an anonymous reporting service that provides communities with a way to communicate concerns about individuals with the potential to commit violent acts in schools, government facilities, and the...

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Want Better Building Security? Get Rid of Your Keys!

For the past 6,000 years, the standard method for protecting a building has been a lock and key. The technology dates back to Ancient Egypt, where wooden pin tumbler locks were opened with sticks built with a custom peg system that fit that...

Security Case: ICU + El Dorado County Office of Education Stop Gas Thieves in Their Tracks

The El Dorado County Office of Education (EDCOE) is like most educational institutions: they’re trying to create the best possible learning environment for students while protecting the resources and facilities necessary to support its mission. So...

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