Feasibility Study Affirms SIAC's Law Enforcement Partnership

A confidential industry study found strong support for the Security Industry Alarm Coalition's role in alarm management and first-responder advocacy.

Updated on Nov. 2, 2026 in Law Enforcement

Bold flat-color vector editorial illustration of a wall-mounted alarm sensor on a pale wall, in coral, teal, and cream, evoking alarm-management standards. — The Security Industry Alarm Coalition's feasibility study, drawn from 28 confidential respondents at 25 organizations, backed its law enforcement partnership and proposed updates to the Model Alarm Ordinance. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

The Security Industry Alarm Coalition released a feasibility study reinforcing the value of its partnership with law enforcement. The study gathered confidential input from 28 individuals representing 25 organizations across the security industry.

Why it matters

The findings point to SIAC's law enforcement relationships and credibility as strengths that respondents said other organizations cannot easily replicate. The study also backed modernizing the Model Alarm Ordinance to improve alarm management nationally.

The feasibility study drew on confidential input from 28 individuals at 25 organizations, with nearly nine in ten respondents affirming SIAC's value. The extraction does not indicate what specific follow-up actions or enforcement outcomes will result from the study.

The players

Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC)

SIAC is a security industry organization that advocates for alarm management practices and maintains relationships with law enforcement agencies.

The details

SIAC updated its Model Alarm Ordinance language to support technologies and industry practices that contribute to better alarm management, including AVS-01, an alarm-scoring and classification standard. Respondents voiced strong support for SIAC's technology and first-responder advocacy and for expanding its Alarm Management Committee network.

November 2, 2026: SIAC feasibility study article published.
Over the coming months: SIAC leadership will define the next phase of the organization's evolution.

Legal Context

SIAC's Model Alarm Ordinance has long served as a template for municipal false-alarm regulation, and the updated language adding AVS-01 extends that template to alarm-scoring technology. The feasibility study's call for modernization positions the ordinance as a framework that local jurisdictions across the United States may adopt or adapt.

Local jurisdictions that adopt SIAC's Model Alarm Ordinance could change how false alarms are handled, affecting residents and businesses that hold alarm permits. The extraction does not specify whether any jurisdiction has adopted the updated language.

The takeaway

Property owners with alarm systems should check whether their local jurisdiction follows model alarm ordinance language, since updated standards may affect permit and response rules. Monitoring SIAC's periodic updates on Facebook and LinkedIn can help track how the organization's next phase develops.