Thought we’d share this good news on our blog—a Monitronics authorized dealer just installed the 500,000th Telguard cellular alarm system. Here’s the press release:

Telular Corporation, a leader in wireless communications technology, announced today that it has reached an industry milestone of half a million households and businesses now using Telguard Digital cellular alarm solutions to protect their families, property, and assets. Telular’s market-leading portfolio of UL-listed solutions enables security dealers to provide primary and backup wireless alarm communication solutions for residential and commercial customers over the nationwide cellular network.

“We are extremely pleased that a Monitronics Authorized dealer installed Telular`s 500,000th cellular system,” said Mitch Clarke, vice president of marketing and business development at Monitronics. “We look forward to continuing to build on our successful relationship with Telular and reach the next half a million installations.”

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As the ghosts and goblins get ready for this Saturday, we take a quick look at Halloween safety tips for families.

• Go trick-or-treating in groups with an adult supervising during daylight, if possible. If it’s dark, carry flashlights.
• Never go into a strange house for your treats—stay outside the door.
• Set a route and a time limit for trick-or-treating. Stick to well-lit streets, avoid shortcuts, and make sure someone not with your group knows where you are.
• Watch out for dogs—this is not the night to make friends with a new four-legged creature.
• Keep the treats until you go home. Take time to spread them out on a table and look for any packaging problems. Do not eat any candy that looks like it has been tampered with.
• Have fun!

What is security: Keeping my kids safe

North Texas resident Kristine Soto started using Monitronics long before she had children, but their arrival has given new purpose to her monitored alarm system. We asked her to explain what security means to her now. These are her words.

“When we moved into our house, it already had an alarm system in place, and we chose to use Monitronics to monitor it about five years ago, almost six.  We really haven’t had any problem. When I leave a window open they are quick to call!

“But that was before we had children. What is important to me is keeping my family safe from predators and burglars. I have two boys who are four and three and they’re not old enough to say no to somebody if that person comes up with candy or special treats. They don’t really know the whole ‘say no to strangers’ thing. We don’t want anybody walking into our house and the alarm keeps that from happening.

Another big concern is fire. The kids are interested in matches now because they’ve seen me light the candle and seen me put the matches away. I have had to move them from the drawer where I kept them, but what if they found the matches and took them upstairs and were playing with them? This is why it’s so important to us that our smoke detectors are monitored. It just doesn’t take long for kids to figure things out. Our alarm system keeps us safe in a lot of ways.“