Home Security Systems

HSS: LaserShield offers both LaserShield Basic and LaserShield PRO. What are the key differences between the two offerings? AD: Customers today are more technically savvy. They want upgradeable solutions with increasing features including perimeter protection, glass breakage, home automation, fire and CO protection. Our expanding business market was interested in video capabilities, after hours security status alerts, and monitoring of employee activities who interact with the business and security system. We created a branded security package that provided a broader array of options for customers seeking flexibility and higher levels of protection. HSS: A growing number of apartment dwellers no longer using landlines to make phone calls. Do you need a landline to use LaserShield, or is there a way around this? AD: We provide an optional cellular GSM adapter named the Cyclone for wireless alarm monitoring. We also have a module named the Sparrow to enable emergency response monitoring over IP networks. We believe landlines are still the most reliable method of transmitting alarm signals to a central station with all things considered. Yet, we recognize the evolving technology communication platforms and provide alternatives to our customers. HSS: At its core LaserShield is a home security company, but still has to compete with the other home security companies on the technology front. Are there any interesting gadgets in the works at LaserShield that we can look forward to in the future? AD: LaserShield is security for home and office. Because we're so affordable, we're a great solution for the burglar triple play reports we get from the field. Burglars visit business owners to check their hours of operation. They often steal the distracted business owners car and use glovebox documentation such as registration and insurance information to find the entrepreneurs home address. While the business owner is busy servicing customers their car is used to load up items from an unoccupied home. The first police report is for the missing automobile. The second is at the residence after close of business. While the business owner is surveying their burglarized residence with law enforcement the intruder robs the business. LaserShield provides the most affordable solutions in the industry and can typically protect a business owner's office and their home, for less than the competition can protect just one. LaserShield is committed to the R&D efforts required to remain innovative. We collaborate with OEM equipment suppliers and our own engineers. We're developing security applications for smart phones to expand monitoring and supervision capabilities, researching new sensing technologies, and beginning to invest in specialized tracking solutions for military and undercover law enforcement who are abducted, or taken under duress. LaserShield is also beginning to expand service offerings into the healthcare and wellness market. By working with an affiliation called LifeSupport Medical, a product called The Electronic Caregiver provides various forms of environmental hazard detection, medical alert and medication management features.