Father and son, Dr. Mark Standring and Sam Standring, are pictured below at the 2024 SNDA (Sonitrol National Dealer’s Association) Convention in Louisville. Sonitrol continues to be a family-owned and operated company, with over 50 years of serving the security needs of commercial businesses and properties. Our verified alarms are proven and trusted by police. Call us at (800) 444-1191 to meet with one of our security design consultants.
Another building secured!
After receiving a door alarm late at night at a local business we monitor, followed by sounds of someone moving around throughout the building, our Central Station operator, DJ, dispatched police. EPD located the person who allegedly entered the building while under the influence and was looking for a bathroom. While no arrests were made, the person was given a citation and the building was secured. When your business is protected with a Sonitrol alarm, there is no need to worry about after hours break-ins. Our operators and local law enforcement make a great team! Call us for a free quote at (800)444-1191 to protect your business.
Local service and support!
Looking for a new business security system?
Here are a few things to consider:
Local service and support. When you choose Sonitrol of Evansville, you will receive service and support from a team of professionals right here in the Tri-State area.
A dependable monitoring team. In a world where hold times seem to continue for minutes on end, where your call will eventually be answered by someone, who might be across the country or even across an ocean, know that we own and operate our local Central Station. This means we will ALWAYS ANSWER THE PHONE. Our operators are familiar with client accounts and will treat you with courtesy and respect when you call in for any reason.
No charge for service calls. Whether it is routine service, or an issue has come up of any kind, there are no charges for service calls.
No charge for false alarm fines. The occasional false alarm may happen, and while other alarm companies won’t pay the false alarm fines charged by the city, should it occur, we will handle the fees for you.
We pay you if we miss an alarm. In the unlikely event that we mess up, we’ve got you covered.
Longevity. We have been in the Tri-State area since 1969. With over 50 years of experience, Sonitrol is a name you can count on, trusted by the police for business security. Our criminal apprehension rate is 182,000 and growing!
Family owned and operated. Our family and yours are both important to us. When you call us, or choose us to handle your security needs, we are honored to serve you and will provide you with the care, support, and service you deserve. We strive to provide superior customer care so that staying with us for years to come will be an easy decision to make.
Call us today for a free quote at (800)444-1191, and we will take care of your business security system.
Commercial alarm systems with cameras benefit the business owner
A Sonitrol commercial alarm system with cameras benefits you, the business owner, in so many ways:
- Regardless of whether your system is armed, you have 24/7 access to live video of your property. Simply view cameras from the app on your phone, tablet, or computer. Use playback to see previously recorded video or to take screenshots of images, time stamped and dated for your records.
- When your system is armed, our Central Station monitoring team will be alerted the moment of a disturbance at your location. This will give them access to live audio and video from your establishment, which will let them verify an alarm in progress. With verification, they can immediately dispatch police.
- Once police have been dispatched, the Central Station team will continue to monitor the situation, enabling them to report details about the suspects to responding law enforcement. The police will be better prepared for the crime-in-progress they are responding to, and that increases officer safety. Also, this will help the police know exactly where the suspects are inside of your business.
- Outdoor cameras will also protect your employees who might arrive early to open your business or who stay late to close for the night. Cameras can be positioned on parking lots and entrances to keep an eye out for their safety.
- Indoor cameras not only protect against external theft, but they also help prevent internal theft. There is no reason to risk employee theft when you can have an indoor camera system.
- In the event of an unruly customer or even a burglary during business hours, employees can press the panic button to notify Central Station. Our team can then access the cameras and see what is happening as they dispatch police.
For the optimal commercial alarm system with cameras, trusted by police, with over fifty years of experience in the alarm industry, call Sonitrol today at (800) 444-1191.
Sonitrol’s latest product: Gunshot detection!
When an active shooting situation occurs, the people on site need to have a plan. According to NFPA 3000 Standard, for an Active Shooter/Hostile Event Response (ASHER), there are three zones. The hot zone is the area with a known hazard or direct and immediate life threat. A warm zone has a potential for a hazard or indirect threat to life. And a cold zone has little or no threat due to distance from the danger. Your proximity to the situation should determine your response of whether to run or hide.
Evacuation is the first goal, if possible. Leave belongings, help others, prevent others from entering the hot zone, and keep your hands visible. If you cannot evacuate, hide. Find a concealed location for yourself and others near you, and close and lock the door. Blockade the door, and seek protection from shots fired. Protecting yourself is your first concern.
Another part of the ASHER plan is getting law enforcement on site to cool the hot zone down and prevent tragedy as fast as possible. Providing credible information to the 911 operator is vital. Any details you can share, such as the location of the shooter, number of shooters, physical description, number and types of weapons, and potential victims will help the police respond better to the situation.
If your location is secured by Sonitrol, we can help provide the response team the information needed to end an emergency as quickly as possible. We now offer Gunshot Detectors, a new safety measure, to add to your security system. The Gunshot Detectors identify the concussive force of a gunshot. When a gun is fired, the shockwaves created trip the alarm to the Sonitrol alarm panel. That alarm activates the audio detectors and the Sonavision cameras. The alarms are sent to our local monitoring station and give our operators the information they need to react. Knowing for sure that an active shooter is in the building allows operators to relay critical information: the who, what, where, and how many, to 911 operators so the police can respond and be prepared to end the situation quickly.
The Gunshot Detector can detect a shot fired within 500 milliseconds and gives 360-degree coverage. This technology has been tested at indoor and outdoor shooting ranges. It detects shots fired and does not trip on other loud noises. It has been tested at a high school where class bells go off, lockers get shut, books get dropped, and kids yell. In a nine-month school year, we had zero activations. The goal of this device is to provide real time intel to first responders, and we can do that with Sonitrol’s integrated security protection product line. We provide 24-hour protection to businesses, churches, and schools. Sonitrol’s audio detection system works with impact activated audio and can activate live audio with an alarm activation. In conjunction with Sonavision video surveillance technology, your system allows our monitoring center to not only hear what is going on, but also to see the video to better relay information to police.
Active shooter situations can happen in schools, churches, and businesses. Nobody wants to think it can happen to them, but it is in the news a lot more often than anyone would want. Having the protection in place with Gunshot Detection devices from Sonitrol helps to create a plan to be better prepared to react quickly and effectively in the event of an active shooter.
For a free quote on adding Gunshot Detection to your security system call 1-800-444-1191.
Chris Dingman is the Operations Manager at Sonitrol of Evansville and has completed the NFPA 3000 (2021), Active Shooter/Hostile Event Response Program Specialist Online Training. He is also Licensed in the state of Florida and Illinois and holds a NICET III FAS certification.
Faster Police response with Sonitrol!
So often, traditional alarm companies rely on motion detector systems to “protect” your business. But not only do criminals know how to tip toe around motion detectors and stay out of their range of monitoring, motion detection can be unreliable and cause false alarms for police.
When police are dispatched on a Sonitrol alarm, they know our twenty-four-hour monitoring team isn’t wasting their time on yet another false alarm. Our highly skilled team can determine if an incident is occurring and make the right call about dispatching police.
With Sonitrol’s Verified Monitoring, our Central Station operators can listen-in the moment the impact-activated audio alarm is triggered, even outside your business. This means if a criminal is attempting to enter through a door, window, roof, or making noise outside the facility, our audio sensors will detect the activity. Our operators can hear voices and pinpoint their location and provide this information to responding law enforcement.
If intruders have gained entry to the facility, our operators can continue to share these details with officers on the way. Also, our alarms are silent, so criminals won’t have time to get away before the police arrive, helping police catch more criminals.
Sonitrol alarms receive a faster police response than traditional alarms because we can verify a break-in and provide police with real-time information, which increases officer safety. Call us today for a free security consultation with a security design specialist at (800)444-1191.
We operate our own U.L. listed Central Station!
In today’s DIY alarm market, it is tempting to forget what a verified alarm company can do to protect your place of business. At Sonitrol of Evansville, we have a team of local, trusted and rigorously screened people who watch over your business twenty-four-seven.
Unlike our more traditional alarm competitors, we have owned and operated our own U.L. listed Central Monitoring Station for over fifty years. We don’t pay monitoring companies hours away to monitor accounts. Plus, while larger companies tend to have approximately 15,000 accounts monitored per operator, we never assign more than 3,000 per operator. This means our alarm signals are less prone to error, and our customers get a higher priority than those of our competitors.
Our highly skilled operators monitor traditional systems, verified audio alarms, and verified video alarms. This means they can see and hear when an alarm is triggered at your facility and dispatch law-enforcement. With video and audio technology, our operators can relay critical details to responding authorities about what is happening at your property.
Our Central Station team will treat you with the respect you deserve and be a calm voice of reason in the event of a break-in. Our operators can also make access control changes to your system for you remotely and resolve issues for you over the phone. Our Central Station operators are always on the job, ready to answer your call. Contact us for a free alarm quote at (800)444-1191.
Ranked in the top 100 alarm companies!
Security Dealer Magazine ranked the top alarm companies nationwide for their annual SDM 100 Report, and Sonitrol of Evansville made the list at number 87 in the industry. SDM looks at U.S. companies that earn revenues from the sale, installation, service, and monitoring of electronic security systems, such as intrusion, fire alarm, access control, and video surveillance, from residential to commercial.
While we are a small, family-owned company locally operated in the Tri-Stare area, we appreciate being recognized on a national scale against larger companies. The SDM 100 Report has been published since 1991, and Sonitrol of Evansville has ranked in the top 100 every year since 2009. We are happy to receive our SDM 100 2021 plaque.
Happy Birthday, EPD Officer K9 Doc!
Sonitrol’s favorite officer, EPD K9 Doc, (named in honor of our founder, Doc Standring), is celebrating his 7th birthday today! We want to say thank you to K9 Doc’s human, Officer John Montgomery, and the Southern Indiana Police Canine Association Inc., for visiting us at Sonitrol this morning. We loved seeing K9 Doc playing with his new toys, and we hope you have a great day patrolling Evansville and serving our community. Join us in wishing K9 Doc the happiest of birthdays!
Highest apprehension rate due to verified alarms
While conventional security systems are motion-based, Sonitrol’s verified audio intrusion detection systems are sound-based. When an alarm is triggered, our Central Station monitoring operators can listen in to verify whether a break-in is in progress or if a false alarm has occurred. If it is a break-in, we immediately dispatch police and provide real-time information to the responding officers. Because of this ability to verify alarms, Sonitrol has the highest apprehension rate and the lowest false alarm rate in the industry. Speak with one of our professional security design consultants to hear more about our services at (800)444-1191.