Minta Christopherson received the Employee of the Quarter award for the second quarter of 2010 at our July 19 Jazz Session.

Minta earned this honor because she thrives on new professional challenges, routinely asks for more projects, seeks training opportunities, and produces excellent work.  She is an excellent operator and a respected member of the Sound Security team.

Minta is now eligible for our Employee of the Year award.  The Board will choose employee of the year between Shannon Summers (employee of the first quarter), Minta and the employees of the third and fourth quarters.

A press release I received from the Beaverton Police Department announces their planned activities in celebration of National Night Out.  Here’s the details:

“The 27th Annual National Night Out, a unique crime/drug prevention event sponsored by the Beaverton Police Department and the National Association of Town Watch will be held on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 between 6 pm and 8 pm at Griffith Park, 4600 SW Griffith Drive.

Please join your friends and neighbors and help celebrate National Night Out against crime. For additional information, please contact Sue Hayes at the Beaverton Police Department at 503-526-2562 or by email: shayes@ci.beaverton.or.us.”

Live or work near the City of Monroe?  Plan now to join the community in a crime prevention extravaganza for National Night Out on August 3 at Lake Tye Park.

This event is sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW) and co-sponsored locally by the Monroe Rotary and the Monroe Police Department.

National Night Out is designed to:
• Heighten awareness of crime prevention and anti-drug use, efforts;
• Generate support for, and participation in, local anticrime efforts;
• Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships; and
• Send a message to criminals letting them know neighborhoods are organized and fighting back against crime.

The Monroe Rotary and the Monroe Police Department will be partnering with community businesses, service groups, faith groups, service providers, Monroe Fire District #3, and citizens to present a local National Night Out celebration.  Food will be available while supplies last.

The scheduled activities/demonstrations for the evening are:
6:00 pm Event Starts – Scavenger Hunt
6:45 pm Monroe Police Department K-9 Demo
7:15 pm Monroe Fire District #3 Water Rescue Demo
7:30 pm Drawing for Scavenger Hunt prizes
7:45 pm Monroe Police Department Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) Entry Demo
8:15 pm Monroe Police Department K-9 Demo

Join Everett Police and members of the Sonitrol Pacific team August 3, from 5pm to 8pm at Top Foods (1605 SE Everett Mall Way), for the annual National Night Out crime prevention celebration.

The event is designed to strengthen community spirit and let criminals know Everett doesn’t tolerate crime.  National Night Out highlights crime prevention techniques and provides excellent information.  City of Everett and Police services will team up with local businesses to present over 60 educational booths.  Stop by each one for a resource to fight crime.

Don’t forget the free food!  Hot dogs, pizza, ice cream, bread and drinks are available.

Check out:
Temporary tattoos
Speed pitch
Dunk tank
Child ID cards
Bomb robot
Emergency vehicles
Vehicle window etching
and much more…

Visit the Everett Police Department’s website for more details.

July 3, Tacoma Police arrested one man suspected of breaking into vehicles in the Gerber Collision yard after Operator Mike Young saw the man on our monitored security camera system. Today, we received this thank you note from General Manager Jody Durant.

“Four years ago, Gerber Collision Tacoma signed up with Sonitrol Pacific.  It was a great decision!  Sonitrol Pacific employees have been quick to respond to all our requests.  On one occasion, they came to fix a problem with our outside cameras before we knew there was a problem.  Sonitrol Pacific technicians and customer service provided solutions when the system was not doing what we wanted it to do, and because of their Commitment to Service guarantee, we did not receive a bill or an increase in our monthly charges.

Just about 6 months ago, intruders broke into our secure customer storage lot.  Sonitrol Pacific’s operators saw the guys on our outdoor monitored camera system rummaging through parked cars and dispatched the police quickly!  The police gave chase and after stopping 2 men a couple blocks away, they were let go with no charges.

Last Saturday night, Sonitrol Pacific dispatchers saw a man on our monitored camera system breaking into a car in the secured lot.  This time the police were able to get here in time to catch the guy in the act and arrest him.  All the items were recovered and the damage was minimal because the police showed up quickly.

I could have come to work to find a major loss with just a video to show me what happened over the weekend, instead Sonitrol Pacific’s operators were monitoring our cameras live and were able to tell the police exactly how many people were there and what they were doing.  I would recommend this company to anyone looking for building security or a camera system.  This is an invaluable investment.

Jody Durant
General Manager
Gerber Collision Tacoma“

For the third year in a row, members of the Sonitrol Pacific team from Everett to Portland celebrated, remembered and fought back with the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Portland.

Thank you to all of our friends and clients who supported us in raising money for the search for a cure to cancer.

Another HUGE thank you to our Team Captains, Lisa Buckner and Heather Rosenthal.  They led us to winning all the decoration competitions.  Nice!

Check out the Relay For Life of Portland taken by Michael Wilhelm, including the survivor lap, the luminaria ceremony and lots of fun.

Benjamin Canales, Sontirol Pacific Tacoma Security Consultant, had us all cheering this morning with the news of a new Good Stuff Squared (GS2) client.

We provide home security for John and Connie and they’ve referred two of their neighbors to us.  Each time they send a new client our way, they ask we give their $200 GS2 donation to the Lakewood Police Independent Guild.  We are thrilled to do so.

The LPIG Charitable Fund has deposited $2,129,968.42 into the Lakewood Fallen Four Officers Children’s Trust Fund.

For every new customer people refer to Sonitrol Pacific, we donate $200 to the non profit organization of their choosing through our GS2 program.  Dick Chase, Everett Security Consultant, sent me this email about our most recent donation.

“It was a dark and stormy night – no wait, different story …

I presented the Sonitrol Pacific security system to Dave Stewart of Vista Clara Coffee about a month ago. Dave was very impressed with our security system and decided to become a Sonitrol Pacific customer. When I signed him up, I asked him if he knew of anyone that could benefit from our services, and gave him a GS2 form. He referred me to John Hager of Collector’s Choice Restaurant. John was also impressed with our security system, and he is now a Sonitrol Pacific customer. Dave chose Everett Gospel Mission for his charitable donation.”

We are thrilled to send Everett Gospel Mission a check for $200.  Dave will receive a $200 “thank you” from us too.  Refer a new client to Sonitrol Pacific today and we’ll donate to your favorite charity as soon as your referral signs an agreement to join the Sonitrol Pacific family.

From the Thurston County Sheriff’s Department:

Bank cardholders are being contacted by cell phone using various spoofed numbers, and are pre recorded messages stating that they are calling from your bank.

For more information on scam prevention, visit the US Federal Trade Commission website.

Join the Sonitrol Pacific team this Saturday for a Relay For Life of Portland garage sale.  You’ll get a great bargain on awesome stuff and 100% of the money will go to American Cancer Society to help their work in cancer cure research and cancer survivor support.

For the second year in a row, we’re hosting a HUGE charity sale.  Everyone in the company has donated items and we have something for all ages and all interests.

Saturday June 26th – 8:00am to 4:00pm
Sonitrol Pacific Portland
8220 N Interstate Ave
Portland, OR 97217

Learn how you can join the fight, visit the Relay For Life of Portland website.