Provident Security Press

Alarms Popular, But Not Best Deterrent

Local retailers shelling out thousands of dollars to install alarm systems say the investment is not paying off.

The growing frustration has created an opening for Vancouver security companies to charge a premium for alarm services that guarantee a response time of less than five minutes.

An alarm is not a deterrent anymore. The crooks know nothing is going to happen,” said Mike Jagger, president of Vancouver’s Provident Security and Event Management Corp. “The alarm industry has gotten away with providing a service that is not complete for so long, rendering alarms not quite useless, but getting close to that.

Michael Jagger Awarded BIV Top 40 Under 40 Award

When Michael Jagger started the now 85-employee Provident Security and Event Management Corp., he thought it would be a part-time job.

Success forced a change in plans.

With the company growing at what Jagger pins at close to 3,000 per cent in the past five years, he assumed a full-time role as president instead of pursuing his Simon Fraser University criminology degree.

Married and with a baby on the way, Jagger’s life is rolling along as slickly as the wheels on his BMW motorcycle. With clients such as QLT Inc., Angiotech Pharmaceuticals and the Kerrisdale Business Association, Jagger said his company does not solicit for new business but finds new clients through word of mouth.

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Extra security on West Side streets for Halloween

A Kerrisdale security company has received so many calls from parents worried about the safety of their children tonight, they’re sending out 16 extra patrols, free of charge.