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[Nick Lawrence <nlaw@xxxxxxx>]

Bob Worthy wrote:
> You are right Jim, there has to be more to this than meets the eye. Bay
> Alarm is to big, to old and to out in the open, in a very highly regulated
> industry in California. CAA and the NBFAA are not regulatory agencies. They
> have no jurisdiction over licensing. They are both membership driven
> organizations, as is any association. The CAA can let anyone they want into
> their club, licensed or not, if they so choose.

The CAA Bylaws mandate that only properly licensed alarm companies be
allowed membership. Except apparently for Bay Alarm Company, unlicensed
alarm companies are not allowed membership.

 From 10-20-2000 until 12-29-2005 Bay Alarm Company was not licensed to
install burglar or fire alarms in CA, a period of over 5 years.

Although properly and timely notified of this fact, the CAA officers
(including George DeMarco and Jon Sargent/ADT) refused to take any
action, such as suspension, against Bay Alarm Company. During this same
period of inaction by the CAA, one of Bay Alarm Company's owners, Matt
Westphal, held the position of Vice President of the CAA.


> That would be a
> hoot if Bay was illegal.

One wonders if the Westphal family all had a good laugh, at the expense
of the rest of the licensed alarm companies represented here.


> Any action against Bay Alarm for unlicensed activity, if any, should have
> been handled through the Department of Consumer Affairs,....

The CA licensing agencies (both part of the CA Dept. of Consumer
Affairs) performed their own separate investigations, and both agencies
determined that Bay Alarm Company was not, in fact, licensed during this
period. Following these investigations, Bay Alarm Company did become
licensed.

Bay Alarm Company did not have a burglar alarm license (ACO) from
10-20-2000 until one was issued to it on 12-29-2005.

Bay Alarm Company did not have a fire alarm license (C-10) from
10-20-2000 until one was issued to it on 6-29-2006.

The CA alarm license bureau websites confirm these dates of license
issuance.


Can anyone here opine on how such a period of unlicensed activity might
affect (a) an alarm company's liability insurance, and (b) the
enforceability of subscriber contracts, especially the limitations of
liability provisions?

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