The Palm Beach County, Fla., Sheriff’s Office became the 144th emergency communications center in the United States and the 11th ECC in the state of Florida to implement The Monitoring Association’s (TMA) Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP).

Launched in 2011 as a public-private partnership, TMA’s ASAP service is designed to increase the accuracy and efficiency of calls for service from alarm monitoring centers to ECCs.