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O.A, .A.:TROYCOOK CENTRALIN COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS .' ~ WCE. CHA,~RMAN:,DUKE PARKER ' 'SECRETARy. CHARLES YANeELL POSTOFFICE Box 3500~ ONE CHARLOTTETOWN CEnTeR . TREASURE~'RONNIEMURPHY . .CHARLOTTE, N.C. {28235 1300 BAXTER ST. 7041372-2416 .... A~i 29, 1982 -: -~:~: 'Mr;' Charles McGinni~, - CowrY Manager Cabarrus County Courthouse . Po'st Office Box 707 Cdncord, North Carolina 28025 - ~: Cabarrus 'County ~a~Nonitoring ..... ' D~ac Charles: In response to t~e Cabarr~s County Co~issioners' request for info~ation about ala~ panels in the County's new co~unicaEion cen~er, I have contacted several officials as well as reviewed currenk trends of law enforcement in ala~ monitor- ing. In reviewing this request, I have completed the following steps: ~) Contacted Nr. Roy-Bro~, S~at~ Bureau of ~nvestiga~ion - Private Protection Se~ices Div~s~on, to verify lidensing of Spectrum Sales employees and compliance ~th No~t~ Carolina Privat~ Protection Regulations. 2)_ Contacted Mr. Howard Scarboro and Mr. Ter~ Black of the'Cabarrus County Sheriff's Department to ascertain past histo~ of coopera- tion from.representatives 'of Spectrum Sales Corporation. 3) Contacted Mr. Ken Blac~elder, Spectrum Sales Co~ora~fon, regarding ~he monitoring equipment proposed for Cabarrus County. 4)_ Contacted other law enforcement agencies to dete~ine how ala~s are handled in their Jurisdictions. The principal offiGers of Spectrum Sales Co~oration are ~. Ken Blackwelder of Kannapolis and Nr. Hen~ Mor~on of Wades5oro. Both are licensed with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation's Division of Protection SedUces. Accord- ing to officials of the S.B.I., there has not been'any complaints filed regarding either of t~ase men. Further exa~nation of records at ~he S.B.I. offices in- dicated that }~. ~lac~elder ~as previously employed by T & K Enterprises which went out of busines's. No negative co~ents were filed under T .& K Ente~rises. Records showed that th~ reason for ~he company going out of business was disagree- ment between the principal officers of the company.