We had a great chapter meeting today at the Kansas City Art Institute with a presentation by the Director of Safety and Security Michael Raunig. Thank you for hosting us! We also got to swear in our new Chapter Secretary, Brock Josephson, PSP, with TEECOM.

We have a solid agenda planned out for the rest of the year and hope to see our local Kansas City security professionals at the next event in October. See you in September at GSX in Dallas!

Our 2023 Physical Security Technology Showcase and Awards Ceremony was held on Thursday, June 8th at DoubleTree Overland Park. We had 90 registered attendees for the event and 25 vendor sponsors. The total number of registered individuals, including attendees and vendors, was 153. Thank you for your support and thank you to the showcase planning committee members who volunteered many hours of their time to make it all happen, namely:

Thank you again to all our Vendors Sponsors:

Gold Sponsor: Assa Abloy, Hanhwa, Identiv, Titan Protection, iPro

Silver Sponsor: Cam-Dex, Automatic Systems, Haystax, Salto, Lenel-S2, Wesco

Bronze Sponsor: GardaWorld, C&C Group, Ecamsecure, Threshold, AXIS, HID, Salient, Boon Edam, Tyco, Ontic, March Networks, LifeSafety Power, Avigilon, Alvarado

Congratulations to our 2023 Chapter Award winners:

Security Professional of the Year: Robert Gibson, University of Kansas Medical Center

Security Officer of the Year: Doug Zeckser, Clarence M. Kelley and Associates, at WaterOne

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We had a great turnout for our May chapter meeting where Ryan Smith, CEO of Titan Protection, gave an informative presentation about remote video monitoring technology capabilities and services. Attendees were able to tour their monitoring center and training facility and were able to try out Titan's virtual Firearms Training System (FATS). Thank you to Ryan and Titan Protection for sponsoring this event!

Thank you to the Overland Park Police Department for hosting our April Chapter Meeting and to Christopher Staley for presenting on Premises Liability: What Security Professionals should know! We had a great turnout and great discussion.

If you missed the April Chapter meeting, you still have time to join us for the May meeting, where Titan Protection will host and provide guest speakers to talk about Remote Video Monitoring Technology and Services. Go to the Greater Kansas City Chapter website at https://lnkd.in/gFhyXnDW.

We had a great turnout for our March Chapter meeting at Wesco. Jennifer Willett, Wireless Business Manager for Wesco, presented on building management technologies and public safety.

Last week, our chapter was offered a unique opportunity for a sneak-peak of the brand-new Kansas City airport terminal before its opening at the end of the month. Our tour covered the entire airport from the parking garage to luggage handling with a focus on security operations and technologies. The only downside was that our group was limited to 20 attendees, which we could have at least doubled from all the interest this event received.

Many thanks to our chapter member Michael Satter for connecting us with our host David V. at DHS.

The Greater Kansas City Chapter held its first meeting of the year on January 5th. The program comprised of a presentation by multiple people which focused on the benefits of ASIS membership both at the local and international levels. We also had the opportunity to swear in the new 2023 Board.

Had a great time at our final event of 2022 at Top Golf where we enjoyed food, drinks and networking. The outgoing board was recognized, and the incoming board congratulated. Special thanks to Angela Joplin and Bill Carroll for their service!

Every year the Great Kansas City Chapter puts on the  physical security technology showcase. This year we combined the event with our annual chapter awards ceremony. 

We we had over 70 registrants and 19 vendor displays. We're looking forward to next year!

On October 27th, at the Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission's annual law enforcement appreciation luncheon, the ASIS Greater Kansas City Chapter had the honor of presenting the Clarence M. Kelley award to Chief Kevin Freeman of the North Kansas City Police Department. Congratulations, Chief Kevin Freeman, and thank you to the Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission for inviting us to be part of this amazing event and community each year.