WISA News and Events
Below is a list of recent news related to the Wisconsin Security AssociationWISA Welcome’s Bogen Communications LLC
Unifying people and improving lives through communication.
For close to a century, Bogen Communications LLC has been a leading provider of commercial amplifiers, speakers, and intercom systems for music, paging, and educational applications. Installers worldwide love Bogen sound systems for their reliability and ease of installation. End users love Bogen products for their performance and ease of use. Bogen’s emphasis on innovation provides clients with new products to meet advancing technical and regulatory requirements, for phenomenal sound transmission in any space, regardless of shape, size, or ambient noise level.
Making Waves Since 1932
David Bogen emigrated from Russia to Texas in 1909. After traveling the American South for two years, working odd jobs and improving his English, Bogen settled in New York City, where he found employment with Consolidated Edison (ConEd). At ConEd, Bogen developed an acute interest in electricity and its applications. He began studying electrical engineering at Cooper Union at night, after his 10 hour work shift. After seven years of hard work and little sleep, Bogen earned a degree in electrical engineering.
Faced with widely pervasive anti-Semitism, Bogen struggled to find employment. Using savings from his ConEd salary, Bogen started an electronics parts distribution company that steadily grew. In 1932, at the dawn of the audio electronics age and in the middle of the Great Depression, the David Bogen Company moved from distributing to manufacturing audio products. During World War II the company was recognized for its important contributions to the war effort. David Bogen was proud to “give back” to the nation that had given him freedom, opportunity, and prosperity.
Over the past ninety years the David Bogen Company, now Bogen Communications, has continued to grow and evolve. Today Bogen Communications focuses on telephone paging systems, commercial audio, and sophisticated communications systems for education and industry. With nearly a century of audio electronics experience to its name, Bogen Communications is the time and field-tested solution.
WISA Welcome’s Anchor Point LTD
Every organization or business has critical infrastructures that need protection. At Anchor Point LTD, our mission is to provide advanced, cutting edge solutions solutions to meet this very important need our clients have. We operate our business through innovation and intelligent design. We work tirelessly on our buildings and testing to provide certified, high-end models for small and mass quantities.
Anchor Point LTD utilizes the latest fabrication technologies to provide cost effective products & services for:
Security (Prisons, Jails)
It is extremely important for not only inmate and officer safety, but also for public safety that security in jails and prisons are well protected.
Food Processing
How food is prepared and regulated is very important for chefs, manufacturer employs, and labs technicians to maintain food safety guidelines in environments that utilize a food processor. Sanitation remains to be an important concern in this industry.
Aggregate
Security systems become more and more important in the landscape of the aggregate industry. Safety code is a high priority concern, as well as fraud, theft, and safety when operating heavy machinery.
Retail
Retail stores help provide enjoyment to their customers by helping them feel safe and protected. Theft can happen anywhere around the world at any given time. It is up to the retail business to be prepared and protected through security measures if such an event was to happen. At Anchor Point LTD, we offer only the best in custom security fabrication technology.
Travel/Transportation
Security cameras are important in the Department of Transportation, primarily used next to traffic signals, along busy roads, within tunnels, and in busy intersections close to the highway. With these traffic security cameras, the Department of Transportation can record traffic patterns, monitor traffic, issue tickets for moving violations, and record video surveillance.
Port of Entry
When it comes to salt exposed harbor entries, security is a top priority, especially regarding entrances, exits, perimeters, critical buildings, cargo areas, parking areas, and warehouses. The transportation industry has always been in need of security as shipments are coming from overseas.
Additionally, Anchor Point serves the Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Industries through custom security camera housings and fabrication efforts.
WISA joins Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association
Exciting Partnership Announcement: WISA Joins Forces with WCPA!
We are thrilled to announce that the Wisconsin Security Association (WISA) is now an active member of the Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association (WCPA)! This partnership marks a significant step forward in strengthening collaboration between private security professionals and law enforcement leaders across Wisconsin.
How WISA and WCPA Will Work Together
As an active member of WCPA, WISA will now have the opportunity to:
- Engage directly with law enforcement leaders statewide, sharing insights on security technologies, alarm systems, and best practices.
- Participate in WCPA training programs, seminars, and conferences, fostering professional growth for both WISA and WCPA members.
- Collaborate on legislative and public safety initiatives, ensuring a unified approach between the private security industry and law enforcement.
- Network and build partnerships that enhance emergency response coordination and community safety efforts.
Why This Matters
This partnership reflects WISA’s commitment to collaboration, innovation, and stronger public safety outcomes. By connecting private security expertise with law enforcement leadership, we can help ensure Wisconsin communities are safer and better prepared for the challenges of today and tomorrow.
We are excited about the opportunities this collaboration brings and look forward to sharing updates on joint initiatives, training opportunities, and ways our members can get involved.
Stay tuned for more updates and events as we strengthen this partnership!
WISA Welcome’s Southwire
Southwire is a family-owned company operating in a globally competitive industry. As owners, we are proud of the company’s legacy and good standing in the community. Southwire’s success is rooted in hard work, social responsibility and innovation and we believe that sustaining these core values is vital to the company’s future. We are long-term owners, have a long-term perspective and intend for our children to be long-term owners, too.
Southwire’s roots extend to 1937, when Roy Richards Sr., then a young 25 years old, started Richards & Associates (R&A) to erect power poles with the ultimate purpose of bringing electric light to his grandmother’s home.
Richards was a recent graduate of Georgia Tech, and while the promise of jobs paying $80 a month lured most of his classmates to New York, Richards chose to stay in Carroll County, a commitment he kept even after Southwire grew into a leading player in the wire and cable industry.
During its first two and a half years, R&A strung 3,500 miles of cable, becoming the nation’s second-largest Rural Electrification Act (REA) contractor. As World War II halted all REA construction, Richards was called up into the U.S. Army, eventually reaching the rank of captain.
In Memory of WISA Past President Reginald “Roy” Longworth
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Roy Longworth, Past President of the Wisconsin Security Association.
Roy served as WISA’s 4th President from 1994 to 1996 and played a pivotal role in shaping many of the association’s early programs and initiatives. His leadership and dedication left a lasting impact on our organization and its members.
A visitation will be held on Saturday, October 18, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Petoskey, MI, followed by a memorial service at 10:00 AM.
Please click below for full service details and to honor Roy’s memory.
WISA Welcome’s Honeywell International
Honeywell helps organizations solve the world’s most complex challenges in automation, the future of aviation and energy transition. As a trusted partner, we provide actionable solutions and innovation through our Aerospace Technologies, Building Automation, Energy and Sustainability Solutions, and Industrial Automation business segments – powered by our Honeywell Forge software – that help make the world smarter, safer and more sustainable.
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