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Certified Security & Sound

Spokane low-voltage contractor (founded 1971) with its own local monitoring center — home alarm systems, surveillance cameras, door controls, lighting control, home theater and sound, and networking across the Inland Northwest.

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At a glance

Electrical contractor (limited energy, 06)
SPOKASS180MP · verify with L&I
Alarm monitoring
Its own monitoring center (as the company describes it)
Equipment
DMP, GE Security, Alarm.com, Videofied/RSI, Sonos, Sonance, Epson, Trufig (as the company describes it)
Address
1420 N. Pines Rd, Spokane, WA 99206
Serves
Spokane, Spokane Valley, Spokane County
Services
Wired alarm systems, Wireless alarm systems, PoE camera systems, Home theater design & install, Whole-home & multi-room audio, Lighting keypads & scenes, Ethernet & structured wiring

Ownership and control

What the company publishes about who controls your system. Quoted from its own pages, not checked by us: ask for it in writing.

Contract terms
The company says: “Monitoring is optional; a system can be programmed to just sound locally and send email or text alerts to authorized users.” (source)

Public record

Washington L&I records for this company’s licence from the last 5 years:

Violations (3)

  • Jun 28, 2025 Used a worker without an electrical certificate · Electrical, 19.28.271 RCW · $250 fine, paid
  • May 16, 2024 Trainee not properly supervised · Electrical, 19.28.161 RCW · $250 fine, paid
  • May 16, 2024 Electrical work without a permit · Electrical, 19.28.101 RCW · $100 fine, paid

A record isn’t proof of poor work: busy companies do more jobs and so collect more records, and many fines concern paperwork or staff certificates. Ask the company about anything here. Checked Nov 2, 2026 with Washington L&I. Full record: SPOKASS180MP. What this covers.

Certified Security & Sound (the trade name of Spokane Security Systems, Inc.) is at 1420 N. Pines Rd in Spokane Valley, with a Coeur d’Alene phone line for Idaho customers. Its site says it was founded in 1971 and is licensed as a low voltage electrical contractor in Washington and Idaho.

Residential services it lists:

  • Security alarm systems (DMP, GE and Alarm.com named), with entry/exit notifications and phone alerts.
  • Surveillance cameras with mobile viewing.
  • Security door controls with remote access and restricted entry.
  • Smoke and CO detectors tied to the alarm system.
  • Lighting control, home theater and sound systems, networking, intercoms and central vacuum.

Monitoring: the company describes “Spokane’s only local alarm monitoring service” and a Central Station Monitoring Center open 24/7. Its FAQ says monitoring is not required, and lists residential monitoring from a starting monthly price.