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The History of Sonitrol of Lexington, Inc.

Sonitrol of Lexington was started in 1969 by Harry and Ann Miller. As close friends of the Lexington police chief at that time, Harry and his wife learned of the new and exciting concept of Sonitrol, recognizing it as an excellent opportunity. The Millers grew Sonitrol of Lexington until the current owners, Sonny and Pat Bates, purchased the dealership from them in 1984.

Sonny Bates’ career in security began with a nine-year stint as a Dallas, Texas police officer, before that serving as a US Air Force military police officer. His primary area of responsibility as a Dallas police officer was investigation of commercial and residential burglaries and through his years of investigations, Sonny noticed a high number of apprehensions resulting from break-ins at businesses and homes protected by Sonitrol. In fact, he first learned of Sonitrol by actually apprehending criminals breaking into businesses protected by Sonitrol systems. Leaving the police department in 1980, he began working for Sonitrol of Dallas and within three years became the general manager. Also at this time, Sonny’s wife Pat went to work at Sonitrol, becoming one of their more successful salespeople. Together in 1984, they purchased the Lexington dealership and moved their family to Lexington. Sonny and Pat and there two sons, Jeremy and Bryan, are all fully active in the day to day operation of the business.

Since 1984, Sonitrol of Lexington has grown to become the leader in providing loss prevention services to the Central Kentucky area. Sonitrol began as a provider of just security systems and has grown into a true integrator of security and loss prevention services ranging from burglary and fire detection systems to access control and video surveillance systems.

In 2001 Sonitrol of Lexington, Inc. started their new residential division known as ADR Security Services. ADR stands for “The Affordable Dependable Response!” and utilizes First Alert Professional and Honeywell Authorized equipment which provides a cost effective solution for residential and small commercial security, fire and video needs.

To this day, Sonitrol remains locally owned and operated, maintaining a state of the art 24-hour central monitoring station. Sonitrol recently relocated into a newly renovated 8,000 square foot building on Walton Avenue allowing for future anticipated growth. This state of the art facility is recognized as one of the most impressive in the Sonitrol network. Sonitrol clients and those considering Sonitrol’s services are actively encouraged to visit the Sonitrol office so they can see and understand what Sonitrol can do for them as well as to witness the Sonitrol difference.