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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 4

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

o	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

Name and Address of ReportingPerson*

Issuer Name and Ticker or TradingSymbol

I.R.S. Identification Number of ReportingPerson, if an entity (Voluntary)

Davis, Ronald I.(Last) (First) (Middle)

Security Associates International, Inc. (SAI)

2101 South Arlington Heights Road Suite 150(Street)

Statement for Month/Day/Year

If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)

2101 South Arlington Heights Road, Suite 150(Street)

Statement for Month/Day/Year

If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)

9/19/02

9/26/02

Relationship of Reporting Person(s)to Issuer (Check All Applicable)

Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)

Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005 (City) (State) (Zip)

Director

10% Owner

Form Filed by One Reporting Person

Officer (give title below)

Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person

Other (specify below)

Reminder:		Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

*		If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see instruction 4(b)(v).

Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

Title of Security(Instr. 3)

TransactionDate(Month/Day/Year)

2A.

Deemed ExecutionDate, if any(Month/Day/Year)

TransactionCode(Instr. 8)

Securities Acquired (A) orDisposed of (D)(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

Amount of Sec-urities BeneficiallyOwned FollowingReported Trans-action(s)(Instr. 3 and 4)

OwnershipForm:Direct (D) orIndirect (I)(Instr. 4)

Nature ofIndirectBeneficialOwnership(Instr. 4)

Code

Amount

(A)or(D)

Price

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

9/1926/02

135,000

$0.7450

~~765~~730,864

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Table II — Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Title of Derivative
Security
(Instr. 3)

Conversion or Exercise
Price of Derivative
Security

Transaction
Date
(Month/Day/Year)

3A.

Deemed Execution
Date, if any
(Month/Day/Year)

Transaction
Code
(Instr. 8)

Number of Derivative Securities
Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

Code

(A)

(D)

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Table II — Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned — Continued
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Date Exercisable and
Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

Title and Amount
of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

Price of Derivative
Security
(Instr. 5)

Number of Derivative Securities
Beneficially Owned Following
Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10.

Ownership Form of
Derivative Security:
Direct (D) or
Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11.

Nature of
Indirect
Beneficial
Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Date
Exercisable

Expiration
Date

Title

Amount or
Number of
Shares

Explanation of Responses:

(1) Represents number of shares owned as of September 1926, 2002

/s/ Raymond A. Gross		September 23, 2002
/s/ James N. Jennings		September 27, 2002
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
**Signature of Reporting Person Ronald I. Davis by James N. Jennings Attorney-in-Fact		Date
Ronald I. Davis by Raymond A. GrossAttorney-in-Fact

**		Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:		File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

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