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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report Pursuant
To Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)      December 5, 2001

Protection One, Inc. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)	Protection One Alarm Monitoring, Inc. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
0-247802 (Commission File Number)	33-73002-1 (Commission File Number)
93-1063818 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)	93-1065479 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
818 S. Kansas Avenue Topeka, Kansas 66612 (Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)	818 S. Kansas Avenue Topeka, Kansas 66612 (Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
(785) 575-1707 (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)	(785) 575-1707 (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure

    David C. Wittig, the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Western Resources, Inc., has been appointed to our board of directors. Westar Industries, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Resources, Inc., owns approximately 87% of our outstanding common stock.

    We are furnishing the information contained in this report pursuant to Regulation FD promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). This information is furnished pursuant to Item 9 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, unless we specifically incorporate it by reference in a document filed under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. By filing this report on Form 8-K and furnishing this information, we make no admission as to the materiality of any information in this report that is required to be disclosed solely by reason of Regulation FD or that the information includes material investor information that is not otherwise publicly available.

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SIGNATURE

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		Protection One, Inc.
Date:	December 5, 2001	By:	/s/ DARIUS G. NEVIN Darius G. Nevin Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
		Protection One Alarm Monitoring, Inc.
Date:	December 5, 2001	By:	/s/ DARIUS G. NEVIN Darius G. Nevin Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure

SIGNATURE