Public Safety Updates
- NJ: Holmdel Police Remind Residents to Pay their Annual Fire …
12.28.23 – Shore News Network — The renewal process also involves completing an Alarm System Application form and paying a $20 fee alongside the application. Failure to obtain …
Featured Articles
- Most Clicked: The Best of 2023
12.26.23 – SIW – John Dobberstein – Big business moves including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, legal judgments and more highlight the top news of the year - Lawmakers Push to Amend Mass. Building Codes to Allow Barricade Locks
12.28.23 – Amy Rock – Bay State school districts can apply for variances from local inspectors to install the devices, most of which violate ADA and NFPA codes. - Video Surveillance Survey Finds AI, Cloud, License Plate Recognition Gaining Traction
12.26.23 – SSI – Robin Hattersley-Gray – Campus Safety’s latest research finds security cameras continue to be a popular investment as more campuses embrace AI, the cloud, and LPR.
Business Tips
- How to Choose the Right Classroom Lockdown Technology for Your School
12.29.23 – SSI – Rob Schorr and Paul Hevesy – When searching for classroom security solutions, schools must ensure the technology is effective, as well as easy to implement and to use. - Classroom Safety is About More Than Just Securing the Door
12.27.23 – SSI – Paul Timm – When addressing classroom security, also take into consideration protocols, windows, training, visitor management and emergency plans. - Felix Media Solutions Stays Ahead of the Competition
12.26.23 – SSI – Alyssa Borelli – Tracing the journey of Felix Media Solutions from AV company to thriving success as an security and IoT integrator. - How AI is transforming the video surveillance sector
12.26.23 – SIW – Rahul Yadav – AI-driven video analytic solutions are taking security teams and video management systems to new heights regarding efficiency, precision, responsiveness, and insights.
Life Safety
- LA: Residents awakened by smoke alarm; four apartments …
12.27.23 – KATC – An apartment resident was awakened by a smoke alarm to find smoke coming from the HVAC vents; firefighters say the fire was an accident. - NC: Carbon monoxide alarm alerts sleeping family to ‘silent killer’
12.28.23 – WSOC – LOCUST, N.C. – Carbon monoxide nearly took the lives of an Oakboro couple, the wife’s 92-year-old mother, and a puppy but an alarm installed in their home alerted them to the “silent killer,” so they managed to escape. Curtis and Anita Barbee, their mother, Virginia, were using a gas fireplace to heat the home on Dec.
Crime
- CA: Police Dog Injured Apprehending Burglary Suspect During …
12.26.23 – Pasadena Now – Pasadena police Lieutenant Edgar Sanchez said the suspected burglar had reportedly smashed two glass doors and broken into the 99 Cent Only … - CO: Accused burglar tries to get away in Uber in Colorado …
12.29.23 – CBS Colorado – Wheat Ridge police say a burglary suspect is in custody after officers say they tried to use an Uber as a getaway vehicle. - FL: Burglary suspect goes to great lengths to hide from …
12.29.23 – NBC 6 South Florida – A man whose home was ransacked by burglars appeared in Charles Dennis’ bond court hearing as he faces charges of burglary and grand theft. A … - IN: Security measures prevent Christmas Eve burglary at New …
12.28.23 – WSBT- Around 5 a.m. on Christmas Eve morning, a motion detecting alarm was triggered from a broken window in the church. Before it was broken, this … - LA: Burglars accidentally leave cell phone at scene of crime
12.27.23 – WBRZ- Burglars accidentally leave cell phone at scene of crime; caught on camera stealing $18K in equipment. Baton Rouge – The victim of a recent burglary believes the thieves who targeted him may have also struck elsewhere. - MS: Mississippi Man Arrested for Home Burglary Left …
12.27.23 – The Messenger – … left something behind at the scene of the crime — his wallet. The Gulfport Police Department (GPD) said Wednesday they’d responded to a burglary … - NY: Bank robbery alarm unfounded according to cops
12.29.23 – Mid Hudson News – Hyde Park – Dutchess County Sheriff’s deputies and Hyde Park police officers responded to a silent alarm at a Route 9 bank on Wednesday … - TX: 2 arrested, accused of taking off with $12 K worth of items from …
12.27.23 – Montgomery County, Texas (KTRK) – Two men were arrested and charged after authorities said they stole $12,000 worth of property from a home in Conroe. Deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office received a call about a burglary on Dec. 20 at about 2 p.m. - WA: Tacoma business owner describes burglary ‘like a scene out …
12.27.23 – KIRO – The suspect used a Hollywood-style tactic to get in. Bellevue Rare Coins’ owner, Eric Hoolahan said the burglars broke into the vacant building next door. They used a sledgehammer to break through the cinderblock and a saw to cut through the drywall to get into Hoolahan’s business.
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