Featured Articles

• How Schools Have Boosted Security
  1.12.23 – NY Times – A new survey shows increased investments in safety measures over the past five years. Yet there are more campus gun incidents than ever.
• GA: Police urge homeowners, businesses to register their cameras …
  1.13.23 – CW Atlanta – Police say registering home and business cameras with local law enforcement agencies will help them solve crimes and catch suspects more …
• Alarm.com Sues Vivint for Alleged Patent Infringement
  1.12.23 – SSI – Alarm.com claims Vivint violated 15 patents for development of its smart home platform. Lawsuit asks for jury trial, licensing fees and …

Business Tips

• Emerging Market: Assisted Living
  1.12.23 – SIW – “Developing high-quality, desirable senior living communities is not just about bricks and mortar or investment returns; it is about creating …
• Study: 28% of Businesses Report Increase in Theft, Vandalism in 2022
  1.12.23 – SSI – Jason Knott – Nearly 30% of businesses reported an increase in “physical security incidents” in 2022. That matches the same 28% jump in business crime reported in 2021, which had followed a 20% gain in 2020.
• A Golden Opportunity in Green
  1.12.23 – SIW – The emerging market of sustainable workspaces and buildings may prove to be a game-changer for savvy integrators.
• Legal Brief: Customer Security Choices and Liability
  1.13.23 – SIW – Imagine three scenarios where you, an electronic security provider, have three new residential customers – John, Jean and Judy – living in very …
• Top Trends to watch in video technology in 2023
  1.10.23 – SIW – As organizations look to reduce operational spending while also tackling increasing crime, many technologies are coming of age at just the right time to answer the call.
• Security trends to watch for in 2023
  1.10.23 – SIW – Surveillance and public safety security solutions company i-PRO Co. shared a number of predictions for the physical security industry in 2023.

Fire & EMS News

• MD: Smoke detector, sprinkler save family in Elkton house fire
  1.9.23 – Cecil Daily – Elkton – Investigators are crediting a smoke alarm and a fire sprinkler system for “saving the lives of a family” and for reducing …
• CT: Kitchen fire ignites when stove is accidentally turned on
  1.9.23 – Westport Journal – Westport – A kitchen fire erupted Monday when a stove’s burner, which was accidentally turned on, ignited items stored on top, according to fire officials. Firefighters were alerted about 12:30 p.m. Monday to a problem in the home at 22 Berndale Drive after smoke-detector activation was reported by an alarm company.
• OR: Cat Killed In La Pine House Fire – Bend
  1.13.23 – KBND – Crews were called just after 4:15 a.m. by the homeowner who reported being awoken by smoke alarms. He tried unsuccessfully to put the fire out on his own. He evacuated with his dog, but La Pine Fire officials say a cat was lost in the blaze.

Crime News

• FL: Man arrested after burglars try to break into South Miami home …
  1.13.23 – WSVN – According to South Miami Police, the homeowners accidentally left their garage door open, giving the perpetrators easier access to the property.
• GA: Jewelry thieves break through ceiling in heist, Canton police say
  1.9.23 – Canton, Ga. – Police are looking for a group of thieves accused of burglarizing a jewelry store. The thieves broke into a Kay Jewelers through the ceiling last week, according to Canton police. Police said the thieves triggered an alarm system just before midnight Jan. 4 at the store, which is off Cumming Highway.
• HI: Man, 32, charged with assault of woman, 77, in Mililani burglary
  1.12.23 – Star Advertiser – Takson Krstoth was previously convicted in the September 2011 stabbing death of T.J. “Tipuk” Mori at Mayor Wright Homes in Kalihi.
• IL: Chicago surveillance video shows 10 thieves breaking in to …
  1.15.23 – Fox News – Security camera footage captured a brazen burglary in the Chicago area, where at least 10 thieves broke into a car dealership and stole six …
• IN: Burglar alarm leads to arrest of suspects at Michigan City …
  1.9.23 – 95.3 MNC – Q’Marion Fisher, 19, of Pendleton and a 17-year-old juvenile were caught, red-handed, with stolen merchandise on the mall property. The two took …
• IN: EPD: Commercial burglary alarm at Regions Bank
  1.15.23 – WBTV – According to police, officers were dispatched to Regions Bank in response to a commercial burglary alarm Friday morning around 5:30 a.m.
• MI: Police investigating jewelry store robbery in Cadillac
  1.12.23 – MLive – According to the Cadillac Police Department, officers responded to an alarm at Wexford Jewelers on North Mitchell Street at 1:04 a.m. on Jan …
• NJ: Burglar Alarm Foils Atlantic City Break-In
  1.12.23 – Daily Voice – A burglar alarm helped foil a break-in in Atlantic City, authorities said.On Tuesday, Jan. 10, officers responding to a residential burglar …
• NJ: Burglar Bolts Out Back Of Teaneck Auto Repair Shop As …
  1.9.23 – Daily Voice – An intruder who tripped a burglar alarm at a Teaneck auto repair shop bolted out a back door as police responded, authorities said.
• NJ: Middletown Bank Robber Arrested – Asbury Park
  1.10.23 – TAPinto – Miguel A. Angeles, 42, of Perth Amboy, is criminally charged with first-degree Armed Robbery. According to a press release from the Monmouth …
• OR: Sanford police searching for suspects in burglary
  1.13.23 – WESH – A burglary alarm went off at a Value Pawn & Jewelry on Dec. 13, and police responded to the scene. Advertisement. The Sanford Police Department …
• TN: Officers searching for teen burglary suspect
  1.12.23 – Yahoo News – Old Hickory – The Mt. Juliet Police Department is searching for a teenage suspect in correlation with a pair of convenience store …
• TN: Woman recounts terrifying moment armed man burglarized …
  1.12.23 – Fox 13 – “I’m honestly terrified to death of this man,” said Ashley Maxcy, a victim in the home burglary. Maxcy got a notification from her home security …
• WA: Man arrested after attempted burglary of Spokane Valley strip
  1.10.23 – Spokesman – A man was arrested last week after he allegedly broke down a strip club door with a vehicle and stole its cash drawer, according to court …

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