Featured Articles

• NY: Cutting Down of False Fire Alarms at Kennedy Plaza Apartments
  1.26.24 – WKTV – They’ve installed six of the secured alarm boxes, on the floors where most of the false alarms are being pulled. Fire officials and complex management hope this will cut down on people pulling the fire alarms for no reason because every alarm here brings a huge response of people who can’t respond anywhere else.
• Home Smoke Alarms – Washington State Patrol
  1.25.24 – Washington State Fire Marshal’s Office – In 2022, the State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO) reported that approximately 89 percent of reported fire fatalities occurred in locations where smoke alarms should have been installed. Working smoke alarms save lives, and smoke alarms should be installed and maintained in every home.
• Ring Eliminates Police, Government Access to Neighbors App Content
  1.26.24 – SSI – Bob Archer – Ring states that it is eliminating its Request for Assistance (RFA) tool from its Neighbors App, and going forward, police, and other government agencies will have to file formal legal requests to obtain video captured by Amazon Ring products.

Business Tips

• Alarm Company Wouldn’t Stop Hounding …
  1.24.24 – TwistedSifter – Alarm Company Wouldn’t Stop Hounding Company To Install A New System, So They Got Revenge By Finally Telling Them To Come On By. by Trisha Leigh.
• Despite Growth of Smart Devices, Americans Are Growing Wary of Security, Privacy Concerns
  1.22.24 – CEPro – New data shows that a third of Americans are worried about their smart home devices being hacked.
• The Key to Successful Operations: A Dynamic Digital As-Built for Lifecycle Management
  1.26.24 – SSI – Maureen Carlson – There are system design, management and operations software that are purpose-built to improve efficiency and effectiveness of operations.
• Jury awards $45 million to HID in IP lawsuit against Vector Flow
  1.26.24 – SIW – John Dobberstein – HID Global Corp. was recently awarded $45 million from a federal jury after it ruled Vector Flow infringed on a patent for security system management and stole trade secrets.
• The 2024 Insurance Outlook for Integrators
  1.22.24 – SIW –  Paul Rothman – Learn more about market stabilization in the cyber realm, as well as changes to auto, umbrella, D&O policies and more in this exclusive Q&A with expert Wayne Dean
• Legal Brief: The World’s First Attempt at AI Regulation
  1.22.24 – SIW – Timothy J. Pastore, Esq. – Europe leads the way, but the U.S. is sure to follow
• Will 2024 Be the Year of Subscription Services?
  1.22.24 – SIW – Paul Rothman – The Security Business expert integrator panel outlines the benefits and concerns to be mindful of before shifting your business model
• The Smart Money: How Smart Homes Are Reshaping the Insurance Industry
  1.22.24 – SIW – Elizabeth Parks – Residential-focused security companies are poised to take advantage of a new era of consumer-centric, technology-driven insurance solutions

Life Safety

• DE: Fire alarm in Talleyville leads to discovery of dead woman
  1.22.24 – The News Journal – Talleyville firefighters were called to an alarm. Inside apartment, they found woman dead. Isabel Hughes. Delaware News Journal.
• TX: Smoke alarm likely saved resident, several pets from early- …
  1.23.24 – KSAT – Investigators say the cause of the fire is under investigation but the focus is currently on a heater that the woman had placed in a front room.

Crime

• CA: 30000 Pokémon cards stolen
  1.23.24 – KTVU – Surveillance video shows San Jose burglars break into a card store and make off with 30000 Pokémon cards.
• CA: Group of burglars hit Santa Clarita mini market, leave owners …
  1.23.24 – CBS News – Deputies say that overall, the suspects left approximately $10,000 behind in the form of stolen goods and damage to store property, as evidenced by photos from the store. As it stands, there are no suspects in custody and no further information on their identities.
• CA: News: Burglar Showered, Ate Food In Valencia Home …
  1.24.24 – SantaClarita.com – A burglar was arrested in Valencia after taking a shower and eating food inside the home he targeted. The suspect, identified as 24-year-old …
• IA: Deputies pull burglary suspect hiding in sewer from …
  1.25.24 -Ground News – Deputies in Georgia located one of two alleged attempted burglars in a sewer after the two suspects broke into a warehouse Tuesday.
• IL: Charleston Police Respond To Intruder Alarm At Carl Sandburg Elementary School
  1.25.24 – Effingham, IL / Effingham Radio – Upon arrival, Carl Sandburg administrators advised the school had gone into their safety lockdown protocol. The school was cleared by police, confirming there to be no immediate danger to staff and students, releasing them from lockdown.
• LA: Two arrested in burglary of New Orleans police supply shop
  1.23.24 – NOLA.com – Polasky and Bohlander are accused of stealing merchandise from one business in the 3500 block of Monticello Avenue and three others in the 9000 …
• NJ: Burglar Alarm Scares Off Home Intruder In Montclair: Police
  1.23.24 – Patch – A Montclair resident’s burglar alarm apparently scared off a would-be intruder last weekend, authorities announced Tuesday. (Shutterstock).
• OK: Mom turns in son after Enid museum burglary
  1.25.24 – Enid, Okla. (KFOR) – Security footage captured two burglars chugging along through The Railroad Museum of Oklahoma early Wednesday morning. Mike Marshall is …
• RI: Safe containing deceased child’s ashes stolen in Barrington RI
  1.25.24 – Providence Journal – Barrington – A safe containing the ashes of a dead child was stolen from a home in Barrington, the Barrington police say. The safe was taken during a burglary at a home, the police said in a Facebook post requesting the public’s help.
• SD: Burglar mixes up trouble for small business
  1.25.24 – keloland.com – Surveillance video shows a person with their hands full, running away from Sioux Falls Chef, also known as Chef Ellen. “I think I’m still trying …
• TN: Burglars smash through cell phone store in Parkway Village
  1.25.24 – FOX13 Memphis – Memphis, Tenn. – Burglars broke into a cell phone store in Parkway Village early Thursday with a stolen car, police said.
• WA: VIDEO: Burglary suspect caught thanks to public crime tips, Kitsap Co. authorities say
  1.26.23 – Fox 13 – Port Orchard, Wash – Burglars who broke in through restaurant ceiling arrested. The Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged 29-year-old Joshua Troy Peterson with second-degree burglary and second-degree theft after his arrest on January 17.

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