
Public Safety Updates
- NJ: Under New Agreement, Westfield PD Gets Increased Access to
1.25.22 – Tap Into Westfield – Under an agreement with the Board of Education, the Westfield Police Department will have greater access to school security cameras.
News
- Brinks Home announces partnership with Denovo to grow summer sales program
1.25.22 – SIW – New relationship expected to add more than 200 sales representatives in 2022 season - 12 Industry Experts on Contending With the Supply Chain Slowdown
1.27.22 – SSI – Experts foresee the supply chain slowdown lasting through at least the first half of 2022, setting up new potential problems for integrators. - Central Station Software Gets More Sophisticated
1.2.22 – SDM – We talked to central stations and central station software vendors about what’s new in this area. Here are the top developments we identified.
Business Tips
- How Integrators Can Boost Internal Security
1.27.22 – CI – Have you taken a moment to objectively self-review your firms’ security? You may be surprised to find many areas for improvement. - How to Survive the Analog-to-Digital Transition (Part 1): Letting Go & Gathering Feedback
1.28.22 – SSI – Forcing digital solutions into analog processes is like pounding a round peg into a square hole. Lots of effort, sweat, blood and money often with disappointing results. - Emerging AI-enabled applications fortify enterprise-level security postures
1.28.22 – SIW – Solution-providers have created more cost-efficient and user-friendly applications for AI video and other platforms - Most Workers Still Need Help With Meeting Technology
1.27.22 – CI – Barco survey finds 70% of workers remain frustrated by technical meeting issues nearly two years into the pandemic and remote work.
Fire & EMS News
- MN: UPS says it is notifying customers impacted by Saturday’s fire
1.24.22 – Post Bulletin – A UPS spokesperson said in an email that the company is addressing the situation and notifying customers whose packages are impacted. … “We are thankful no employees were injured in the fire that broke out late Saturday evening at our Rochester facility,” the spokesperson wrote in an email to the Post Bulletin. - PA: Trash can fire sends Reading High students home early
1.25.22 – Reading Eagle – Reading High School students were dismissed early Tuesday after a fire was discovered in a boys’ restroom trash can. - WV: Fire alarm disrupts business at the state capitol
1.25.22 – WV Metro News – Today’s floor session in the House of Delegates was abruptly cut short when a fire alarm sounded in the State Capitol building.
Crime News
- AK: Well-equipped burglars steal cannabis store’s ATM
1.24.22 – Vancouver Sun – Alaska troopers report thieves beelined to a cash machine after forcing their way into the pot shop. Thieves in Alaska were more interested in cash than cannabis when they decided the best way to get some money out of a weed dispensary in Butte, not far from Anchorage, would be to steal the ATM inside. - CA: 3 arrested for Rosamond post office burglary
1.24.22 – KGET 17 – The sheriff’s deputies arrested Daniel Evans, 30, Martin Huicochea, 22, and Wanda Huicochea, 44, all residents of Rosamond on multiple burglary charges. Evans and Martin were booked into the Mojave jail and Wanda was booked into the Central Receiving Facility. - CA: 3 arrested for Rosamond post office burglary
1.25.22 – KGET- The sheriff’s deputies arrested Daniel Evans, 30, Martin Huicochea, 22, and Wanda Huicochea, 44, all residents of Rosamond on multiple burglary charges. Evans and Martin were booked into the Mojave jail and Wanda was booked into the Central Receiving Facility. - CA: ‘Snake burglar’ slithers back and strikes again in Riverside
1.25.22 – KTLA – The thief dubbed the “snake burglar” for the way he wriggled on the floor to avoid Riverside businesses’ alarm systems seems to have … - CT: Warrant: CT bank robber used money to pay off debt –
1.29.22 – CT Insider – Ronald Arthur Speed, 55, has been charged in connection with a bank robbery this week in… - FL: Man wanted after allegedly stealing from workplace
1.27.22 – WJKG – Springfield Police say Tuesday night, video captured Bartholomew Amos Wright, 42, going into the AMI Fuel Store … - GA: Same burglar suspected of stealing $26,000 worth of cellphones from 2 Athens stores
1.27.22 – Athens Banner-Herald – Police were alerted to the burglaries when a burglar alarm activated about 3:47 a.m. at Cell Phone Guy after the front glass door was shattered. - MA: Alleged thieves in matching puffy jackets …
1.27.22 – NewsBreak – Somerville, MA – Police were called to the area of Somerville Avenue and Bow Street around 3:34 a.m. Saturday for a reported breaking and entering, according to … - MA: Group smashes display cases, steals jewelry from Somerville …
1.26.22 – Somerville, Mass. – The suspected thieves were seen on surveillance footage, which officers reviewed, smashing display cases and stealing several pieces of jewelry. The suspected thieves appeared to be wearing light-colored puffy jackets in the footage. The jewelry store that was targeted was not named by police. - MA: Police seek 5 suspects in brazen ‘smash and grab’ at …
1.27.22 – WHDH – Police are searching for five suspects accused of smashing several display cases and grabbing $40,000 worth of jewelry from a … - NJ: Bridgeton police seek two in armed robbery
1.24.22 – Breaking AC – Bridgeton police are looking for two masked men who robbed a store last week. Police were called to the Broad Street Liquor & Deli at about … - NY: Liverpool police investigate 3 burglaries in 9 days all at one …
1.29.22 – Syracuse,com – Liverpool, N.Y. – There have been three burglaries in nine days at businesses surrounding the same intersection in Liverpool, police said. - NY: Man charged after botched gas station robbery
1.25.22 – The Daily Star – Chenango County authorities said a Tioga County man was arrested after an attempted convenience store robbery. - OR: Portland business owner’s son shoots burglary …
1-29.22 – ABC17 – Lonnie Thompson is joining a long list of business owners fed up with crime in Portland and demanding change. - WI: Arrest made in Dodge Co. bank robbery
1.26.22 – NBC15 – According to the Dodge County Sherriff’s Office, the suspect, Alan Schade, 45 of Columbus was taken into custody Thursday and booked into the Dodge County Jail. Schade robbed Horicon Bank in the village of Neosho and was suspected to be involved in a robbery that took place in Jefferson County.
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NESA Board of Directors
- President – Chris Russell
- Vice President & – Maryland Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Director – Craig Bober
- Secretary – Kathleen Schraufnagel
- Treasurer and Arkansas Security Alarm Assn. Director – Rick Howell
- Past President – Jordon Brown
- Kansas Electronic Security Alliance Director – Vacant
- Louisiana Life Safety & Security Association Director – Dera DeRoche Jolet
- Mississippi Security Association Director – Jack Torrence
- Oklahoma Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Director – Riley Fields
- Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Director – John Helweg
- Associate Director – Brian Villari
- False Alarm Reduction Association Director – Kerri McDonald
- Executive Director – Brad Shipp
- Louisiana Life Safety & Security Association Alternate –
- Mississippi Security Association Alternate – Shelley Pettit
- Maryland Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Alternate – Jim Emerick
- Oklahoma Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Alternate – Danna Fowble
- Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Alternate – Kelly Ryan
- False Alarm Reduction Association Alternate – Alicia Vela