State & National News

• Anthony Warner identified as lone bomber in Nashville …
  12.27.20 – Nashville Tennessean – Warner is a longtime area resident who held several IT jobs. … 63-year-old Antioch man was responsible for a Christmas morning bombing that …
• Alarm Detection Systems Acquires Illini Security Systems …
  12.30.20 – SSI – Illini Security, owned and operated by Gene and Margaret Deisz since 1984, serves residential and business customers in Northern Illinois.
• Brinks Home Security Acquires 38K Accounts of Select …
  12.28.20 – SSI – Brinks says it will retain the majority of Select Security’s commercial sales, field technicians and customer service employees, as well as certain …

Business Tips

• How Big Data Mining Can Help Integrators & Their Customers …
  12.31.20 – SSI – As the industry continues embracing SaaS solutions for increased speed …
• Roundtable: What the policies of the incoming Biden administration portend for the security industry
  1.1.21 – SIW – Policy experts discuss how the change in administrations could affect the market in several key areas
• User Indulgence Is the New User Interface
  1.3.21 -Washington Post – as User Indulgence. The power of user indulgence lies in its recognition of our whims, weaknesses and inherent contradictions. Indulgent design allows products and services to dovetail with life as it is actually lived which, in turn, enables brands to form genuine and lasting customer connections.
• How COVID-19 Upturned Fire Safety
  12.28.20 -SSI – Shane Clary – COVID-19 threw a wrench into project plans for many integrators, as proposals were put on hold and NFPA and ICC meetings moved online.

Fire & EMS News

• IA: Cause of Council Bluffs airport fire still unknown
  12.30.20 – Council Bluffs, Iowa (AP) – KCRG – An investigation continues into what caused a fire at the Council Bluffs airport that destroyed one plane and damaged several others. The fire broke out Wednesday morning at the western Iowa airport, sending thick black smoke into the air.
• IL: Power outage causes fire alarm to activate at CherryVale Mall
  1.2.21 – Cherry Valley (WREX) — Cherry Valley Police say a power outage at CherryVale Mall caused a fire alarm …
• OR: Caught on video: Family’s dramatic second-story window …
  12.28.20 – KWCH — The father got ready to leave with his family but realized they were … dramatic second-story window escape from apartment fire in Oregon.
• PA: Fire at West Deer metal recycling company ruled accidental ..
  12.28.20 – Newsbreak – Fire at West Deer metal recycling company ruled accidental, owner vows to rebuild. The owners of a West Deer metal recycling company plan to continue …
• VA: A sprinkler system put out a Chesapeake hotel fire, but damaged several rooms in the process
  1.2.20 – Virginia Pilot – Multiple hotel rooms were damaged Saturday night when a sprinkler system extinguished a fire on the fourth floor of an extended-stay hotel in Chesapeake. Firefighters were dispatched for a fire alarm at 6:14 p.m. at the WoodSpring Suites

Crime News

• CO: Longmont police notes: Cops catch repeat doughnut offender
  12.29.20 Times Call – Longmont police were dispatched to Rocky Mountain Elementary on Dec. 20 for a truck doing donuts in a field on the east side of the school.
• CT: Man Nabbed For CT Batting Cages Robbery
  12.29.20 – Fairfield Daily Voice – Police have arrested a Connecticut man in connection with a robbery at the Batter up Batting Cages in Hartford County last year. New Haven …
• CT: Stamford man accused of attempting to break into home a …
  12.28.20 – Newsbreak – Stamford man accused of attempting to break into home a second time. A Stamford man was arrested after police say he attempted to break …
• FL: Illegal grilling blamed for Odessa apartment fire
  12.29.20 -Suncoast News – Odessa – Pasco County Fire Rescue investigators determined that illegal grilling activities caused a two-alarm fire Saturday, Dec. 26, at the Tuscano at Suncoast apartment complex.
• KY: Franklin Bank & Trust ATM vandalized in Bowling Green
  1.3.20 – Bowling Green, Ky. (WBKO) – An ATM in Bowling Green was vandalized, in an attempt to take it in the early morning hours of Sunday, Bowling Green Police say. Police say at 6:14 a.m., officers responded to Franklin Bank and Trust to a burglary alarm.
• MI: GRPD investigating party store break-in
  12.29.20 – WZZM – Police in Grand Rapids are investigating after a suspect broke into a party store early Tuesday morning and stole various grocery items before …
• MI: Police search for bank robber who fled with stolen money …
  12.29.20 – Mlive – Shelby Township, MI – A man who demanded money from a bank teller on Monday is still on the loose. The bank robbery occurred around …
• MI: Police search for man in Shelby Township bank robbery
  12.28.20 – Click on Detroit – Police are searching for a man in connection to a bank robbery on Hayes … Published: December 28, 2020, 10:30 pm … The suspect was seen running south across Hall Road into Sterling Heights. …
• MN: Father and Son Jailed on Burglary Charges
  12.28.20 – KNSI – A father and son are in custody after they were allegedly found on the roof of the Atwater Cosmos Grove City High School Saturday morning. … A 42-year-old man and his 18-year-old son were both arrested.
• MO: Police looking for 2 people who broke into, stole from Macy’s …
  12.29.20 – Newsbreak – Chesterfield, Mo. – Police are looking for two people who broke into the Macy’s store in the Chesterfield Mall early Monday morning and stole a “large …
• MS: Two home burglaries reported over weekend
  12.30.20 – The Press Register – The two latest burglaries occurred over the weekend. A burglary was also reported on Oakhurst …
• NC: Pair pop deadbolt lock, burglarize Pavilion computer repair shop
  12.29.20 – The Citizen – A forced entry into a computer and cell phone repair store at the Fayette Pavilion on Dec. 27 resulted in thieves making off with a computer and cash. Investigators are looking for a male and female who left the area in a Ford F150 pickup.
• OH: Officers uninjured when being shot at investigating burglar …
  12.29.20 – Columbus (WCMH) — Officers say they were shot at while investigating a burglar alarm at a southeast Columbus church. According to …
• ON: Burglar steals nearly $40,000 worth of hiking gear from …
  1.1.21 – Inside Halton – Burglar steals nearly $40,000 worth of hiking gear from Oakville sporting goods store … Halton police are investigating after thousands of dollars worth of clothing was stolen from an outdoor gear shop in Oakville on Monday, …
• PA: two people charged with burglary at wayne avenue business
  12.28.20 – Indiana, PA – WCCS – Indiana Borough Police have charged two people with breaking into a business in Indiana Borough on Christmas Eve
• TN: Franklin police looking for suspect after McAlister’s break-in …
  12.28.20 – WKRN – Franklin Police are looking for a suspect following a break-in at McAlister’s Deli on Cool Springs Boulevard Christmas Eve.
• TX: Killeen PD, FBI locate, arrest 2 men with active arrest warrants …
  12.29.20 – KCEN – Detectives with the Killeen PD and FBI San Antonio Central Texas Violent Crime Task Force found two men with active federal arrest warrants issued out of the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Texas – Waco Division, according to the Killeen Police Department.
• VA: Police searching for person wanted in connection with …
  12.30.20 – Hampton, Va. (WAVY) – Police say they are looking for a person wanted in connection with the burglary of a Rent-A-Center Tuesday.
• WA: High valued items stolen from JCPenney, authorities say …
  12.28.20 – News break – Kennewick, Wash. – The Kennewick Police Department says someone stole high valued items from JCPenney early Christmas morning. Police say an alarm …

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NESA is a federation of state associations established to serve and promote the electronic systems industry at the direction of, and through its affiliated state associations. Seven state associations are part of NESA – Arkansas Security Alarm Association (ASAA), Kansas Electronic Security Association (KESA), Louisiana Life Safety & Security Association (LLSSA), Maryland Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (MDBFAA), Mississippi Security Association (MSA), Oklahoma Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (OKBFAA) and Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (TBFAA).  For more info visit www.nesaus.org.

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 – Steven Brekel
• Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Director – John Helweg
• Associate Director – Brian Villari
• False Alarm Reduction Association Director – Alberto Hook
• Executive Director – Brad Shipp
• Louisiana Life Safety & Security Association Alternate – Amy Fuselier
• 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 –  Kerri McDonald