Industry News

Class Action Lawsuit Targets Amazon, Ring Over Weak Camera Security
12.30.19 – SSI – A lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court of the Central District of California targeting Amazon and Ring’s alleged negligence with regard to security practices.

State & National News

California to release $15M for places of worship to enhance …
12.31.19 – KRON – California has put aside a historic amount of money to help places of worship enhance safety and security. Starting in January, the state is set to release up to $15-million in funds for institutions and organizations at risk of hate crimes.
What the Tech? Amazon’s Alex Guard adding extra protection …
1.1.20 – WRCB – If you’re one of the 100 million or so Americans who have an Amazon Echo device in your home, there’s one thing you should do right now to …
2020 brings new area code for Dayton area
1.1.20 – WHIO – Miami Valley – As 2020 begins, Miami Valley residents should be making preparations for a new area code coming to the region in a few months. The new 326 area code will roll out March 8, however beginning in February local calls will require people dial the full phone number including area code.
States across the country plan ambitious legislative agendas for 2020
1.1.20 – Stateline – The Hill – In interviews with legislators from across the country, many said they would move to fund K-12 and higher education; expand childcare and early education; reconsider their tax codes; and address a shortage of qualified workers in a low-unemployment economy.
New year, new laws; Here are some of the changes coming in 2020
1.1.20 – ABC News – Minimum wage hikes, fees for electric vehicles, new consumer privacy rules, gun regulations — these are just a few of the issues state legislatures have dipped into or will be dipping into over the next decade. NCSL data cited.

Business Tips

How to eliminate the multi-card problem in building access control
12.30.19 – SIW – Office environment ripe for transition to new technologies
Experts weigh in on cybersecurity predictions for 2020
12.27 – SIW – The top 6 threats for next year revolve around IoT, cloud, ransomware, 5G, privacy and election security
Intrusion trends stem from smart home, home automation capabilities
1.2.20 – SSN – YARMOUTH, Maine—The concept of physical intrusion, detection and keeping unauthorized individuals from accessing a particular space is an issue as old as time.
2020 Security Industry Forecast: Prepare Yourself For AI, DIY, More M&A
1.3.20 – SSI -Two dozen security industry observers explain why the future is bright for those embracing technology, service, business and competitive variables.
9 New Year’s Resolutions for Your Business
1.2.20 – CEPro – Checking on insurance and licensing, as well as reviewing your suppliers is good advice for 2020. Also, adding services around DIY solutions.

Fire & EMS News

IL: Smoke Alarm Credited In Palatine Condo Fire | Palatine, IL …
12.30.19 – Patch – Palatine, IL — The Palatine Fire Department wants to remind everyone that smoke alarms save lives after one alerted people in the 100 block of W. Brandon Court to a fire Sunday morning, the Daily Herald reported. … The fire was contained to the condo’s laundry room and hallway, according to the Daily Herald.
IN: Firefighters called to doctors plaza alarm – Dubois County …
12.31.19 – The Herald – Units of the Jasper Volunteer Fire Department responded Monday morning to a pull-alarm activation at Crooked Creek Doctors Plaza. There was no fire associated with the 8:52 a.m. callout, according to Fire Chief Kenny Hochgesang. Instead, he added, firefighters …
MN: Fire alarm at Grizzly’s sends out Brainerd Fire Department …
1.2.20 – Brainerd Dispatch- The Brainerd Fire Department was called at 8:44 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1, to Grizzly’s Wood Fired Grill & Bar …
OH: Camelot Lanes evacuates building over fire alarm scare …
12.30.19 – WBKN – Camelot Lanes bowling alley in Boardman on Route 224 evacuated the building Sunday night as a result of a fire alarm going off. … The cause of the alarm was an air conditioner malfunction. No one was injured, but Camelot Lanes and the fire department wanted to take precaution and …
PA: Smoke alarm helps mother, young son escape fire in Arnold …
12.31.19 – Tribune – A smoke alarm helped a woman and her 4-year-old son safely escape a fire that heavily damaged a two-story duplex in Arnold on Monday afternoon. The fire in the 2000 block of Proctor Alley was reported around 2 p.m. Firefighters had it put out within about 30 minutes. … The fire destroyed Pirozzi’s side of the duplex.
VA: Smoke alarm success: Harrisonburg man safe after alerted by …
12.31.19 – Augusta Free Press – A Harrisonburg resident is safe today after functioning smoke alarms alerted him to a possible fire inside his home.

Crime News

AR: Man in custody after allegedly breaking into Hot Springs home …
1.1.20 – Fox16 – HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – A man is in custody after breaking into a Hot Springs home then running from police and resisting arrest. It happened …
CA: Rash of Home Burglaries Has San Ramon Residents on Edge …
12.30.19 – NBCUniversal, Inc. A rash of home burglaries in a quiet San Ramon neighborhood has left some residents shopping for security cameras and alarm systems. Around 8 p.m. Saturday, a family returned to their home to find burglars inside the house.
CA: Fairfield Burglary Suspect Quickly Arrested With Help Of …
1.1.20 – FAIRFIELD (CBS13) – Police are thanking a Fairfield resident’s surveillance cameras with helping officers catch a burglary suspect within hours …
CA: Officers go bowling for burglar – The Sun-Gazette Newspaper
1.1.20 – Sun Gazette – Visalia police were busting the bowling balls of a suspect found at the Bowlero on Caldwell during Christmas. At 11:02 a.m., officers were dispatched to Bowlero, regarding a suspicious circumstance. … After being confronted by the employees …
CA: Fresno car detail shops loses more than $30,000 in products …
1.2.20 – ABC30 – Just days after their store was ransacked and burglarized, the team at Detail Garage Fresno is restocking shelves with the limited supply they …
CA: Three suspected burglars seen fleeing residence near Atherton
1.1.20 – Almanac – Three unknown individuals were seen fleeing from a house on Monday (Dec. 30) before speeding away in a dark-colored Dodge minivan, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. The minivan proceeded …
FL: 3 Arrested After Being Discovered Inside Bloomingdale High …
1.1.20 – Patch – 3 Arrested After Being Discovered Inside School – Bloomingdale-Riverview, FL – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested three …
IL: Trio charged with stealing nearly $20000 in jewelry from north …
1.5.20 – abc7chicago – Three men have been charged with breaking into a Costco store in north suburban Mettawa Saturday and stealing thousands of dollars worth of jewelry, police said. Joseph D. Page, 24; Cortez R. Morrow, 37; and Clarence D. Blanchard, 26, are each charged with felony counts of …
IL: Burglars target liquor stores in Brainerd, Beverly: police
12.30.19 – Sun-Times Wire– Police are warning South Side business owners after liquor stores were burglarized this month in Beverly and Brainerd. In each case, the suspects cut electrical wires to disable the alarm system, pried the door open and took several bottles of alcohol, Chicago police said.
IL: Cops: Teen robs Cass Street bank in Joliet
1.2.20 – Herald News – A local teen robbed the Merchants and Manufacturers Bank in Joliet, but was then tracked by a police dog and arrested, police said.
MI: Royal Oak crime: Man attacks Uber car; Sprint store burglars …
12.31.19 – Royal Oak Tribune Police seek suspects in Sprint store burglary. … Sprint store burglars tied to six other break-ins.
MI: Man arrested after allegedly trying to break into Wyandotte …
1.1.20 – News Herald – Man arrested after allegedly trying to break into Wyandotte liquor store; violently resists arrest … A 57-year-old Wyandotte man added to the charges against him when he resisted arrest and damaged police property after …
MI: Robber breaks through ceiling, disables security cameras at …
1.1.20 – Click on Detroit – A robber broke through the ceiling tiles of a Bloomfield Township business … security cameras at Bloomfield Township business, police say.
MI: Robbery suspect clashes with Wyndotte police in violent arrest …
1.2.20 – Newsbreak.com WYANDOTTE, Mich. – A violent arrest in Wyandotte has people asking questions. In December, a man in a long winter coat and hat took a bicycle from the front …
MN: Teenage female arrested for attempted burglary …
1.1.20 – Daily Journal – Fergus Falls police officers responded to an alarm at Mauk Jewelers … Upon arriving they found the front door had been broken with a hammer. A short time later Teyena Dineh Provancial, 18, no known address, returned to the scene. … She was transported to the Otter …
MS: Thieves try to use forklift to steal ATM, police say
1.1.20 – WAPT – Thieves tried to use a stolen forklift to haul off an ATM from a Vicksburg credit union, police said. … Tuesday from a construction site at the Vicksburg YMCA and was driven to the Mutual Credit Union, police said. The thieves tried to lift the ATM from its base in the …
NC: High Point police charge teen for breaking into school …
12.30.19 – WXII – High Point police have charged a teen, and looking for a second juvenile, … into school, stealing food and causing $2,500 worth of damage.
NC: Sheriff seeks eastern Wake smash-and-grab suspects | Wake …
1.2.20 – Wake Weekly – The Wake County Sheriff’s Office is looking for suspects of three smash-and-grab incidents in eastern Wake County that happened on …
NM: Two break into running store, steal $5K worth of items …
1.1.20 – Santa Fe New Mexican – Two people broke into The Running Hub just after midnight Monday and stole an estimated $5,000 worth of items, according to a Santa Fe Police Department …
OH: Windsor police seek armed robbery suspect (PHOTO)
12.30.19 – Blackburn News – Windsor police are turning to the public for help to find a suspect in an armed robbery over the weekend. Officers were called around 11:15 p.m. …
OK: VIDEO: Bowling alley burglar crawls on floor to avoid tripping …
12.31.19 – KTUL… at Sahoma Lanes bowling alley in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, an unidentified burglar crawls on the floor to avoid the alarm and steal money …
OK: Two in custody after alleged break-in attempt
1.4.20 – Okemah News – Two men are in custody after they allegedly tried to break into a local … 19, were both taken into custody after James and Rebecca Williams …
OK: Burglars take $2,500 in coins, damage Oakwood Bowl | News …
1.2.20 – Enid News & Eagle – Two men burglarized Oakwood Bowl overnight Wednesday, causing $10000 in damage to machines and arcade games and taking an …
PA: Man Charged In Bucks Co. Christmas Armed Robbery
1.4.20 – Patch – Man Charged In Bucks Co. Christmas Armed Robbery – Doylestown, PA – Police have charged the man they say was the gunman in the …
TX: Lufkin police searching for suspects accused of stealing …
1.2.20 – CBS19 – Lufkin police searching for suspects accused of stealing $5,000 worth of electronics from Target. Anyone with information on this crime is asked to call the department at 936-633-0356 or Crime Stoppers at 936-639-TIPS.
TX: Elsa police identify, arrest aggravated robbery suspect
1.3.20 – KGBT – Elsa police have identified and arrested a suspect they believe was involved in an aggravated robbery on Thursday morning at a Whataburger.

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