Public Safety Updates
- CA: Eureka Police respond to 28% more incidents during power …
10.11.19 – KRCRTV – Eureka Police respond to 28% more incidents during power outage. … In actuality, during the 24-hour period of the power shutdown, there was an increase of false alarms, police said. - Fl: Charlotte County Sheriffs implements Automated Secure …
10.7.19 – WFTX Digital Team – Charlotte County, FL – Charlotte County wants to improve accuracy and speed when it comes to emergency responses. - SC: Fire chief wants fines for false alarm calls | The Gaffney Ledger
10.11.19 – Gaffney Ledger – Safety often ranks near the top of a person’s wish list when it comes to buying or renting a home. Security systems can become a popular safety measure to alert firefighters and police when there is an intruder or fire in a home or business. However, the alarm that’s meant to give an owner peace of mind could end up […] - WA: Kenmore updates outdated false alarm code …
10.7.19 – Bothell/Kenmore Reporter – The Kenmore City Council recently approved an ordinance that updates how police respond to false alarms. The ordinance amends the section …
Industry News
- How Technology Partners Are Working With Monitoring Stations to Reduce False Alarms
10.7.19 – SSI – False alarm reduction is a real opportunity for professional security providers to differentiate themselves from DIY competitors. - A Guide to Verified Alarm Trends and How to Utilize Them
10.7.19 – SSI – Video verification has been gaining momentum as the technology continues to improve and get less expensive. Find out about new technology, best practices and much more in this area. - Data-Driven False Alarm Reduction
10.8.19 – SSI – The advancement of analytics and AI is enabling integrators and customers to proactively reduce false dispatches - Legal Brief: Education is the Solution for False Alarm Reduction
10.7.19 – SIW – By offering classes and instruction for end-users, municipalities, industry associations and especially integrators can make a significant impact on the problem - Alarm panel recall scare overblown? – Security Info Watch
10.12.19 -SIW – So, the only serious threat relating to these vulnerabilities is a fire that damages the wiring in a way that disables the alarm control panel, before any of the sensors has the chance to initiate an alarm signal or annunciation, and before any of the occupants has an early chance to notice the fire. - New Report Calls for Massive Alarm Panel Recall
10.11.19 – SSI – For the past 20 years most hardwired alarm panels have been manufactured in deviation to UL 1023, UL 985 and NFPA 72 standards, Jeffrey Zwirn contends. - COPS Announces Migration to jBASE Monitoring Software Platform
10.10.19 – SSI – The switch has yielded results with increased queries and reporting speeds that complete in a fraction of the time it took on the prior platform, says the company. - CentralSquare, Genetec Partner to Bring Real-Time Video to First Responders
10.10.19 – SSI – The partnership enables public safety agencies across North America to use existing public and private video cameras when responding to 911 calls.
State & National News
- A 25-year oversight left some off the hook for alarm system …
10.12.19 – WSAW – If you live in any villages or cities in Marathon County you may be subject to an alarm system permit fee that wasn’t charged to residents before. - Hikvision, Dahua Among Chinese Tech Firms Blacklisted by U.S.
10.8.19 – SSI – The Trump administration added 28 Chinese organizations to a blacklist over concerns about their role in human rights violations.
Business Tips
- The Future of Video Monitoring
10.8.19 – SIW – Savvy security integrators are turning to proactive monitoring as a new source of RMR - 9 CEOs on how to say ‘no’ effectively
10.11.19 – Fast Company – Effective leaders have to get picky about how they’re spending their time. - Why ‘True’ Circadian Lighting Takes a Lighting Designer
10.11.19 – CEPro – For circadian lighting, LED intensity and color temperature are just the beginning of the wellness story. - Do Integrators Really Need to Calibrate Displays?
10.10.19 – CEPro – Should integrators be spending time calibrating displays? Yes, but here’s how to figure out if you’re spending too much time on it. - Why Ascending Mobile PERS Market Is Ripe for Opportunity
10.10.19 – SSI – The PERS market is estimated to reach more than $8.6 billion by 2022, with a large majority of market growth expected to be driven by the mPERS segment. - UL Update Opens New Opportunities for Monitoring Centers
10.9.19 – SSI – An update to UL 827A allows monitoring centers to offer central station hosting services, which can bring increased efficiencies and increased redundancy.
Fire & EMS News
- AL: Huntsville first responders credit smoke alarm, neighbors for …
10.7.19 – WAAY – First responders are crediting a smoke alarm and quick actions from neighbors for possibly saving two people’s lives. Officials with Huntsville .. - KS: Sprinklers douse kitchen fire at Plaza Towers – News – The …
10.7.19 – Hutchinson News – Fire officials say a sprinkler system prevented a kitchen fire from spreading in the Plaza Towers apartments in downtown Hutchinson early … - MO: Springfield family says smoke alarm saved their lives – KY3
10.12.19 – KY3 – Springfield, Mo — We are nearing the end of national fire prevention week. A Springfield woman is hoping her story is a lesson on how … - MO: St. Louis police officers save woman from burning home …
fox2now.com * Louis (AP) – Two St. Louis police officers are being credited with saving a disabled woman from a house fire. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Officers Kevin Malone and Kyle Bowen were patrolling in the area before dawn Friday when they discovered a house engulfed in … - OH: 3 kids among 7 hospitalized from high CO levels in Harrison Twp. home
10.8.19 – WHIO- High CO levels from four generators inside a Harrison Twp. home led to 7 people being sent to the hospital. Children Services is on scene.
Crime News
- CA: Thief Steals $50K Worth of High-End Film and Photography …
10.12.19 – NBC7 San Diego – A burglar was caught on camera stealing $50,000 worth of high-end camera and audio equipment from a store in Kearny Mesa. Bill Lanzarotta’s Voice and Video Rentals on Ruffner Street supplies everything you’d need to produce high-caliber video content. - CA: Police investigating burglary at Taco My Hacienda in Hesperia …
10.7.19 – Hesperia, Calif. (VVNG.com) – Police are investigating a burglary at the Taco My Hacienda in Hesperia. It happened on October 5, 2019, … - CO: Denver couple believes burglar climbed tree and broke into …
10.12.19 – thedenverchannel.com – A couple thought they did everything right to protect their home, that is until someone broke in through their second-story balcony. - GA: Quick thinking bank employees help police catch robber …
10.12.19 – Atlanta, Ga. (CBS46) – A silent alarm was triggered after a robber with a handgun walked into a bank in Atlanta early Friday morning. - GA: Thieves ransack restaurant, steal $10k in TVs, alcohol and …
10.13.19 -WSBTV – Thieves ransack restaurant, steal $10k in TVs, alcohol and cash … A local business owner said he’s out more than $100,000 after thieves … - IA: Man shot by Iowa City police now facing charges
10.12.19 – The Gazette – Iowa City – The Iowa City man shot by police May 9 after using a truck as a battering ram has been charged for his role in a confrontation … - IL: VIDEO: Thieves steal ATM from Wicker Park tobacco shop …
10.7.19 – ABC 7 Chicago – Thieves stole an ATM from a tobacco shop in Wicker Park Monday … tobacco products and two hookahs, worth a total of nearly $1,000. … Police said there could be cases connected where thieves are taking the whole ATMs, … - IL: Algonquin police arrest 2 suspected in smash-and-grab …
10.12.19 – Northwest Herald – Algonquin police arrest 2 suspected in smash-and-grab jewelry store robbery … caused more than $3,500 worth of damage to an Algonquin jewelry store. … theft of more than $500, burglary and possession of burglary tools. - IN: Surveillance video captures masked burglar attempt to break …
10.10.19 – WPTA – Surveillance video captures masked burglar attempt to break into Wabash … finding a would-be burglar who tripped an alarm at a rental property last month. … 30, Wabash City Police responded to a burglar alarm at Abundant … - IN: Irvington clothing store break-in caught on camera
10.12.19 – FOX 59 – Indianapolis, Ind- “This is the luckiest dude in the world, that no one saw him out front,” said Tommy Dant, the owner of James Dant Men’s … - MI: Bloomfield Township comic store robbed of comic books
1.7.19 – Hometown Life – Comic books, wallets and purses were stolen this month from Comic City, a Telegraph Road store in Bloomfield Township. Police said in a report they were dispatched to the store over the weekend because of an alarm. … The store manager arrived and reported the items taken from a … - MI: Truck rams Huron Township gas station; thieves steal ATM …
10.9.19 – News Herald – Three thieves made a brazen move by ramming a building with a stolen truck, then stealing the automated-teller machine. - MO: 3 local gun stores broken into within one hour Friday morning …
10.12.19 – KMOV – Three area gun stores were broken into in the early Friday morning hours, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and … - NY: Staten Island NY Local News, Breaking News …
10.10.19 – SILive – Police found David Maldonado showering in a home he had broken into; … - OR: School Janitor arrested for DUI at school | KTVL
10.8.19 – KTVL – Grants Pass Department of Public Safety arrested a school janitor, David Nord, at Riverside Elementary School in Grants Pass Friday night. … When police arrived they found Nord’s vehicle left running outside of the building without him inside. … Nord failed a field sobriety test and .. - TN: Local News: Burglar goes on downtown spree …
10.12.19 – Times Gazette – Several stores and restaurants in downtown Shelbyville were hit in a burglary spree overnight Wednesday night and early Thursday, according … - TX: VIDEO: SAPD officers respond after dog unlocks door, sets off…
9.10.19 – KSAT -San Antonio – When your alarm system is triggered and the police show up to your house, it’s usually not funny, but that’s not the case here. - TX: Thieves crash vehicle through smoke shop entrance to steal …
10.10.19 – KIIITV – Thieves crash vehicle through smoke shop entrance to steal CBD products. The exact cost of the damage caused is unknown but the owner … - TX: Houston police searching for suspect who robbed a …
10.10.19 – Texas Breaking News – Houston, Texas — Police are searching for a suspect who robbed a McDonalds at gunpoint after asking and drinking a cup of water. - TX: Ice cream burglar arrested in Bryan
10.13.19 – BRYAN, Tex. (KBTX) – A Bryan man has been arrested for breaking into a local church and stealing food out of the refrigerator and freezer. - WI: Police investigating Burlington burglary
10.13.19 – myracinecounty.com – Officers seek information on suspects. Investigators with the City of Burlington Police Department are seeking information on two suspects who burglarized US …
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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
- Oklahoma Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Director – Steven Brekel
- Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Director – Kelly Ryan
- Associate Director – Brian Villari
- Executive Director – Brad Shipp
- Maryland Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Alternate – Brian Shrake
- Oklahoma Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Alternate – Danna Fowble
- Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Alternate – Rex Adams