Public Safety Updates
- ON: Verified Security Alarm Response Program
10.24.23 – Greater/ Grand Sudbury Police – As of January 1, 2024, the Greater Sudbury Police Service will be joining many other police services in the province by launching a Verified Security Alarm Response Program (VSARP).
Featured Articles
- Highlighting Three Best Practices to Fight Retail Crime
10.24.23 – SSI Staff – Interface joins Fight Retail Crime Day of Action to support the retail industry’s initiatives against rising - Bosch Building Technologies Realigning to Focus on Systems Integration Business
10.26.23 – SSI – 2023 SSI Staff – Bosch plans to sell most of its product-related businesses as it looks to make a transition to integration-focused initiatives. - Vivint Ordered To Pay $45 Million To Skybell Technologies
10.27.23 – SSN – Irvine, Calif. – SkyBell Technologies, a video doorbell and smart home security solutions provider, announced a successful outcome in its recent patent infringement lawsuit against Vivint.
Business Tips
- How Security Integrators Can Impact the Ongoing Retail Cyclone
10.25.23 – SSI – Keith Aubele – The most recent annual shrink survey from the National Retail Federation indicated that we have a $100 billion shrink problem. - You Can Get Better Signals in Buildings Without Standing Next to a Window
10.23.23 – SSI – SSI Staff – SSI webinar highlights public safety communications techniques that will ensure people can call for help when they need it. - Getting past the spreadsheet: new tool streamlines security design for campuses
10.25.23 – SIW – System Surveyor has helped many schools streamline their security solutions as they work to improve school safety. - 15 Budget-Friendly Marketing Tactics Small Business …
10.25.23 – Patch – Some cost-effective advertising techniques include social media advertising, influencer collaborations, content marketing, and targeted online …
Life Safety
- WV: Man charged with arson in church fire
10.25.23 – The Dominion Post – A 19-year-old man is charged with second degree arson after police say he admitted to setting a fire in the bathroom of The Church of ..
Crime
- AL: Final three suspects arrested in attempted ATM heist, DCSO
10.23.24 – WDHN – Dale County – Between Wednesday, October 18, and Monday, October 23, the other three suspects, 23-year-old Kevarion McLeod of Brundidge, 24-year-old Michael Carey Jr. of Clayton, and 25-year-old Marquez Laster of Ozark, were arrested. - FL: Man threatens Florida pharmacy, demands all Viagra bottles …
10.23.23 – WION – The 23-year-old Thomas Mues walked into a CVS drugstore in Orlando, Florida, and handed a handwritten note to the employees saying he would shoot someone unless they gave him all the oxycodone, hydrocodone, Xanax, Adderall, liquid codeine and Viagra bottles, NBS News reported. - IL: More On Wednesday Bank Robbery In Greenville
10.27.23 – WGEL – Brett S. Turok, 38, of Greenville, appeared in Bond County Circuit Court Thursday afternoon after he was charged with robbing the Bank of Hillsboro in Greenville on Wednesday afternoon. Circuit Judge Christopher Bauer ordered that Turok be held without bail. - LA: Would-be robber detained by angry apartment tenants after …
10.25.23 – KIRO-TV – Reginald Carl Millican, 46, of Baton Rouge, was arrested Wednesday and charged with terrorizing and fire prevention interference, according to … - MI: Police converge on Grand Rapids area tobacco shop break-in …
10.23.23 – Mlive – Grand Rapids, MI – Police caught a 17-year-old running from a break-in at a Gaines Township tobacco shop early Monday, Oct. 23. A burglary alarm at a Grand Rapids area tobacco shop helped police catch a 17-year-old running from the business, police said. - MI: Township bank robbery suspect apprehended, attempted …
10.24.23 – Clarkston News – The suspect, a 53-year-old man from Belleville who has an extensive criminal history which includes a prior conviction for bank robbery, was .. - MO: Two Salem ATMs robbed Monday morning
10.23.23 – Salem News Online Bank employees and an officer with the Salem Police Department inspect the damage done during a robbery of a Riverways Bank ATM at Master Donuts in Salem. An ATM at Progressive Ozarks Bank on Scenic Rivers Blvd. in Salem was also robbed during the early hours of Monday morning. - NY: 2 Tried to Break into Baldwin Store: Police
10.24.23 – Patch – The men hurled an object through the glass door but ran off when the alarm sounded, police say. They are wanted for attempted burglary. - NY: Deputies investigate smash-and-grab at smoke shop in Chili
10.23.23 – WHEC – Chili, N.Y. – The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a smash-and-grab at a smoke shop on Buffalo Road in Chili. New10NBC’s photojournalist saw the front left window smashed at Puffs Smoke Shop. Deputies responded after the store’s burglary alarm went off just past midnight on Monday. - OR: Brazen burglar hits small businesses in Gresham
10.24.23 – KGW – For more than a week now, nearly a dozen businesses in the Gresham area have been hit by the same burglar. Victims said that he got in and out within just minutes, leaving with thousands of dollars in cash and merchandise. - TX: Texas high school goes into lockdown due to AI security …
10.27.23 – WOAI – Clute, Texas – A Texas high school went into lockdown earlier this week after its artificial intelligence security system thought a student was walking onto campus with a weapon, but it was just a false alarm. - WA: Gabi’s Olympic Cards and Comics in Lacey burglarized Friday
10.27.23 – The Olympian – Gabi’s Olympic Cards and Comics in Lacey was the victim of a burglary for the second time in two years, with the same type of products stolen both times. - WA: Suspect in naked burglary case acts unruly in court
10.24.23 – Whidbey News Times – A Whidbey man previously found naked after breaking into a shop committed another crime in the nude. - WA: Thieves steal 8 cars after rappelling into Spokane car dealership
10.25.23 – KOIN – Arrotta said when employees checked the security footage from the current break-in, it showed two suspects, who Arrotta described as “a guy in a straw hat” and another in a “giant furry trenchcoat,” appearing from a hole in the ceiling and rappelling into the office “like out of a movie.”
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