Public Safety Updates
- Inside one state's effort to digitize 911 to improve public safety
11.20.24 - Route Fifty - In Arizona, officials hope next generation 911 capabilities will help improve the state's public safety response and supplement the work of understaffed dispatcher teams. A year into its implementation of next generation 911, Arizona officials see promising improvements for public safety responses.
Featured Articles
- Skilled burglars are targeting pro athletes’ homes, leagues warn. Here’s what we know
11.22.24 - CNN - At least three professional sports leagues warned their teams this week that organized and skilled groups are targeting the homes of athletes for break-ins,... - NFPA Urges Extra Cooking Fire Caution When Preparing Your Annual Thanksgiving Feast
11.18.24 - SSI Staff - Between 2018 and 2022, there was an annual average of three and half times more cooking fires on Thanksgiving Day than other days. - Editor's Note: What’s Old is New and Innovative Again?
11.19.24 – SIW - Paul Rothman - A highly marketed offering of a 50-year-old alarm technology is likely to generate newfound interest among uninformed residential alarm customers
Business
- Background Checks for Security Businesses
11.18.24 – SIW - Kenneth Coats - How employers can spot the red flags that applications and interviews can’t - Legal Briefing: Can a Seller Boost Their Multiple by Financing the Deal?
11.18.24 - Ken Kirschenbaum - Buyers come in a few varieties: those who have the money, those who use other people’s money and those who borrow the money. - Modern Selling: Back to Basics
11.19.24 - SIW - Chris Peterson - Four sales staples that remain relevant…with some adjustments to today’s marketplace - Recruiting Roadmap: Life and Hiring During the Holidays
11.19.24 - SIW - Ryan Joseph - 5 ways to balance both while still meeting your goals - Labor Dept. overtime rule deemed an overreach
11.15.24 - The National Law Review/Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart - A federal judge in Texas has rejected the Labor Department's April 2024 rule raising salary thresholds for the white-collar overtime exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act, citing that the changes exceeded the agency's authority. - New Interface Systems Report Reveals Top Security Risks for U.S. Retail Chains
11.20.24 - SSI Staff - Video verification and voice-down commands demonstrate significant impact in reducing retail security incidents and enhancing store safety. - Securing Retail Assets During the Holiday Season with Advanced Security Systems
11.20.24 - Yaniv Amir - Security integrators must recommend retail clients use integrated security systems with real-time interventions and proactive deterrence. - Tech additions retailers use to target loss prevention
11.18.24 - CSCMP Supply Chain Xchange - Retailers are planning to invest in technology tools to address theft and loss, with 78% of them focusing on tech solutions for both frontline workers and operational oversight. Current usage of AI-based prescriptive analytics for loss prevention is at 38%, but 50% of retailers plan to adopt it within the next one to three years. Other planned investments include self-checkout cameras, computer vision and RFID technologies.
Crime
- CA: Burglars Use Drones to Scout Luxury Homes Before Break-ins ...
11.22.24 – Newsbreak - A series of sophisticated burglaries in the Westridge neighborhood of Santa Clarita Valley has revealed criminals using drones for ... - CO: Police look for burglar in panda costume, others involved in Superior gas station thefts
11.19.24 - 9News - The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday asked for the public's help identifying burglars, including one in a panda costume, involved in two smash-and-grab thefts at a gas station in Superior. - CO: Surveillance Video: Burglars ransack Colorado jewelry store
11.24.24 – 9News - Just before 5 a.m. on Friday, burglars ransacked the Joyeria El Ruby store in Thornton. This past summer, robbers hit the business' location in northwest... - IL: Lake County Sheriff's deputies arrest man in suburban Chicago gaming café burglary
11.24.24 - CBS News - Lake County Sheriff's detectives responded to a burglary alarm at the café in the 34500 block of Route 45 in Third Lake, Illinois. - OK: Oklahoma City Police investigating burglary at cell phone ...
11.20.24 - KFOR - In a video released by police, the man can be seen taking items off of a shelf at the store and leaving. OKCPD investigates burglary at cell ... - TN: Burglars cut hole into business causing about $50,000 in damage
11.18.24 - Memphis, Tenn. (WMC) - Two men were caught on camera breaking into a business on Friday. Memphis Police were called to a burglary on East Shelby Dive at Alex’s Discount Liquor around 5 a.m. - TX: Burglary alarm leads to multiple arrests in West University ...
11.18.24 - CW39 Houston - The driver, Derramy Foster, was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana. Further investigation using virtual gate cameras revealed that ...
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. Six 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), Oklahoma Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (OKBFAA) and Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (TBFAA). For more info visit www.nesaus.org.