Featured Articles

• ADT wants to charge me $2089 for early termination. Is that …
  11.24.23 – Elliott Report – Sue Canavan is moving into a senior living facility. But before she does, ADT wants $2,089 from her for an early termination. Is that fair?
• New AI-enabled video surveillance cameras take analytics to …
  11.21.23 – SIW – This capability includes cameras from other manufacturers, making them smarter and more efficient. The most notable feature, however, is the camera’s new “on-site AI learning” capability that permits users to teach the camera to recognize custom objects they wish to identify and search for or track.
• Xfinity announces DIY home monitoring products
  11.21.23 – SIW – Xfinity’s new sensors offer customers the ability to customize their experience through the Xfinity app, where they can add and pair as many sensors as they need.

Business Tips

• How You Can Be Your Own In-House Marketer
  11.27.23 – Entrepreneur -Many small businesses have neither the budget nor the inclination to hire an outside agency for their marketing. Here, an outside agency owner shares advice on how to keep things in-house most efficiently and effectively.
• Consumer Cellular’s Iris Flip isn’t just your grandma’s dumb …
  11.25.23 – Fast Company – Though the majority of the network’s 4 million subscribers fall into the 50-plus demographic, Craig Lister, Consumer Cellular’s chief marketing officer, describes the phone’s genesis as not only an attempt to give the company’s senior audience a friendlier phone for their needs, but also a hope that the product will …
• 3 Tips to Help Keep Employees Engaged During the …
  11.9.23 – American Express – By acknowledging, motivating, and supporting your employees’ fee

Life Safety

• VT: Surveillance video shows Burlington High School principal …
  11.20.23 – Reddit · r/burlington – Oh it is. And pulling fire alarm in a non-emergency situation is a felony.

Crime

• CA: It Could Be a Year Before Popular Tower Italian Restaurant …
  11.21.23 – GV Wire – The owner of Oggi Cosi Si Mangia awaits the report from his insurance company, but based on the fire damage, it could be a year before he reopens the restaurant. Louie Maglieri, the restaurant’s owner, got the call at 7:12 a.m. Thursday morning from his alarm company that motion had been detected at the entryway.
• CA: Suspect arrested on Thanksgiving after burglarizing Chico …
  11.24.23 – CHICO, Calif. – One man was arrested and a second person is still wanted after a burglary at a Chico home on Thanksgiving, according to the Butte County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO). Deputies say just before 4 p.m. Thursday, they were notified of a residential burglary alarm at a home.
• CT: Connecticut Police Use Cell Data to Tie Officer to Burglaries
  11.20.23 – (TNS) – Investigators probing a string of late-night burglaries identified a former Connecticut police officer as the culprit after obtaining cellular data linking his wife’s Jeep to the crime, according to a warrant for his arrest.
• FL: Homeless pair break into unoccupied home to wash …
  11.24.23 – Leesburg News – A Leesburg woman was arrested for breaking into an unoccupied home to wash her clothes and shower. Jessica Marie Gioia. Police responded to an …
• IL: FBI investigating after police responding to hold-up alarm …
  11.23.23 – Lake and McHenry County Scanner – The FBI is investigating after officers responding to a panic alarm discovered a bank had been robbed by a man who implied he had a gun in …
• ME: Video shows deer getting a jump on Black Friday shopping …
  11.24.23 – New England Cable News – Video shows deer getting a jump on Black Friday shopping in Rockland, Maine. Rockland police surmise the white tail deer was possibly trying to …
• MI: Alleged coordinated team of burglars break into Taylor shop …
  11.22.23 – News Herald – Taylor police are investigating what appears to be a coordinated team of burglary suspects who allegedly broke into a tobacco shop – twice. The incidents, captured on video surveillance cameras, occurred at Wild Bills Tobacco. The first burglary incident occurred on Nov. 6.
• MO: Thieves steal ATM machine from Family Dollar after …
  11.21.23 – KMOV – Thieves used a vehicle …
• NJ: Arrest Made In Burglary Of Popular Bloomfield Pizza Restaurant
  11.24.23 – Patch – On Wednesday, Bloomfield police announced that an arrest has been made in the case. Marcelo DaSilva, 45, of Lebanon, has been charged with burglary, authorities said.
• TN: Police say pair caught stealing dozens of TVs from …
  11.20.23 – WREG.com – Once there, they say Anthony Huggins was found receiving TV sets from Lachristian Freeman, who was inside a bay door that had been pried open.

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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.