Featured Articles

• Home Automation Deep Dive 2023: Security Dealers Facing Staffing, Economic Challenges
  10.31.23 – SSI – Annual SSI and Parks Associates report shows talent shortage leads the way among obstacles facing residential security integrators.
• Lawmakers question Costco, ADI over sales of Hikvision …
  11.2.23 – SIW – Lawmakers question Costco, ADI over sales  of Hikvision, Dahua equipment. U.S. lawmakers are questioning why Costco and ADI Global continue to sell banned Hikvision and Dahua equipment in the U.S., calling the decision “puzzling” when most competitors have already pulled the items.

Business Tips

• The Workforce of the Future
  10.30.23 – Texas Border Business – Here’s what the latest data says—and what businesses need to know—about the workforce of the future.
• 10 Retail Shopping Safety Tips to Keep Holiday Heists and …
  11.2.23 – Security Sales & Integration –  Allied Universal shares the best ways for shoppers to protect themselves during the busiest time of the year.
• Choosing the Right Low-Voltage Cable to Preserve Fire Safety
  10.31.23 – SSI – Plenum rated cables provide a higher degree of fire resistance and emit less smoke than other types of cables. This prevents smoke from burning cables being sucked into and spread throughout a home or building via HVAC ducts, which are the most common type of plenum spaces.
• Video analytics for a new age of security
  11.2.23 – SIW – Ash Young – Here are 5 video analytic options explained to better understand everything from storage to performance

Life Safety

• IL: Halloween fog machine causes evacuation of McHenry …
  11.1.23 – Shaw Local – A Halloween treat at the McHenry County courthouse turned into a Halloween trick when the building had to be evacuated Tuesday morning. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the cause of a fire alarm Tuesday at the courthouse was a fog machine that had been brought into the building to mark the spooky holiday.

Crime

• AR: Man arrested for alleged burglary of bowling center, theft …
  10.31.23 – Hot Springs Sentinel Record – A local man was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges Friday morning after allegedly burglarizing the bowling center near his residence …
• AR: Man walks away empty-handed after alleged armed …
  11.3.23 – White River Now – A Batesville man walked away empty-handed after allegedly attempting to rob a North Central Avenue convenience store at gunpoint.
• CT: 2 accused of burglarizing building while fire alarm went off
  11.1.23 – Plainfield, Conn. (WTNH) – One man and one juvenile were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly burglarizing a building during a fire alarm, police said.
• ID: Social media tip leads to Boise man charged with 5 felony …
  11.2.23 – KTVB – Social media tip leads to Boise man arrested, charged with 5 felony crimes after burglarizing 2 Garden City businesses in 3 days. The Garden City Police Department arrested Christopher Nava Thursday – charges include burglary, injury to property and possession of a controlled substance.
• IL: Cellphone taken during altercation results in robbery charges
  11.3.23 – Journal-Courier – He told police his cellphone was taken during a physical altercation, according to a police report. Riley J. Powell, 27, of Jacksonville and Reagan N. Casson, 22, of Jacksonville were arrested on a charge of robbery, police said.
• IL: Quincy man arrested following alleged break-in at downtown …
  10.30.23 – Muddy River News – A 13-year-old, a 14-year-old and a 15- year-old were arrested for third-degree burglary, first-degree intentional damage to property, second-degree petty theft, and possession and consumption of alcohol.
• IN: Armed robbery suspects wanted by Jasper County Sheriff’s …
  10.30.23 – Newsbug.info – Jasper County Deputies, accompanied by an Officer from the DeMotte Police Department, promptly proceeded to the location. While en route to the …
• MB: Winnipeg man arrested during afternoon bank robbery …
  11.2.23 – Global News – A Winnipeg man is facing a robbery charge after being arrested in an attempted bank robbery Monday afternoon, police say.
• MI: Police seek assistance identifying man in connection with …
  11.2.23 – Yahoo News – Dearborn Police officers responded to a burglary alarm at Dearborn Fresh Supermarket, 13361 Colson St. at about 3:15 a.m. Oct. 30.
• MO: Central Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested
  11.4.23 – NewsBreak – Sedalia, MO – On Saturday morning at approximately 9:51 a.m., a panic alarm was sounded at Central Bank of Sedalia.
• MO: Rolla Police Still Searching For Suspects Involved In ATM …
  11.1.23 – KRMS Radio – Rolla Police are still searching for the suspects who damaged an A-T-M and got away with an undisclosed amount of money.
• OK: Burglar alarm leads police to drug bust in SW OKC
  11.1.23 – KFOR.com – The Oklahoma City Police Department says a false burglar alarm in southwest OKC led to a drug bust.
• ON: Sault Ste. Marie police officer involved in two-car crash
  11.4.23 – Soo Leader – A two-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon that involved a Sault Ste. Marie police officer sent one to hospital. The crash occurred at 3:45 p.m. Saturday afternoon at the intersection of M-129 and 3 Mile Road. Soo Leader was on scene minutes after the collision occurred.
• SD: 3 Juveniles Arrested In Connection With Yankton Burglary
  10.30.23 – Press & Dakotan – A 13-year-old, a 14-year-old and a 15- year-old were arrested for third-degree burglary, first-degree intentional damage to property, second-degree petty theft, and possession and consumption of alcohol. The juveniles were lodged at the Juvenile Detention Center. YPD was assisted by the Yankton County Sheriff’s Office.
• TX: A man in Odessa has been charged with burglarizing …
  11.3.23 – newswest9.com – Michael Gowdy, 28, burglarized a Dodge dealership in Odessa and stole two vehicles with the attempt to steal a third car.
• WI: False alarm draws heavy police presence to 3M in western …
  11.1.23 – KSTP – Nobody was hurt after an active shooter alarm went off at a 3M facility in western Wisconsin Wednesday afternoon. Police in Cumberland, located around 35 miles east of St. Croix Falls, were called to the 3M facility just before 12:50 p.m. after dispatchers were notified of the alarm.

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