Public Safety Updates
- CA: Elk Grove (Calif.) Police Leverage New Video Wall to Fight Crime
11.26.19 – RGB Spectrum’s Galileo processor powers new video wall to improve situational awareness, threat assessment and resource response. - GA: City of South Fulton (Ga.) to Enforce False Alarm Ordinance in New Year
11.26.19 – SSI – The city council has voted to approve an ordinance that penalizes home and business owners for repeated nuisance alarms.
Industry News
- How Fire Alarm Communications Have Evolved Over the Decades
- 11.25.19 – SSI – Fire and life-safety expert Shane Clary examines fire alarm communications’ past, present, and where he believes it will end up.
State & National News
- With feds distracted, states will have much to ponder in 2020
- 11.25.19 – State Net Capitol Journal – Forty-six states are in session in 2020, and many of them have been pre-filing bills since September 1. NCSL data cited.
Business Tips
- What the growing gig economy means for cybersecurity
11.14.19 – SIW – As offices move towards a more flexible and modern workplace, employers must keep information security in mind - How to Effectively Sell, Deploy and Maintain These Smart Home Trends
11.27.19 – SSI- Experts delve into the latest trends and vendor offerings in the residential smart locks and energy management market. - 32 Tips to Pump Up Your Processes & Profits
11.25.19 – CEPro – At Total Tech Summit 2019, low-voltage integrators shared what they charge for design fees, how they generate RMR and more business-building best practices. - Take it From MSPs: If You Start Doing Technology Service Revenue, Expect a Few Challenges Like These
11.27.19 – CI – Earning more technology service revenue will bring its fair share of craziness: just read some of these MSP horror stories. - Do Liability Safeguards Continue in Renewals and Terminations?
11.29.19 – SSI – An exculpatory clause provides that the alarm company is not liable for damages suffered by the subscriber in certain circumstances.
Fire & EMS News
- KS: Man arrested for setting fire in Plaza Towers in suicide attempt …11.27.19 – The Hutchinson News – A Hutchinson man was arrested Tuesday accused of setting fire to his Plaza Towers apartment in an attempt to kill himself and others. Abraham M. Tinsley was arrested on suspicion of seven counts of aggravated arson, for the number of people in the …
Crime News
- AR: Conway burglar caught on camera, arrested mid-robbery …
11.27.19 – THV11 – Conway, Ark. – A Conway police officer caught a burglar red-handed over the weekend and it was all caught on a Ring doorbell camera. - CA: Claremont police arrest suspected Sprint Store burglar …
11.26.19 – Claremont Courier – Claremont police arrested an Eastvale man early Monday morning after he was caught breaking into a Sprint Store. … - FL: Florida man reportedly pulls sword on door-to-door salesman
11.27.19 – WLVT- Kyle Leonard is charged with armed robbery after deputies say he used a sword to rob a door-to-door salesman. / (Manatee County Sheriff’s … - IL: Riverside police looking for men accused of stealing ATMs …
11.30.19 – WGN – Riverside, Ill. – Police in Riverside are looking for a group of men accused of stealing parts of ATMs during three separate incidents. On Thursday just after 4:45 a.m., police responded to a burglar alarm at the Citgo gas station. - IN: Bedford Woman Arrested After Stealing Money from Hardee’s …
11.26.19 – WBIW – (BEDFORD) – A Bedford woman was arrested Friday night on a warrant after she allegedly burglarized and stole money from the safe at … - MD: DC Teen Arrested In String Of Burglaries In Montgomery Co …
11.26.19 – Patch – Teen Arrested In String Of Burglaries In MoCo: PD – Silver Spring, MD – Police have arrested a DC teen they say was behind a string of … - MI: Police say Roseville robber made manager zip tie employees …
11.26.19 – Click on Detroit – Police said a robber walked into the Burlington in Roseville last week … to zip tie three employees, shut off the alarm and remove money from the safe. … manager zip tie employees, shut off alarm, remove money from safe. - MI: Police investigating break-in at Scio Township business …
11.26.19 – mlive – deputies were called to a business for an active alarm and arrived to discover two individuals had broken into the business, according to the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office. … - MS: Vicksburg homicide suspect arrested after hiding out in church …
11.28.19 – WLBT – Vicksburg homicide suspect arrested after hiding out in church, triggering … Police say he was hiding inside and triggered an alarm that alerted … - NC: Man locking up Fayetteville pawn shop shot during attempted …
12.1.19 – Fayetteville, N.C. (WTVD) – Fayetteviille police said a man locking up a pawn shop was shot during an attempted robbery Saturday night. - PA: Former employee arrested | News, Sports, Jobs – Altoona Mirror
11.29.19 – Altoona Mirror – A former employee is in jail on charges she burglarized a FeFi’s Grocery store. According to Altoona police, Traci Holliday, 46, of Altoona, allegedly used a key to the store and her knowledge of the security alarm password to get into the FeFi’s Grocery just - TN: Church Hill man nabbed 10 minutes after robbing gas station …
11.26.19 – Rogersville Review – Thanks to fast police work and a clerk with an eye for detail, barely 10 minutes after he allegedly held up a Kingsport gas station Thursday evening, a Church Hill man was under arrest for aggravated robbery. On November 21, 2019, around 8:45 p.m., Kingsport Police Patrol Officers … - TN: Surgoinsville Pharmacy burglar gets away empty handed
11.26.19 – Times News – The attempted burglary was captured on video surveillance, and police said the target was likely narcotics, although he got away empty handed. … Anthony Crosby and Deputy Kevin Johnson responded to a report of an open window at the Surgoinsville Pharmacy, … - TX: Burglar smashes window, steals items from West side store
11.25.19 – KSAT – San Antonio – San Antonio police are trying to find a man who they say was caught on surveillance cameras overnight, stealing items from a West side Family Dollar store. Officers responded to a call for a ringing alarm at the business shortly before 2 a.m. Monday. - TX: Store manager: Family Dollar store break-in was ‘quick’
11.2619 – KSAT – The manager of a Family Dollar store on the West Side said a break-in at the business happened quickly and appeared to be pre-planned. - TX: Arlington PD Release Video of Market Robbery …
11.28.19 – NBC DFW – Arlington Police released video of an October robbery at the Ben Thanh Market. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of Oct. 30, 2019. The video shows 3 men break into the market which triggered an alarm. The men smash a glass door, enter and … - VA: Police search for teens who broke into Antietam Elementary …
11.26.19 – Inside Nova – Police search for teens who broke into Antietam Elementary through roof … roof of the school, said Prince William County police spokeswoman … - WA: Teens suspected of Bremerton pot shop burglaries arrested …
11.26.19 – Kitsap Sun – Three teens suspected of repeatedly burglarizing Bremerton pot shops were arrested early Saturday morning after a high-speed chase on .. - WA: La Conner man’s crime spree ends after flinging stolen …
11.28.19 – A 29-year-old La Conner man’s crime spree ended Monday after he allegedly threw stolen sausages at police officers while fleeing from them.
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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 – John Helweg
- Associate Director – Brian Villari
- False Alarm Reduction Association Director – Kerri McDonald
- Executive Director – Brad Shipp
- Maryland Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Alternate – Jim Emerick
- Oklahoma Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Alternate – Danna Fowble
- Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Alternate – Kelly Ryan
- False Alarm Reduction Association Alternate – Alicia Vela