Public Safety Updates
- MS: City holds first hearing for security camera ordinance
2.8.24 – Starkville Daily News – Starkville leaders are considering an ordinance that would make certain retail establishments set up security cameras around the outside of their stores. The Board of Aldermen held its first public hearing for the ordinance on Tuesday evening.
Featured Articles
- Parks: Nearly Half of Pay-TV Subscribers Want to Use Their TVs for Smart Home Control and Security
2.6.24 – TV Tech Nearly half of pay-TV subscribers are interested in using their TV to control smart home control and security features, according to a new survey from Parks Associates. - Tennessee House advances bill addressing fire alarms in …
2.8.24 – WBIR.com – The House has unanimously advanced legislation requiring schools to determine the cause of a fire alarm being triggered before instructing … - How the working from home boom has left slim pickings for …
2.11.24 – The Guardian – How the working from home boom has left slim pickings for burglars … burglaries if the surrounding neighborhoods don’t have too much home …
Business Tips
- How AI and Machine Learning Are Transforming LPR Tech
2.8.24 – SSI – Jason Tyre – Enhancing accuracy and enabling new functions and capabilities through AI and ML represent a leap forward in LPR systems and operations. - Tech Talk: No RMR? Are You Serious?
2.7.24 – SSI – Bob Dolph – In the security business, you need to provide a product and service, just like many other service companies – but don’t forget about RMR. - Asset Protection 101 for Your Small Business
2.5.24 – SSI – Paul Boucherle – Don’t install a “high diving board” manager to manage the “wading pool” at your small business. If you do, I promise that you won’t like - FCC makes AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal
2.8.24 – SIW -The ruling, which takes effect immediately, makes voice cloning technology used in common robocall scams targeting consumers illegal. This would give State Attorneys General across the country new tools to go after bad actors behind these nefarious robocalls.
Life Safety
- MA: Smoke alarm saves lives of family as fire tears through …|
2.9.24 – CBS Boston › Local News – A smoke alarm saved a family in central Massachusetts early Friday morning after their home caught fire. - OR: Smoke alarm saves residents
2.11.24 – KESI – A smoke alarm saved home residents in Lebanon on February 10.
Crime
- CO: Caught on camera: Masked thieves burglarize Denver vape …
2.5.24- Denver (KDVR) — A group of masked thieves burglarized a locally owned vape shop in Denver over the weekend, making away with thousands of dollars worth of products — including a fully stocked ATM. It happened early Saturday morning at Meadowlark64, a vape shop located at 27th and Larimer streets. - FL: Police arrest suspected ‘Spider-Man’ burglar they say …
2.6.24 – WPLG Local 10 – Police arrest suspected ‘Spider-Man’ burglar they say scaled Miami Beach high-rise. Authorities say Anthony Butler, 34, held some of his … - KY: Caught on Camera: Burglar hits Owensboro diner
2.5.23 – Owensboro, Ky. (WFIE) – A restaurant in Owensboro says they will be closed … Caught on Camera: Burglar hits Owensboro diner. By Monica Watkins,. - MO: Officers respond to home alarm and make hilarious discovery
2.6.24 – WFMZ.com – Police in Liberty, Missouri, responded to a home alarm but found a squirrel that surprised officers as they were searching the residence. - NJ: Burglar Alarm Sounds At Nutley Home, Man Had Prybar
2.5.24 – Patch – Nutley, NJ – A suspect was seen carrying a prybar during a home burglary attempt in Nutley last week, authorities said. - WA: Tacoma police make arrest in December Bellevue Rare …
2.5.24 – KIRO 7 News Seattle – According to court documents, Robert Mearl McGee was charged on Jan. 25 and accused of cutting a hole in the wall of a vacant building and …
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