Public Safety Updates
- MB: False alarm calls continue to plague DFD, says chief
3.7.23 – False alarms continued to haunt the Dauphin Fire Department in 2022. Fire Chief Cam Abrey singled out the call category in his first report to Dauphin city council since the municipal election last fall.
Featured Articles
- Consumer Study Finds Security Monitoring Cancellations Down
3.10.23 – CE Pro -Parks Associates consumer study on security monitoring services looks into business models, pricing and attrition trends facing the market. - SSI Industry Hall of Famer Stan Martin Earns a Curtain Call
3.9.23 – SSI – By Scott Goldfine – Stan Martin is the third selection into the SSI Industry Hall of Fame Ring of Honor. - Battle lines drawn over facial recognition technology as lawmakers revive proposed ban
3.9.23 – SIW – The Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act would ban the use of federal funds for biometric surveillance systems and information collected through biometric technology.
Business Tips
- A New Chapter in the Long Deceptive Sales Saga
3.9.23 – Security Info Watch – After a frenzy of media attention in the mid-2010s, a massive punitive judgment against Vivint last week has once again put the issue in the … - ADT Now Selling Smart Home Systems at Costco
3.9.23 – CE Pro – Costco members can now order a professionally installed smart home security system from ADT, the No. 1 company in the CE Pro 100, at Costco.com. - Security Systems Declared Exempt from New York Right to Repair Law
3.7.23 – CE Pro – Industry victory reached as legislative trailblazer identifies need for greater scruples in availability of specific information. - Tech Talk: How to Prevent Potentially Damaging Drip, Drip …
3.10.23 – Security Sales & Integration – Tech Talk: How to Prevent Potentially Damaging Drip, Drip, Drips. Despite the constant risk of water leaks, only 6% of homes currently have … - Adding License Recognition to Your Portfolio Plate
3.10.23 – SSI – Guest Authors – As automatic license plate capture becomes more reliable, affordable and mainstream, myriad applications and integrator opportunities are coming to light. - Making Sure MDUs Think of You
3.10.23 – Guest Authors -Commercial and residential multidwelling buildings represent vast opportunities for security solutions sales and service. Here’s what you need to know and do.
Crime News
- AL: Huntsville thieves tried to steal ATM chained to truck
3.9.23 – AL.com – Spokesperson Sydney Martin said officers were called to Progress Bank shortly before 5:15 a.m. on an alarm. When they … - CA: Crime briefs: Another Atherton burglary, Woodside man …
3.10.23 – Almanac Online – San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office deputies and detectives arrested a Woodside man this month for lewd acts with a child under 14. - CA: Panic alarm helps save woman during domestic violence …
3.9.23 – Fox 40 – A panic alarm helped a Roseville woman whose ex-boyfriend entered her home and attacked her, Roseville Police said. - CA: Police Arrest Four Suspects in a Pair of Burbank Burglaries
3.9.23 – iHeart – Authorities arrested four of the six men suspected of a commercial burglary in Burbank, authorities said Thursday. - CA: Shaw’s Candy Store Burglarized
3.6.23 – SF News – San Francisco – Shaw’s Candy Store located in the West Portal neighborhood was burglarized on Friday, March 3, at around 5:00 a.m.. - IN: 2 arrested after allegedly breaking into Mishawaka bank
3.9.23 – (WNDU) – The Mishawaka Police Department says two people were arrested on Thursday morning after they allegedly broke into a bank in Mishawaka. - MO: Alleged 32nd Street business burglar arrested
3.6.23 – KZRG – Burke was arrest on charges of Burglary in the 2nd Degree, Property Damage in the 1st Degree, Stealing, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and … - MO: Cuba man arrested for burglary in Rolla
3.8.23 – KRCG – Rolla PD arrested Larry A. Whittaker for burglary at the abandoned Cantex building on the night of March 7, 2023.
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