Featured Articles
- Popular off-brand doorbell cameras aren’t safe, report finds
2.29.24 – Washington Post – These video doorbells have software vulnerabilities that could let in hackers. Retailers keep selling them. - AT&T outage raises question of landline value for 9-1-1
2.26.24 – USA Today – AT&T’s cellular service outage last week and utilities’ requests to states to no longer offer landlines have raised questions about how eliminating landlines might affect communication during an emergency. - Hackers Can Spy on Your Security Cameras Through Walls, According to New Research
2.28.24 – SSI – Northeastern University professor who specializes in cybersecurity has figured out a way to eavesdrop on most modern security cameras.
Business Tips
- Business Fitness: Prophet or Profit? Part 1: Crystal Ball or Balance Sheet. You Choose.
2.28.24 – SSI – Paul Boucherle – The difference between projecting and results (profit) is budget variances. Projected costs minus actual costs equals cost variance. - New fraud threats businesses should prepare for in 2024
2.29.24 – SIW – Kathleen Peters -Fraudsters are keeping a close eye on ever-evolving technology and finding the best ways to leverage it in new and sophisticated ways to make committing fraud easier and more … - Hikvision warns of two vulnerabilities with HikCentral software
3.1.24 – SIW – Hikvision warned its partners Friday of two vulnerabilities affecting some versions of its HikCentral Professional security management software. - Now available: National Crime Victimization Survey: School Crime Supplement, 2022 dataset
2.28.24 – nacjd – BJS has released the 2022 dataset for the National Crime Victimization Survey: School Crime Supplement (SCS) through the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data. Cosponsored by the Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics, the SCS is administered every 2 years. This supplement asks respondents ages 12 to 18 about crimes that occurred at school and other characteristics of school crime. Access the Dataset
Life Safety
- OH: Bit too toasty pancake sets off fire alarm: Olmsted Falls …
3.2.24 -Cleveland.com – Some firefighters knew there was a pancake breakfast occurring the day an alarm came in from the church.
Crime
- CA: Video shows burglar vandalizing East Hollywood restaurant
2.28.24 – Los Angeles Times – Video shows burglar vandalizing East Hollywood restaurant, causing $80,000 in damage … Surveillance video shows person vandalizing El Zarape … - CO: Burglary suspect caught with pants down by Lakewood …
3.1.28 – Sky News – Lakewood Police officers were alerted when a burglar alarm went off in a building. The suspect was taken to jail and is being held on second … - CT: Burglars crashed into Southington smoke shop: police
2.26.24 – NBC Connecticut – Police said officers responded after a burglar alarm went off and they found three trash containers in the parking lot with items from the smoke shop. - GA: Female Burglar in Red Shoes Escapes Gas Station Heist via …
3.1.24 – BNN- A bold burglary at an Athens gas station ends with a female thief in red shoes escaping through the roof with over $5,000 in loot. Early in the morning on February 21, a daring burglary unfolded at a Shell gas station in Athens, Georgia, involving an unexpected escape route and a female burglar decked out in red shoes. - GA: Gwinnett police working to identify alleged jewelry store …
2.27.24 – WSB-TV – Officers said he is accused of burglarizing Tara Fine Jewelry’s Buford Highway location. Anyone with information about the suspect’s identity is … - NJ: Burglary under investigation after 5 guns, ammo stolen at …
2.27.24 – Marlton, N.J. (CBS) — A gun store in South Jersey is targeted, and a group of thieves made off with a handful of guns and ammunition, police … - PA: Police: Burglar’s Wallet Left Behind After Breaking into Skills …
3.1.24 – Explore Clarion – The business owner later informed police that he had found a wallet inside of his business, and he believed it belonged to the suspect that committed the crime, the complaint indicates. The suspect was identified as Dillon Erdley, who was interviewed at the station on February 24. - TX: Beaumont Police seek help in search for ‘Smoothie Burglar’
2.28.24 – 12newsnow— Beaumont Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying who they call the “Smoothie Burglar.” Police say the “Smoothie Burglar” is responsible for burglarizing the Smoothie King…. - VA: Burglar Who Stared Straight Into Security Camera At Large In …
2.28.24 – dailyvoice.com – A suspect who had no qualms looking straight into a surveillance camera while robbing a home in Northeast DC remains at large more than a week … - WA: Kent Patrol Officers capture burglar at Soos Creek Elementary School
2.28.24 – IloveKent – At about 2:11 a.m. Monday morning, Kent Patrol Officers were dispatched to Soos Creek Elementary School for an alarm, which revealed visual confirmation of an intruder inside the school. - WI: Smash And Grab Last Night At JCPenny – Dumb Burglar?
2.29.24 – Kenosha County Eye – Early this morning PPPD received an alarm at JCPenny. Three suspects smashed the front door and went to the jewelry dept. - WY: Cheyenne police seek information on Sonic Drive-In burglary
3.2.24 – Cap City News – Cheyenne, Wyo. – The Cheyenne Police Department is actively seeking information about a burglary at the Sonic Drive-In at 2540 Dell Range Blvd. Surveillance footage captured an unidentified individual, clad in dark attire, breaking into the establishment after business hours.
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