Public Safety Updates

• Pittsburgh police will no longer respond to all burglar alarms
  4.12.24 – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Beginning April 15, officers will only respond to alarms meeting specific criteria, including human-activated hold-up alarms and panic alarms, medical alert alarms, “priority locations” such as government buildings, critical infrastructure, or any location that has the potential to become a larger threat to public …

Featured Articles

• The Work-From-Home Era Is Bad for Burglars
  4.13.24 – Bloomberg – Burglary was already on the decline, with home-security improvements the likeliest explanation. 
• The Corporate Transparency Act: Everything Security Industry …
  4.12.24- SSI – Mitch Reitman – Under the Corporate Transparency Act, each company has to file certain information about the business. All beneficial owners will have to report certain identifying information, including date of birth, home address, passport, driver’s license and other sensitive information.
• Integrator Insights: Don’t Lose Your Keys!
  4.11.24 – SSI – Jerry Swenson – Whether the risk is wear and tear, hackers, power outages or catastrophic failures, a card access contingency plan helps overcome threats.

Business Tips

• Americans Would Take a Pay Cut for More Retirement Benefits
  4.12.24 – Entrepreneur – BY SHERIN SHIBU  – Here’s One Thing Americans Would Take a Pay Cut For — Besides Remote Work An Empower survey found a high percentage of respondents would take a pay cut for better retirement benefits and remote work options
• These are new rules for what’s appropriate to say at work
  4.14.24 – Fast Company – Problematic language is lurking in all corners of the workplace. This guide will help you understand how to communicate more effectively.
• How to Calculate Net Income
  4.11.24 – Open Forum – Mark Henricks – Calculating net income shows how much remains of total revenue after subtracting total expenses for a certain timeframe. Net income can go by other names, including net profit, net earnings, and the bottom line. 

Life Safety

• Wi: Investigator: the smoke alarm saved their lives
  4.14.24 – Stevens Point, Wis. (WSAW) – Crews have left the scene of a Sunday more structure fire in Stevens Point and say a smoke alarm saved the…

Crime

• AZ: Police release video of $60M fire suspect accused of graffiti …
  4.9.24 -AZ Republic – Figure in footage was thought to be responsible for apartment fire and school vandalism, Prescott Valley police say.
• CA: Bakersfield Police rapidly respond to optometry burglary, …
  4.10.24- KBAK – A man seen on surveillance video allegedly burglarizing a optometry in downtown Bakersfield was arrested after The Bakersfield Police …
• CA: ‘F— Everyone’ gang linked to brazen Bay Area burglary spree
  4.8.24 – Mercury News – The burglars were brazen, using sledgehammers, bolt cutters and crowbars to bust their way into cigarette stores around the Bay Area. They apparently cared so little about police intervention, that authorities say they returned to the same Concord store twice more after BART officers interrupted them the first time.
• MD: Caught on camera: Burglar creeps into Lanham apartment …
  4.9.24- NBC4 Washington – Lanham MD – A man wearing a mask, Crocs and gloves walks into an apartment early Saturday morning while the occupants are asleep. He walks past the family cat, making his way through the dining room, until he realizes he’s caught on camera. The blurry security image captures the moment when he looks directly at the camera.
• MO: Caught on camera: burglars ransack St. Louis Boutique …
  4.11.24 – Fox 2 – Louis. One of the break-ins took place at Girlfriend’s Boutique, a clothing boutique. A surveillance video shows a broken front door with one …
• OR: Burglar falls through ceiling of NW Portland business
  4.10.24 – Portland Ore. (KPTV) – A suspect is on the run after robbing a northwest Portland business Sunday. Authorities said the suspect climbed into the ceiling then proceeding to cut a hole in the wall. The video shows the suspect falling into the kitchen area of a restaurant next door.
• PA: Police: Danville man was found asleep in Beiter’s, arrested …
  4.11.24 – Daily Item – Keith Reibsome, 59, faces three felony charges including burglary, criminal trespass and criminal mischief as well as a misdemeanor charge of …
• TN: Woman Charged With Burglary After Claiming To Walk Into …
  4.12.24 – WGRV – A woman wanted on outstanding warrants was additionally charged with burglary after she claimed to have gone in the wrong house Thursday afternoon. The resident of the home on Whirlwind Road told the Greene County Sheriff’s Department she received a call from her uncle, who said someone had gone into her house.
• TX: Suspect sought in Harbor Freight Tools burglary
  4.9.24 – Bellmead, Texas (FOX 44) – UPDATE: The Bellmead Police Department needs your help to identify a burglary suspect. One of the suspects has …
• TX: Teen burglar caught on video stealing more than $500K …
  4.14.24 – Click2 Houston – A 19-year-old burglar caught on camera taking more than half a million dollars worth of jewelry from stores in Houston is behind bars.

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