Public Safety Updates
- AR: Smart 911 safety profiles allowing emergency dispatchers to react quicker
3.31.22 – KATV-TV – Rave Mobile Safety has created a new safety app called Smart 911. The app allows users to create a safety profile giving emergency services instant access to the user’s personal information. The 911 dispatchers then use this information to assist in emergency situations. - IN: New 911 text feature lets citizens text emergencies in native language
3.30.22 – WBND-TV – The Indiana Statewide 911 Board has added a new feature to its Text-to-911 system that lets Hoosiers text 911 in their native language. Now, citizens can text 911 with an emergency and the message will be automatically translated for dispatch. - MA: New hybrid public safety model to supplement armed police …
4.15.22 – Tufts Daily – According to the group’s final report, the hybrid model will be coupled with a new “differential response” system. The Department of Public … - WY: Casper Council Talks About Implementing Fines for False Alarm
4.12.22 – KL2 — The Casper City Council discussed possible changes to the ordinance that would impose up to $500 in fines for businesses or residences that …
News
- Looking Back at When 3G Sunset Efforts All Started
4.15.22 – SSI: Shifting deadlines, new technology, puzzling decisions, a pandemic — there were numerous factors that made the 3G sunset more difficult than 2G’s. - Server problem to blame for malfunction of camera system during NYC subway shooting
4.14.22 – SIW – MTA currently in the process of beefing up surveillance network - Parks Associates: 50% of all security systems sold in past year were DIY
4.11.22 – SIW – Research firm predicts that DIY could soon surpass the professional installation market - Pye-Barker Acquires B Safe Security to Bolster Mid-Atlantic Presence
4.13.22 -SSI – SSI Staff – B Safe’s leadership team and security professionals will continue to service new and existing customers. The deal marks the fifth for Pye-Barker this year.
Business Tips
- Security Pros Must Utilize These Opportunities in the Smart Home
4.14.22 – SSI – Elizabeth Parks – As the adoption of connected devices rises, manufacturers and integrators have a tremendous opportunity to capitalize on consumers’ desires for peace of mind, comfort and convenience. - Home Security: Consumers Reveal Fears, Desired Solutions
4.11.22 -SSI – SSI Staff -A new survey reveals that social media posts are playing a large part in consumers’ decisions when it comes to purchasing home security solutions. - How Integrators Can Unlock Opportunity in the Cybersecurity Marketplace
4.13.22 – SSI – Increasingly, physical security integrators have a role to play in helping end users protect their digital assets. Here’s how to capitalize on companies moving cybersecurity requirements to the forefront of budgeting and planning discussions. - New Technology Poised To Change Security Cabling Infrastructure Forever
4.13.22 – SSN – Security pros team up to unveil new “patented green design infrastructure of the future”
Fire & EMS News
Crime News
- IL: Two arrested, accused of stealing beer from gas station
4.12.22 – WIFR – Tyrese Timmons, 22, and David Marshall, 44, both of Rockford, were arrested around 5 a.m. Monday and charged with burglary and criminal damage … - MD: Teens Crashed Stolen Car Through Gun Store In Millersville …
4.13.22 – (WJZ) – Three teenagers were arrested early Wednesday morning after allegedly crashing a stolen car into a Millersville gun store to rob the … - MI: Suspect in diamond ring theft from Monroe jewelry store arrested
4.13.22 – Detroit News – Monroe – A man suspected of snatching two diamond rings from a jewelry saleswoman’s hands and running in March has been arrested, … - MO: Joplin police probing burglaries at elementary school, barber …
4.13.22 – Joplin Globe – The Chop Shop at 809 S. Main St. reported a burglary that took place late Thursday night or early Friday morning. Capt. William Davis said … - NC: Lexington man charged in attempted bank robbery …
4.13.22 – N Opera News – According to Winston-Salem police, 35-year-old Jonathan Baier attempted to rob the Wells Fargo bank on the 2000 block of South Hawthorne Road … - NE: Lincoln man charged more than two years after alleged burglary
4.11.22 – Journal Star – A 30-year-old Lincoln man was charged with burglary Monday for his alleged role in a break-in that happened more than two years ago, … - OH: Wheeling man arrested on robbery charges in Monroe County
4.12.22 – Monroe County, Ohio – A man has been arrested in Monroe County on charges of breaking and entering, theft, criminal damaging, and criminal trespassing. The sheriff’s department said it received an alarm call from the Par Mar in Hannibal. - OR: Roseburg Police Jail Man For Alleged Burglary Tuesday Night
4.14.22 – Spot On Oregon – April 14, 2022 3:50 a.m. Roseburg Police jailed a man for an alleged burglary on Tuesday night. An RPD report said just before. - WA: Arlington pot shop robbery suspects arrested in Bellevue
4.15.22 – Arlington, Wash – Arlington police said officers responded to a hold-up alarm at the PRC marijuana store at around 10 p.m.. – Five people are in custody following a pot shop robbery in Arlington Thursday night that led to a police pursuit ending in Bellevue, according to the Arlington Police Department.
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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
- Louisiana Life Safety & Security Association Director – Dera DeRoche Jolet
- Mississippi Security Association Director – Jack Torrence
- Oklahoma Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Director – Riley Fields
- Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Director – Kelly Ryan
- Associate Director – Brian Villari
- False Alarm Reduction Association Director – Kerri McDonald
- Executive Director – Brad Shipp
- Mississippi Security Association Alternate – Shelley Pettit
- Maryland Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Alternate – Jim Emerick
- Oklahoma Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Alternate – Danna Fowble
- False Alarm Reduction Association Alternate – Alicia Vela