Public Safety Updates
- Editorial: To respond better to burglaries, the police need …
4.15.24 – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Editorial: To respond better to burglaries, the police need to respond to fewer burglar alarms … Police Chief Larry Scirotto in response to …
Featured Articles
- Fireside Chat: The National Electrical Code (NEC) is Set for Some Major Changes
4.17.24 – SSI – Shane Clary – The NEC that you use today will not be the same document that you will have after 2026, and then after 2029. - Legal Briefing: Exculpatory Clause Wording to Disclaim Tort Liability in Oregon
4.16.24 – SSI – Ken Kirschenbaum – Courts will always look for ways to refuse to enforce a contract that seeks to disclaim liability for torts. - Nation Observes Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
4.15.24 – DC News Now – National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week is being celebrated around the country to recognize the work of 9-1-1 dispatchers. Many dispatch centers are handling an increasing workload with decreasing staff numbers.
Business Tips
- E-Waste Could Mean More Wins for Integrators
4.17.24 – SIW – Ray Bernard, PSP, CHS-III – By factoring cable reuse into proposals, integrators may meet environmental considerations that would give them an inside track to more projects - The Smart Money: Smart Smoke/CO Detection on the Rise
4.17.24 – Elizabeth Parks – Residential integrators are well positioned to take advantage of a slow and steady adoption rate of these key smart home life safety devices - The Changing Role of the Security Integrator
4.17.24 – Security Business – Paul Rothman – New SIA report outlines the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for business executives - Legal Brief: Paper, Scissors, Rock – Legal Covers Marketing
4.17.24 – Security Business – Timothy J. Pastore, Esq. – Liability lessons to consider before releasing your marketing materials - Insider Intelligence: Voice of the Customer
4.17.24 – Security Business – Brent Van Haren Five tips to creating a successful VoC program - The Role of Building Information Modeling (BIM) for Safety and Security Management
4.15.24 – SSI – Daniel Drohan – BIM is a digital tool that revolutionizes how we approach safety and security management in the built environment.
Crime
- CA: Police responded to alarms day of big L.A. heist, thieves …
4.19.24 – Los Angeles Times – Police responded to alarm around time of $30-million L.A. heist, but thieves were undetected. Thieves made off with as much as $30 million in an Easter Sunday burglary from the GardaWorld cash storage facility in Sylmar. - FL: Burglar arrested after cutting himself on glass during break-in …
4.16.24 – WSVN – A West Palm Beach man was arrested in connection with a burglary at a Coconut Creek business. According to Coconut Creek Police, 52-year-old Stanley Leeper triggered the alarm while breaking into Hook-Up Skate & Smoke Shop on North State Road 7 on Tuesday morning.
- IL: Would-be burglar falls through ceiling at North Side bakery
4.19.24 – ABC Chicago – A would-be burglar fell through a ceiling while breaking into Klein’s Bakery & Café in Buena Park on North Broadway Street, … - OH: Alarm scares away suspects who broke into car dealership
4.21.24 – Cleveland.com On April 11 around 5:20 am, officers responded to the Ed Tomko car dealership for an alarm. Two windows ere broken on the south side of the business. Video footage showed five people in dark clothing and hoodies had broken into the business and immediately fled upon hearing the alarm. - TX: Burglar caught on camera in serial jewelry heists revealed …
4.19.24 -Click2Houston – Marcelo Majeed Hernandez caught on camera stealing more than half a million dollars worth of jewelry from Houston-area stores
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