Public Safety Updates

• PA: Butler Twp. to consider false alarm ordinance
  4.1.24 – Republican Herald – Fountain Springs – Butler Twp. will draft an ordinance aimed at curbing false alarms, specifically for volunteer firefighters, …

Featured Articles

• TN bill to require daycares to have carbon monoxide detectors …
  4.4.24 – Local 3 News – A Tennessee bill to require carbon monoxide detectors in daycares has passed the House, and is now on its way to Governor Lee’s desk. SB2066 would require all child care facilities to have carbon monoxide detectors in each room that occupies children.
• Monitoring Matters: AI, Analytics and Machine Learning—What’s the Difference?
  4.3.24 – SSI – Peter Giacalone – Given how much hype and attention AI has had recently in so many ways, it can be hard to differentiate what’s real from what’s not.
• Tech Trends: How to Detect AI – Security Info Watch
  4.4.24 – SIW – By scrutinizing noise patterns, and hard-to-generate items like hands, feet, logos, and background text in images, you can unveil the telltale signs of images crafted by AI algorithms. This nuanced examination aids in distinguishing between authentic and machine-generated visuals.

Business Tips

• Indoor Drones on Patrol
  4.1.24 – SIW – Once impossible, AI and machine learning have made indoor use of air-based drone patrols achievable. Autonomous navigation coupled with AI capabilities for identifying unusual activities makes drones a sophisticated alternative to traditional video surveillance and security officers.
• Why don’t managers and workers get along?
  4.1.24 – Fast Company – Why the gap between management and workers feels wider than ever … Why the gap between management and workers feels wider than ever.
• Cellphones can cause distracted driving in hands-free mode …
  4.9.24 – Fast Company – Hands-free calling. For example, having a phone conversation in hands-free mode while driving causes you to stop looking out for hazards on the road and gets you into more close calls where you slam on the brakes than if you were not on the phone. These detrimental effects last even after you end your call.
• Your team needs you to lead, they don’t have to like you
  4.5.24 – Fast Company – Being a leader is hard. All eyes are on you. You are accountable for successes and failures. Yet sometimes, you question what you’re doing.

Crime

• CA: Burglar caught on camera entering Fresno home while …
  4.1.24 – KMPH – A FOX26 viewer shared a video captured by their Ring doorbell camera of a man entering, repeatedly, through the front door.
• CA: Debris-covered burglar spotted returning to site of break-in …
  4.1.24 – KTLA – Debris-covered burglar spotted returning to site of break-in, deputies say. A Yucaipa man was arrested in connection with a burglary at a jewelry store on Saturday after police say they spotted him observing the investigation while still covered in drywall and debris from the break-in.
• CA: San Bernardino County man arrested for cutting into jewelry …
  4.1.24 – CBS News – The man, 38-year-old Justin Flood, was wearing the same outfit as the suspect in the security camera video. He was also covered in drywall debris and insulation, according to deputies
• NC: Burglar found hiding in church crawl space, Asheville …
  4.4.24 – WNCT – Police arrested a suspected burglar who was reportedly hiding in an Asheville church’s crawl space Tuesday evening.
• NJ: Livingston Home Burglarized, Cops Respond To Tripped …
  4.2.24 – Patch – Livingston, NJ – Livingston police said someone forced their way into the home through a rear door, then entered the master bedroom.
• OH: ‘Ham’ burglar breaks into Boardman store on Easter Sunday
  4.2.24 – WFMJ- A crook who thought Easter Sunday would be a good time to burglarize a Boardman store that does a lot of business before the holiday appears to have walked away empty-handed.
• WA: Burglars use U-Haul to break into Shoreline …
  4.7.24 – FOX 13 Seattle – The video shows one of the suspects hooking up a rope to the front door, getting in the U-Haul, and someone in the driver’s seat hits the gas, …

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