Public Safety Updates
- NC: Asheville Police adopt new program aiming to decrease false …
5.11.22 – Fox Carolina – The new False Alarm Reduction Program aims to reduce the number of false alarm calls in the city. From 2018 to 2021, APD saw 4,500 false alarms per year, meaning up to 97% of residential and business alarms coming in are actually false. Police say this unnecessarily drains police resources.
News
- Preliminary technical review period now …
5.10.22 – SIW – Preliminary technical review period now open for the TMA-AVS-01 Alarm Validation Standard. Review and comments requested from security industry, law enforcement and emergency communications professionals by June 17 - Cyber insurance misconceptions: What businesses need to …
5.10.22 – SIW – Cybercrime continues to be a challenge for business owners, meaning that cyber insurance is no longer a luxury, it’s a must-have. - Why video surveillance is playing a key role in the hospitality …
5.12.22 – SIW – Hotels are leveraging remote monitoring and analytics to improve guest safety, experience in the post-Covid landscape.
Business Tips
- Could Smart Home Equipment Servicing Be Your Next Goldmine?
5.13.22 – SSI – Jason Knott – New research shows demand for smart home “repair” service is expected to grow 11% per year, emphasizing the importance of offering ongoing service - How to Earn Recurring Monthly Revenue From Elevator Phone Monitoring
5.12.22 -SSI – Steve Karantzoulidis – Kings III Emergency Communications outlines why elevator telephone monitoring is a potentially lucrative RMR opportunity for security integrators on the Security Speaking podcast. - NSCA Releases 2022 Integrator Compensation & Benefits Report
5.10.22 – SSI – Dan Ferrisi – The report tracks and benchmarks compensation and benefits data for a variety of key positions within the integration industry. - Can AI help put a dent in shoplifting?
5.11.22 – SIW – To address this problem, Paris-based Veesion has developed artificial intelligence (AI)-based analytics technology that uses a store’s existing surveillance …
Fire & EMS News
- OH: Two nursing home patients sent to hospital after fire in Monroe
5.15.22 -Dayton Daily News – Two Hawthorne Glen Nursing Home patients were sent to a local hospital following a structure fire in Monroe Sunday morning.
Crime News
- AL: Burglar sets off alarm, found inside truck outside Best Buy
5.13.22 – WKRG – Robert Gornto, 29, was arrested Thursday, May 12, after the store’s burglary alarm was set off. When officers arrived on the scene, Gornto was found “wearing a headlamp inside a box truck,” which was parked behind the Best Buy, according to a news release from the Mobile Police Department. - CA: Brentwood Police Announce Arrest in Walgreens Burglary …
5.10.22 -East County Today – Officers were able to obtain video surveillance inside the store, and they identified the suspect based on previous contacts with him. Shortly … - GA: Suspects break into Retro Raven, steal video game consoles …
5.13.22 – WMGT – The suspects then broke glass cases and stole several video game consoles. Anyone with tips in this case can call CRIMESTOPPERS at 1-877-86CRIME .. - MO: Cash registers stolen in overnight break in at Ted Drewes
5.10.22 – KSDK – Police found a broken window when they responded to a burglary alarm at the Chippewa location. - NC: Lumberton police investigate 3 vandalized buildings
5.14.22 – Yahoo News – … A rock was thrown into a window at the Robeson County History Museum. Lumberton police responded to an alarm at the museum 5 a.m. Friday morning, according to police. - NC: Suspect Sought in Connection to Church Break-In in Burke …
5.10.22 – WHKY – Burke County Sheriff’s Deputies are searching for 24-year-old Christian Thomas Hill of Rainhill Drive in Morganton in connection to a church … - NJ: Elizabeth Man Charged with Three Cranford Burglaries
5.9.22 – Tap Into Cranford – Antoni Kuhl, 52 of Elizabeth, was arrested on three counts of third degree burglary, two counts of third degree theft and three counts of fourth … - OR: Authorities investigate burglary, theft of …
5.14.22 – Spot on Oregon – Saturday. Upon arrival they discovered someone entered the building and stole a side by side ATV. The stolen side by side is a 2021 Can-Am… - OR: Keizer police investigating break-in attempt, fire at Oregon …
5.9.22 – OPB – The Keizer police are investigating a Sunday evening break-in and fire at the headquarters of the advocacy group Oregon Right to Life. - VA: Burglaries and Destruction of Property at Two Black Churches
5.11.22 -Connection News – Four crimes within days at two Black churches and a tripped alarm at a third Black church, all located on Fordson Road in Alexandria’s Gum …
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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