Featured Articles
- Legal Briefing: Things You Ought to Know About Your Alarm Business
5.17.24 – SSI – Ken Kirschenbaum – You should conduct your business — from start to finish — as if you’re planning to sell. You should be maximizing the equity in the business. - Window and Door Security: A Growing Concern for Campus Safety Professionals
5.17.24 – SSI – Robin Hattersley-Gray – More than half of campus protection pros say their glass doors and windows are the security systems most likely to fail during an intrusion. - ADT Trusted Neighbor Uses Facial Recognition for Conditional Access
5.16.24 – CEPro – Got people helping you out at the house while you’re at work? ADT is making it easier for service people to get in and out of your home safely and securely.
Business Tips
- Are phones winning the battle of credentials?
5.13.24 – SIW –Paul Ragusa – A new report from HID explores drivers and barriers for increased adoption of mobile credentials. - Tips for Navigating Ethics and Compliance with Facial Recognition Solutions
5.15.24 – SIW – Samantha Schober – Can businesses adopt cutting-edge biometric technologies without running afoul of regulation? - You’re Reading Body Language All Wrong
5.17.24 – Entrepreneur – Lauren Hirsch Williams – And It’s Putting Your Next Business Deal On The Line. Decode Non-Verbal Cues By Following These 5 Steps.
Life Safety
- LA: Smoke alarm alerts sleeping homeowner to fire
5.19.24 – KTBS – The Shreveport Fire Department arrived on scene within five minutes and were able to bring the fire under control at 1:52 a.m. No injuries were reported. The homeowner is crediting her smoke alarm for waking her up and alerting her to the fire. This gave her time to get her and her dogs out to safety.
Crime
- CA: Burglar breaks into multiple businesses in Glassell Park strip …
5.15.24 – KABC – A crowbar was used in the other burglaries, police said. “The suspect entered each business, ransacked each location and removed US currency from the cash register of one of the businesses,” according to the LAPD. Police described the masked suspect as a 5-feet-7-inch tall man who weighs about 170 pounds. - CA: Burglar busts in through ceiling of Southern California gym
5.15.24 – KTLA – Surveillance cameras captured a man armed with a knife breaking into a local gym in the South Bay and Harbor region of Los Angeles. The break-in occurred early Wednesday morning at around 1 a.m. at Mindful Gainz on Anaheim Street and Broad Avenue. - CA: Security fog machine helps deter burglars from Chatsworth …
5.15.24 – Fox 11 Los Angeles – A wall of fog helped deter some would-be burglars at a business in Chatsworth. LAPD detectives responding to a burglary alarm at a Chatsworth Pharmacy ran into a wall of fog, quite literally, coming out of the business. - FL: Miami restaurant owners attack burglar after Ring camera …
5.16.24 – WSVN – Surveillance video footage captured officers with their guns drawn near the building. Police said the suspect entered the restaurant by using … - MA: Burglar carrying Dunkin, McDonald’s orders swipes youth …
5.15.24 – WCVB – A man holding Dunkin and McDonald’s bags broke into a residence in Brighton early Tuesday, twice, and stole youth hockey jerseys worth … - MO: Burglar used stolen credit card to have pizza delivered to home
5.13.24 – Fox 2 – ST. Louis County, Mo. – An accused Christmas Grinch was apprehended after using a stolen credit to have pizza delivered to his apartment. - MO: Gusano’s Pizzeria shares amusing footage of “Ninja …
5.15.24 – KOAM – Gusano’s Pizzeria shares amusing footage of “Ninja Burglar” break-in. Amber Jenkins · Amber Jenkins. Reporter. Author facebook … - TX: Burglars who broke through Alabama pharmacy wall found …
5.15.24 – WVTM – Once inside, officers found two men, Xavier Deangelo Catlin and Cardall Lamar Tolbert, hiding below the pharmacy’s HVAC system. The pair had reportedly entered through a handmade hole in the wall, causing major damage. - VT: Hartland burglar allegedly ate a meal, slept before leaving …
5.18.24 – ABC22 WVNY | FOX44 WFFF – The burglar, or burglars, did not take anything. They’re believed to have made themselves a meal and slept on a bed before leaving the property.
NESA is a federation of state associations established to serve and promote the electronic systems industry at the direction of, and through its affiliated state associations. Seven state associations are part of NESA – Arkansas Security Alarm Association (ASAA), Kansas Electronic Security Association (KESA), Louisiana Life Safety & Security Association (LLSSA), Maryland Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (MDBFAA), Oklahoma Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (OKBFAA) and Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (TBFAA). For more info visit www.nesaus.org.