Public Safety Updates
- OR: Bend Police will stop automatically responding to some alarm …
6.15.22 – The Bulletin – Bend Police will stop automatically responding to some alarm calls. Police respond to hundreds of false alarms each year.
News
- Why security’s approach to weapons detection needs an update
6.17.22 – SIW – Despite advances in technology and an evolving threat landscape, many modern facilities still rely on antiquated methodologies - The Ever-Evolving Trends of Access Control
6.13.22 – SIW – Various challenges are driving new technology adaptations for traditional access control
Business Tips
- 11 Best Practices for Password Security
6.13.22 – CI – A password manager will make your life easier and more secure, while silencing that nagging voice in your head. - Why All Your Employees Should Be a ‘Salesperson’
6.17.22 – SSI – Ron Bowden – Each department depends on and supports the other department for the betterment of the whole. All must be focused on increasing the fuel, or RMR, that keeps your company running. - How organizations can address the missing video problem
6.16.22 – Just because video is being streamed for live view does not mean it is being properly recorded downstream - How Secure is Your Access Card?
6.13.22 – SIW – While prox cards are ubiquitous to the industry, make sure the security levels meet your application
Fire & EMS News
- CA: Placer Sheriff’s deputy saves man overdosed on opiate
6.18.22 – Colfax, Calif (KTXL) – A Placer County Sheriff’s Deputy saved a man from an overdose in Colfax on June 3 after a gas station attended triggered the silent alarm, according to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office. - NC: Smoke Alarm Alerts Occupant To House Fire
6.13.22 – The Johnson County Report – Deputy Fire Marshal Ryan Parker said the fire was determined to be accidental and started in the kitchen due to unattended cooking. Parker said …
Crime News
- IL: Centralia Police Arrest Two For Weekend …
6.13.22 – MMIX94 – Centralia, IL – Two male subjects were arrested Sunday in connection with burglaries early that morning. According to CPD’s acting Police … - KS: Man arrested for trying to rob a bank in Salinas
6.15.22 – KSBW – According to police, Daniel Turcotte, 66, entered the Wells Fargo Bank located in the Safeway around 11:35 a.m. He handed a … - MN: Minneapolis approves $150K settlement over dog shootings
6.16.22 – KARE- Surveillance video of the shooting as Minneapolis police responded to a burglary alarm was widely viewed in 2017. The dogs, Ciroc and Rocko, … - NY: Police: Suspects used sledgehammer, crowbar to break into …
6.15.22 – Long Island News 12 – Police are probing a robbery at a pharmacy in Montclair. Patrol was dispatched around 3:16 a.m. Tuesday to Grove Pharmacy on a report of an … - TN: Burglar drops through roof to steal jewelry –
6.14.22 – News Channel 5 – A burglar was caught on camera entering a jewelry store through the roof. - TN: Six men break in, steal $25000 in jewelry from Memphis store …
6.15.22 – FOX 13 – Officers responded to a burglar alarm at Mednikow Jewelry at 2:24 a.m. on June 13. - TN: Suspect in burglary at Memphis clothing store left ID, bank …
6.16.22 – FOX 13 – Inside the GMC Terrain, an officer found items identifying Gerald Johnson, including a social security card, bank card, key chain and two keys. - TX: 3 suspects arrested after Crockett tobacco store robbery
6.17.22 – Crockett, Texas (KTRE) – The Crockett Police Department reports locating three suspects in a vehicle filled with cigarettes following a burglary alarm call from a tobacco store.
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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), Mississippi Security Association (MSA), Oklahoma Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (OKBFAA) and Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (TBFAA). For more info visit www.nesaus.org.
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 – Steven Brekel
- Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Director – John Helweg
- Associate Director – Brian Villari
- False Alarm Reduction Association Director – Kerri McDonald
- Executive Director – Brad Shipp
- Louisiana Life Safety & Security Association Alternate – Amy Fuselier
- Mississippi Security Association Alternate – Shelley Pettit
- Maryland Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Alternate – Jim Emerick
- Oklahoma Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Alternate – Danna Fowble
- Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Alternate – Kelly Ryan
- False Alarm Reduction Association Alternate – Alicia Vela