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• Dallas switching to online reporting for non emergencies
  6-20-23 – KDFW – The Dallas Police Department is instructing residents to report nonemergency needs such as vehicle burglaries, accidents and child custody issues online instead of calling 9-1-1. Police Chief Eddie Garcia said the number of emergency calls has increased and online reporting will save the department the equivalent of 51,000 patrol hours.
• AI system answers nonemergency calls in Portland, Ore.
  6.20.23 – KPTV – Officials in Portland, Ore., are testing a new system that uses artificial intelligence to respond to nonemergency calls, with the goal of decreasing response times. Nearly a third of the over 1 million calls the city’s Bureau of Emergency Communications received in 2022 were taken on nonemergency or administrative lines.
• How AI-Supported Gun Detection Changed School Safety
  6.20.23 – SSI – Security integrators must address these considerations when vetting artificial intelligence (AI) technology for gun detection.

Business Tips

• The generational divide between older and younger employees
  5.8.23  – SHRM – As Erica Lasan sees it, tensions are growing between Baby Boomer and Generation Z workers — and conflicting perspectives on work are to blame. Lasan, a business consultant and career coach based in New York City, explained that many older workers were brought up to believe that employment is a privilege, with the “first one in, last one out” mantra driving their work ethic and being the key to securing their next promotion.
• Study: Construction of single-family rental homes surges
  6.5.23  – Multifamily Dive (6/5)  A RentCafe study shows construction of single-family rental homes jumped 47% year over year in 2022 and reached a record high. The total of 14,500-plus homes is more than twice the pre-pandemic pace of homebuilding, with growth spurred by pandemic-related lifestyle changes, as well as elevated interest rates and housing prices, the study shows.
• Guns, crime rise on list of top problems in US: Gallup
  The Hill – The number of Americans listing guns and crime as the top issue facing the U.S. has increased, according to a new Gallup poll. Seven percent in the poll said guns and gun control was the top issue facing America, while 6% said the same about crime and violence.
• Why Integrators Should Offer Surge Protection
  6.19.23 – Security Today – By Dave Carzoli – Picture this – you have just completed a relatively large security system installation for a new enterprise client. The cost of this new system was well into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, representing a significant investment for both you and the deploying organization. But less than a month after install, the customer calls you upset and in a panic.

Fire – Life Safety News

• Smoke alarms alert residents to afternoon fire –
  6.12.23 – Town of Ajax – One of the occupants explained they were napping with their child when they were awoken by the sound of the smoke alarms. They thought it was a false alarm from someone cooking. The alarm continued to sound, and the resident took action when they heard the other family members yelling.

Crime News

• CO: Man arrested for breaking into police department
  6.24.23 – The suspect pulled the fire alarm as he was contacted by police. A woman who resides near the Longmont Public Safety and Justice Center was awoken by the sound of breaking glass around 5:30 a.m. on June 18. When she looked out the window she saw a man trying to break into the building.
• CT: Milford medical cannabis dispensary burglarized, police say
  6.20.23 – Patch – MILFORD – Police are investigating a break-in at a local medical marijuana dispensary that occurred early Monday.
• IL: Police arrest Chicago man following Kohl’s burglary spree …
  6.22.23 – WGEM – Scott stated a warrant was issued in 2022 for Signorile for burglary and theft of over $500 from the Kohl’s location at 6100 Broadway in Quincy.
• KS: More than 40 firearms stolen from Raytown gun store Friday
  6.20.23 – The Kansas City Star – ATF and police in Leavenworth, Raytown and Kansas City, Kansas are investigating after someone stole firearms from Blue Steel Guns & Ammo.
• MI: Grand Rapids bank robbery: Police and FBI seek suspect …
  6.23.23 – WWMT – Grand Rapids, Mich. – Grand Rapids Police and FBI investigators are looking for a suspect that robbed a bank and fled the scene.
• NC: Edenton, N.C. Police: Two people wanted for trying to …
  6.25.23 – 13NEWSNOW.com – Edenton, N.C. – Police in Edenton, N.C. are looking for two people they say tried to burglarize an ATM machine early Sunday morning.
• NY: Police seek information about overnight burglary at T-Mobile …
  6.22.23 – Riverhead Local – Police seek information about overnight burglary at T-Mobile store. Riverhead Police are seeking information on an overnight burglary of the T-Mobile store on Route 58. Police said they received a commercial burglary alarm for the store at 853 Old Country Road around 2:43 a.m..
• TN: Burglars ram into beauty supply store in Snowden area
  6.22.23 – Memphis, Tenn. (WMC) – Officers arrived at Royal Bee Beauty located on Jackson Avenue in the Snowden area around 4 a.m. Police found the front door rammed by what appeared to be a truck. MPD believes a cash register, and some wigs were taken due to a trail of change and wigs leading outside the business.
• TN: Pair accused of stealing more than $100K in jewelry …
  6.22.23 – Franklin, Tenn. (WZTV) – A pair of alleged thieves are accused of stealing more than $100,000 in jewelry from a Midstate business last month. Police say the Franklin Kohl’s had been broken into just after midnight on May 29. Officers responded to a burglar alarm and found the store’s front glass shattered.
• WA: Bothell police arrest man accused of ransacking business and damaging large safe.
  6.21.23 – Bothell, Wash. – Bothell police arrested a man who allegedly ransacked a business and then damaged a large safe. Officers got a 911 call around 4 a.m. on Sunday that a loud alarm was going off.

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