Public Safety Updates

FL: Volusia alarm calls now answered faster thanks to new ASAP …
7.7.21 – News 13 – The system has already resulted in about 1200 fewer calls to VSO dispatchers.
TX: Humble institutes new fees for false alarms
7.5.21 – Patch – Dozens of false alarm calls for fire, police and emergency services have resulted in the city of Humble setting a new penalty schedule.

News

A new approach to PERS
7-9-21 – SIW – Rescu looks to untether PERS users from hardware via its app-based solution
Report: Video surveillance market proves resilient in wake of Covid-19
7-7-21 – SIW – Research firm predicts global market will grow by over 14 percent in 2021 and be worth an estimated $24.5B
Why Temperature Monitoring Is Critical in a Post-Pandemic/Herd Immunity Environment
7.9.21 -SSI – The medical consensus is that temperature scanning solutions will be used as general gateway health monitors even after COVID-19 is defeated, or at least at herd immunity levels.

Business Tips

Navigating Workplace Vaccine Requirements For Integrators
7.6.21 – CI – With vaccines rolled out, integration firms must develop their own policies around workplace vaccinations, but mandates should be avoided, HR experts say.
Leadership In A Small Business
7.7.21 – CI – Leaders should pay attention to their employees’ needs as they work around the clock to help customers overcome pandemic challenges.
Leading Integrators Say Talent Shortage Bigger Challenge Than Pandemic
7.9.21 – SSI – Installer of the Year finalists share their biggest challenges and how they are trying to address them.
How Video Analytics Implementation is Changing Smart Home Security
7.7.21 – CEPro – Video analytics technologies like facial recognition and motion detection will play a major role in the future of smart homes, so integrators should stay up-to-date on the latest in smart security.
GPS Security Group Deploys Calipsa False Alarm Reduction Platform
7.6.21- SSI – GPS Security Group, serving Western Canada, is the third Canadian central monitoring station to adopt the Cloud-

Fire & EMS

FL: Two adults, child safe after smoke alarm alerts them to house …
7.9.21 – First Coast News – A family is safe after a fire broke out in their home early Friday morning on Jacksonville’s Southside.
GA: 11-year-old alerts siblings, helps save family during …
7.9.21 – Douglas County, Ga. (CBS46) — An 11-year-old and working smoke alarms helped save several children from a house fire on the morning of July 4. … Investigators learned the fire was initially seen by the 11-year-old who in turn alerted his siblings, and then working fire alarms went off.
NC: Person dies after carbon monoxide emergency at Charlotte …
7.6.21 – Charlotte, N.C. – One person died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning during a fire at an east Charlotte apartment complex Tuesday morning, fire officials said. … Firefighters said a small fire started in the apartment due to unattended cooking. The first was already out when firefighters got to the home.

Crime News

CA: Police allege burglary suspects found on top of Chico …
7.11.21 – Enterprise Record – Chico – Chico Police Department says it has arrested three suspects after finding them on the roof of the Chico Marketplace. The arrests took …
CA: Suspects caught on camera burglarizing Campbell jewelry store
7.9.21 – (KRON) – A jewelry store in Campbell was burglarized early Friday morning and it was all caught on camera. Around 3 a.m., burglary suspects …
IA: DMPD arrest man for burglarizing businesses, homes on …
7.11.21 – KCCI – The Des Moines Police Department has arrested a man who went on a stealing spree near Merle Hay Mall Saturday night. Des Moines police said Matthew Seay tried to break into a business, several homes and even stole two cars. … Authorities arrested him near Bankers Trust after he abandoned the vehicle.
IL: Police investigating burglary at Evansville business
7.11.21 – (WFIE) – Police are investigating after a business window had been busted out in Evansville. It happened at the eastside Napa Auto Parts early …
MN: Burglary reported at Rochester dry cleaners
7.6.21 – Rochester – Post-Bulletin- The glass front door to the business was broken with a rock or piece of concrete early Saturday, July 3, 2021. A Rochester dry cleaners was broken into early Saturday and approximately $125 was taken. Rochester police received an alarm at a business just before 12:30 a.m.
MO: CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Wash Ave business broken into; thousands gone in merchandise and damage
7.10.21 – KMOV – Around 4 a.m. Saturday, the alarms of a downtown St. Louis City business started going off to a burglary caught on camera.
MS: Break-in at Natchez Powersports
7.7.21 – The Democrat – Natchez – Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a break-in at Natchez Powersports.
NE: Thieves Target Two Businesses Overnight …
7.9.21 – KLIN – Lincoln Police are investigating two overnight break-ins. Police first were …
OH: FBI arrests Toledo man for robbery of Elyria pawn shop at …
7.7.21 – News 5- Elyria – A 26-year-old Toledo man has been arrested by federal authorities for robbing an Elyria pawn shop at gunpoint last month.
OH: Robbery suspect makes bomb threat at Centerville bank
7.9.21 – Centerville, Ohio (WKEF) – Police are looking for a robbery suspect who reportedly threatened the bank with a bomb. Centerville Police …
OR: Medford police fatally shoot man while responding to alarm …
7.7.21 – Medford, Ore. (AP) – Police in Medford shot and killed a man Wednesday while responding to an alarm at a local business. The man was …
PA: Cambria County man charged for burglary of tobacco store
7.7.21 – WTAJ – According to charges filed, Matthew Greene, 35, of Twin Rocks, broke into Smokers Square on July 4. Police responded to a burglar alarm that went off early in the morning according to police. At the scene they saw that the front door and a side window were smashed in.
SK: Saskatoon officer injured in fight with suspect who pulled a fire …
7.5.21 – Saskatoon / 650 CKOM – Saskatoon officer injured in fight with suspect who pulled a fire alarm. A Saskatoon police officer is recovering from an injury after a false alarm call turned violent. … The 37-year-old man is expected to appear in court today charged with assaulting a police officer, mischief and weapons offences.
TX: Amarillo police arrest man after investigating burglaries in …
7.6.21 – News Channel 10 – Amarillo, Texas (KFDA) – Amarillo police arrested one man after an investigation into burglaries that happened in …
WA: Police: Man subdued with Taser after he broke into Bremerton Building
7.6.21 – Bremerton – Police used a Taser to subdue a man who officers said was involved in a hit-and-run crash and later a break-in at a building on Auto Center Way on Sunday.

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