Public Safety Updates
- IL: Landlord Shocked To Find He Was Charged For Police Responses To …
7.11.19 – CBS Chicago- Accidentally setting off your home alarms seems like no big deal, but it could cost thousands of dollars like it did for one landlord in Matteson … - OH: False alarms take up valuable police time
7.14.19 – Record-Courier- If you have a security system in your home, you’ve likely set it off accidentally at least once … maybe even multiple times. If so, you’re not alone. False alarms … - TX: Confusion Costs Fort Worth Couple Thousands Of Dollars In False …
7.12.19 – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth- (CBSDFW.COM) – Confusion cost a Fort Worth couple thousands of dollars in false alarm fees, but the Ones For Justice found it wasn’t entirely …
Industry News
- SIA releases ANSI-approved false alarm reduction standard
7.9.19 – SecurityInfoWatch- The Security Industry Association (SIA) on Monday announced that it has released a new standard aimed at reducing false alarms. Approved by the American … - New technology arrives to the security industry
6.28.18 – SSN – Santa Ana, Calif.—Modern society owes quite a bit of gratitude to the Ancient Greeks, whose inventions and discoveries are still used today — the alarm clock, automatic doors, Olympics, modern philosophy and more. - CEDIA Expo 2019: 5 Wellness Companies You Never Heard of
7.10.19 – CEPro – New wellness-related categories are entering the smart-home channel via CEDIA Expo, showcasing IAQ, water purification, hydrotherapy, HVAC zoning and more. - Office Envy: Alarm.com’s Tysons HQ Puts Employee Comfort at a …
7.12.19 – American Inno- The security tech industry isn’t known for being flashy, but don’t tell that to the 570 employees at Tysons-based Alarm.com. The company’s headquarters takes …
State & National News
- Which states are the safest?
7.4.19 – The New York Times – A new study examines crime, accident rates, natural disasters and financial risks in each of the 50 U.S. states. - 5-Year Study of Verified Alarms in New England Shows Fire Is Biggest Threat to Properties
7.8.19 – SSI – The study was completed by American Alarm and Communications by analyzing data collected at the company’s monitoring center from 2014 to 2018. - 180000 smoke alarms recalled because they may not work
7.11.19 – KIRO Seattle- The recall, issued Wednesday, is specifically for 10-year battery-operated ionization smoke and fire alarms with model numbers MI3050S and MI3050SB and … - Bipartisan Bill Proposed In Congress Would Take Alyssa’s Law …
7.11.19 – CBS Miami- In that state, Alyssa’s Law requires each school to have a silent panic alarm allowing a teacher, school employee or administrator to be able to have a direct line … - Federal Agencies Scramble to Comply With Chinese Security Camera Ban
7.11.19 – SSI – Congress imposed the ban last year, but as the Aug. 13 deadline nears it appears all too obvious that thousands of the devices will remain in place
Business Tips
- 3 Reasons for Failure and 4 Lessons You Can Learn From It
7.9.19 – SSI – Don’t be afraid to fail — and learn from your failures. Doing so can instill attributes like grit and risk-taking. - Eight Best Practices to Selling in Today’s Environment
7.2.19 – LL – About two years ago, I bumped into an old friend, Jeff, at an Orlando Magic basketball game. We met in the… - Parks Associates: Consumers Have Major Concerns About Smart Home Privacy and Safety
7.9.19 – A study from Park Associates says that consumers are overwhelmingly concerned about smart home security and privacy - For Networking Geeks Only: Why Router-on-a-Stick is Good
7.11.19 – CEPro – Router-on-a-stick (inter-VLAN) routing scheme can be very beneficial for security and network troubleshooting, so why do so many home-tech integrators categorically dismiss it for standard Layer 3 switches? - The Pros and Cons of Facial Recognition Technology in AV
7.10.19 – CI – Certainly, there are places and reasons why facial recognition can help but do we really need it in sports arenas, donut shops and even shopping malls?
Fire & EMS News
- FL: Father who was inside gym with family when blast rocked Plantation …
7.8.19 – WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale- “Water started spraying everywhere, the fire alarm started going off. I immediately started running towards my wife, and then it dawned on me, my kids are at the … - GA: Fire alarm follows burglar alarm at Hwy. 92 South store
7.9.19 – The Citizen.com- Fayette County Deputy Fire Chief Tom Bartlett said a burglar alarm at the Flint River Store report came in at approximately 4 a.m., followed … - IL: Ice Theft Leads To Culprit In Case Of False Fire Alarm: Blotter
7.10.19 – Patch.com – Armstead was also charged with making a fire false alarm after he was identified in surveillance camera footage as the person who illegally triggered a fire alarm … - KS: Records for July 10, 2019
7.10.19 – Manhattan Mercury- June 30, 1:37 a.m., alarm system sounded due to malfunction. No property or content loss. July … - KS: Topeka Target evacuates over fire false alarm
7.12.19 – KSNT News- Topeka Target evacuates over fire false alarm. - MN: Firefighters respond to burned food at orthopedics clinic
7.12.19 – Brainerd Dispatch- … to Essentia Health-St. Joseph’s-Northern Orthopedics Clinic for a fire alarm that was determined to be caused by burned food. - NY: Firefighters investigating what caused a fire inside shop in Greece.
7.13.19 – 13WHAM-TV- Greece N.Y. – A burglary alarm, lead a Greece business owner to a fire at his shop Saturday. Firefighters say the owner of all natural wood called 911, … - PA: Greensburg man accused of setting fire in woman’s apartment
7.11.19 – TribLIVE- According to court documents, Rosenberry said that after the fire alarm went off, he saw Hill in the kitchen “on the phone and frantic,” but did not know if she … - TX: Spring Woman Found Dead After House Fire
7.12.19 – Patch.com- … her home by Spring Firefighters who were called to the home by a Harris County Pct. 4 deputy constable who was responding to a burglar alarm, officials said. - VA: Elderly Woman Dies in Alexandria Apartment Fire
7.8.19 – NBC4 Washington- … just before 5:30 a.m. The dispatcher told the person to pull the fire alarm so everyone inside would leave the building, the Alexandria Fire Department said. - WA: Kennewick man injured while escaping house fire
7.13.19 – YakTriNews KAPP-KVEW- Firefighters say the man woke up to the smoke detector activation alarm and had to break his bedroom window to escape the rapid-moving fire. The 30-year-old … - WI: Oswego Restaurant Suffers Extensive Damage in Grease Fire
7.12.19 – WspyNews – Oswego Fire Protection District officials say fire units were dispatched around 4:25 p.m. to the McDonalds for a fire alarm and …
Crime News
- CA: Breakin’ the law: ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ bandits sought in Los Gatos …
7.10.19 – The Mercury News- Ben Abeln, the general manager, said his alarm company called him at 2:30 a.m. to report motion inside the specialty grocery store. - CO: Grand County police blotter June 27-July 5: Police respond to alarms …
7.11.19 – Sky Hi News- June 27. 3:31 p.m. Police responded to a report of a hit-and-run in Winter Park. 7:04 p.m. The holdup alarm at a Winter Park bank went off. Six minutes later … - FL: A burglar alarm went off in the church. The pastor then went inside …
7.12.19 – Miami Herald- … 49, used a brick to break a window and enter the Seminole Heights Baptist Church around 1 a.m. Thursday, setting off the alarm. When Pastor Clifton “Brent” … - FL: Burglars steal $1.5 million worth of jewelry from South Miami home
7.12.19 – WPLG Local 10- … down the power to the home on July 2 in preparation for the burglary. This disabled the home’s alarm. - FL: Grand County police blotter June 27-July 5: Police respond to alarms …
7.12.19 – Sky Hi News- June 27. 3:31 p.m. Police responded to a report of a hit-and-run in Winter Park. 7:04 p.m. The holdup alarm at a Winter Park bank went off. Six minutes later … - FL: Pastor holds church burglary suspect at gunpoint until Tampa police …
7.11.19 – Tampa Bay Times- Pastor Brant Adams, 40, responded to a security alarm ringing at the … - FL: Winter Harbor Police Log Week of July 11
7.11.19 – The Ellsworth American- An officer responded to a report of an alarm at the Schoodic Woods Campground. An Acadia National Park employee had noticed that the doors to the building … - IL: Two juveniles arrested for stealing AR-15s
7.10.19 – Aledo Times Record- The juveniles triggered an alarm, and attempted to rob the rifles from the gun … Officers responded to the alarm within minutes, but had difficulty finding the point … - IN: Bloomington police: suspect steals multiple machetes, pepper spray …
7.9.19 – Fox 59- “We have done everything from cameras to alarm systems,” he said. “Unfortunately, none of it seems to do a whole lot of good.” He does plan to beef up security … - KY: Seven Owensboro businesses broken into over last few weeks
7.9.19 – 14 News WFIE Evansville- “We’re looking at an actual alarm system that will immediately contact law … “But with the alarm system, they knew right at the time it happened and then the … - MA: Concord police log, June 22-29
7.9.19 – Wicked Local- 3:14 a.m.: A caller reported an alarm sounding roughly every hour. Police confirmed it to be coming from CVS Pharmacy due to an alarm … - MA: Littleton Police Reports: June 27-July 4
7.12.19 – Wicked Local- 2:01 p.m.: A fire alarm was reported. … 7:54 p.m.: An activated burglar alarm was reported at Shaker Lane School. - MA: Police Log: 7-10-19
7.10.19 – Daily Item- Report of a burglar alarm at Lynnfield Middle School on Monday at 10:12 p.m. Officer reports building appears secure. Fire alarm reported at 525 … - MA: Police: Man caught on camera stealing TV, projectors from Worcester …
7.9.19 – Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News- Officers responding to a commercial alarm at the Worcester Alternative School at 5:35 a.m. found a man pushing a cart with a big-screen TV .. - MA: Saugus Police log July 5
7.11.19 – Wicked Local- At 1:18 p.m. an alarm company reported a burglar alarm at Saugus High School. Officers reported a male was inside the building. The assistant principal arrived … - MA: Worcester Man Broke Into School, Stole TV And Projectors: Police
7.9.19 – Patch.com- Worcester police got a call on Saturday about the alarms in the Waverly School going off. When police got to the school, they found the man, identified as Alexis … - ME: Transient gets seven years for Lewiston bank robbery
7.12.19 – Biddeford Journal Tribune- Tellers triggered a bank alarm and locked the exterior doors, she said. Prosecutors said Tilton has a lengthy criminal record and had recently been released … - MI: Firearms stolen from Holland Township gun shop early Sunday
7.14.19 – Fox17- At 4:55 a.m. Sunday, the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office responded to a burglary alarm at Lon Range Archery & Firearms … - MN: Authorities: About 2 dozen guns stolen from Michigan shop
7.11.19 – WXYZ- An alarm alerted sheriff’s deputies to the break-in. The suspects fled in a white SUV that also was recorded on video . Anyone with information on the break-in is … - MN: Lonsdale Police report June 30 – July 6
7.11.19 – Southernminn.com- June 30. • Responded to an alarm at Mackenthun’s. … Assisted the Rice County Sheriff’s Dept. with a residential alarm … - MO: Police Blotter for July 10
7.11.19 – Chillicothe Constitution Tribune- Accidental alarm activation by employee. 11:22 p.m., Resident having issues with the juvenile child. The subject was talked … - MT: Video Extra: Billings officers and firefighters rescue baby ducks
7.8.19 – KTVQ Billings News- Billings – After a long day of Fourth of July calls this past week, officers with the Billings Police Department were responding to an alarm at Costco when they … - NC: Man arrested in string of convenience store robberies in Hickory
7.10.19 – FOX 46 Charlotte- Hickory, N.C. – A man has been arrested in connection to multiple convenience store attempted robberies in Hickory. Alan Lamonte … - NL: Front window smashed at St. John’s Shoppers Drug Mart
7.8.19 – CBC.ca- Police responded to an alarm at the store shortly before 5 a.m. Sunday, said Const. James Cadigan of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary. “It was certainly a … - OH: Man robs Brooklyn Heights bank, quickly apprehended by police
7.13.19 – Cleveland 19 News- According to police, a male suspect did not use a weapon in the robbery. Police said a 3SI GPS tracking alarm helped lead them to the suspect. Nothing further … - OH: Neighbor hits car with branch, leaves fire unattended: Olmsted Falls …
7.8.19 – cleveland.com- Alarm: Responding to a triggered alarm shortly after 2 a.m. June 29 police confronted two individuals. One was cited for marijuana possession. - OH: Regional news briefs: July 9, 2019
7.9.19 – Akron Beacon Journal- Police responded to an alarm at Dollar General around 2 a.m. Saturday and found the front door glass was broken. Officers found a man at … - OH: Suspect in custody shortly after bank robbery in Cleveland Saturday …
7.13.19 – News 5 Cleveland- Cleveland police took a man into custody shortly after a bank was robbed Saturday morning. According to … - OH: Teen arrested in west Columbus restaurant robbery, two on the run
7.8.19 – 10TV- One of the suspects behind the counter set off the security alarm while he went looking for the store safe. Police arrived to see three suspects running from the … - OK: Caught On Camera: Bethany Police Searching For Home Burglary …
7.10.19 – news9.com KWTV- … were already up after they were stirred awake by their “Ring” security alarm. … which goes to your phone that sends an alarm that someone is there,” said Lt. - OR: Bike Shop Burglary: 1 suspect caught, 1 suspect at large
7.11.19 – KTVL- The alarm in the shop was triggered at 4:21 a.m. The suspects were gone by the time authorities had arrived, but video surveillance showed two people … - OR: Man accused of stealing cash register till from Lebanon cafe
7.9.19 – KEZI TV- Police said they learned an alarm had activated at the cafe just before 3:30 a.m. Officers found the front door open. A Linn County … - TX: Police: 12 pounds of cocaine found during traffic stop in central El Paso
7.9.19 – cbs4local.com- … to have known each other. Police said Bonner was in Winston-Salem installing alarm systems, and had worked previously in High Point and in Louisiana. - TX: Three juveniles may face charges after alleged break-in
7.11.19 – Richland Source- Richland County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at 1:44 a.m. due to an alarm at the business and also a caller, who said he observed … - TX: Woman Injured in Gas Station Robbery in Sunnyvale
7.11.19 – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth- The clerk arrived at 4:30 a.m., entered through the employee door and turned off the alarm. An unidentified man then followed the employee inside, struck her … - VA: Nearly 12000 scratchers, 170 cartons of cigarettes stolen from Virginia …
7.9.19 – wtvr.com- A deputy responded to a business alarm at the convenience store at approximately 4:35 a.m. Upon arrival, deputies and a K9 unit swept the building and … - WI: Milwaukee men, woman charged after allegedly kidnapping Racine …
7.12.19 – WDJT- The men ordered her to disable the alarm at gun point before they began emptying teller drawers into bank bags. After allegedly emptying five drawers, they fled …
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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
- Oklahoma Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Director – Steven Brekel
- Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Director – Kelly Ryan
- Associate Director – Brian Villari
- Executive Director – Brad Shipp
- Maryland Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Alternate – Brian Shrake
- Oklahoma Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Alternate – Danna Fowble
- Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Alternate – Rex Adams