Public Safety Updates
- CA: Menifee City Council in heated debate on proposed …
7.16.21 — Valley News – A very heated discussion on the rise of non-emergency burglar alarms and mandatory burglar alarm registration in the July 7 Menifee City . - MA: Brookline Police Respond To Multiple False Alarms
7.13.21 – Patch – The department said it would rather get calls that turn out to be nothing than respond in the aftermath of a disaster.
News
- Florida Surveillance Techs Charged With Video Voyeurism
7.14.21 – SSI – The two men were arrested for viewing live and archived video of a man and woman in various stages of undress. - Ring Devices Just Got Much Harder to Hack
7.15.21 – CEPro – Ring adds video end-to-end encryption for extra layer of security. Videos can now only be viewed on enrolled mobile devices. - Modern Trends in Building Automation
7.16.21 – SSI – Coming out of the pandemic and facing increased work-from-home scenarios, smart building owners are creating strategies to increase space utilization.
Business Tips
- Buy-Sell Agreements: Beware Those Who Purport ‘This Is Industry Standard’
7.14.21 – SSI – Most provisions in buy-sell agreements are negotiable. While some terms are more common than others that doesn’t mean they fit every deal. - Why Communication With Customers Is Important Amid Supply Chain Issues
7.13.21 – CI – Communicating with customers as you deal with global supply chain issues will help your integration firm in the long rung. - What Are Employees Biggest Concerns About Returning to the Office?
7.15.21 – CI: Qualtrics conducted a study of adult employees across the U.S. that found attire, office conditions, and various others as top concerns. - Pandemic Steers Vector Security to New Solutions
7.16.21 – SSI – COVID best practices, managed services, and working smarter and more efficiently by utilizing technology all contributed to Vector being named an SSI 2021 Installer of the Year runner-up. - Study: Security leaders expect to see an increase in physical threats in wake of pandemic
7.16.21 – SIW – Physical, IT security professionals discuss the challenges facing their organizations as businesses prepare to reopen
Crime News
- AZ: Video: Man who shot at Phoenix police thought they broke into …
7.15.21 – Azcentral.com – Moments after the shooting outside Ernest Kaufmann’s home that left him injured, he could be heard telling the officers who had been trying to … - CA: Chico business owner looks to fight back against thieves
7.13.21 – KRCR – Bob Tolar owns North State Audio Visual located in a remote north Chico industrial park with very little traffic. - CA: Tiburon police investigate burglary spree –
7.14.21 – Ark Newspaper – Tiburon police have arrested a man allegedly connected to one home burglary and are urging residents to stay vigilant as the department … - CO: 2 juveniles face second-degree burglary charges after break …
7.13.21 – Greeley Tribune – At 1:32 a.m., Greeley police officers responded to a burglary alarm at the Bella Romero Academy K-3 Campus. Officers observed the school had … - CT: Man Caught Burglarizing Home In Hamden: Police
7.12.21 – Patch – Man Caught Burglarizing Home In Hamden: Police – Hamden, CT – The burglar alarm was activated around 2 a.m., according to police. - IL: Burglar Tried To Pry Open Door To Home In Downers Grove …
7.13.21 – Patch – Police say the burglary attempt triggered the home’s security alarm while the homeowner was at church. Lisa Marie Farver’s profile picture. - MA: Norfolk police searching for a man accused of having sex with …
7.17.21- Boston Herald – The man then assaulted the horse, according to Swarr, and she was notified via a surveillance alarm system, which captured the act, despite the … - MO: Wash Ave business broken into; thousands gone … –
7.12.21 – KMOV – Saturday, the alarms of a downtown St. Louis City business started going off to a burglary caught on camera. Emad Haroun owns iWorld, a technology store … - NE: Burglars pull off another break-in at Lincoln smoke shop …
7.14.21 – Journal Star – Lincoln police responded to an alarm at Cloud 9 Smoke Shop near 50th Street and Old Cheney Road, where officers found a shattered window, … - NJ: Arrest Made in Back-to-Back Pharmacy Robberies in Wayne …
7.16.21 – Tap Into Wayne – Wayne, NJ – After a month-long investigation into back-to-back overnight robberies at the Plains Pharmacy in the Valley Ridge Shopping … - NV: Dental-office worker in Nevada accused of stealing $22K …
7.15.21 – NEXSTAR – Sheriff’s detectives arrested a dental office employee who they say burglarized a Nevada dental office and later admitted to extracting 13 teeth from a single patient, despite not having a license for the procedure. … She was also arrested on one gross misdemeanor count of conspiracy to commit burglary. - OH: Man beats woman outside gas station; two arrested after …
7.17.21 – Cleveland.com – Man beats woman outside gas station; two arrested after breaking into store: Brook Park Police Blotter… - OH: Southern Ohio Man Arrested for Breaking into Dollar General …
The Scioto Post – Southern Ohio Man Arrested for Breaking into Dollar General Stealing Hundreds in Merchandise … Scioto County – A man was caught red-handed … - VT: Morning burglary targets The Wine Vault
7.15.21 – Waterbury Roundabout – On Wednesday morning just around dawn, the burglar alarm at The Wine Vault in downtown Waterbury went off, alerting police to an intruder in …
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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
- 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 – Kelly Ryan
- Associate Director – Brian Villari
- False Alarm Reduction Association Director – Alberto Hook
- Executive Director – Brad Shipp
- 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 – Vacant
- False Alarm Reduction Association Alternate – Kerri McDonald