Industry News

• US Court of Appeals upholds Sandy Springs’ alarm ordinance …
  7.20.21 – Northside Neighbor – The city of Sandy Springs has won the latest battle in an ongoing legal war between it and a trade organization regarding its amended alarm …

State & National News

• Regional Accents Affect Voice Control Experience
  7.23.20 – CEPro – A story from the website Gear Hungry states that St. Louis residents have the most understandable accent for voice control platforms, while Maine residents have the least understandable accent.
• Builder Confidence Survey Rises to Pre-Pandemic Levels
  7.20.20 – SSI – NAHB/Wells Fargo index is derived from a monthly survey of builders that gauges sales expectations and traffic of prospective buyers.

Business Tips

• COVID-19 Becomes Chief Challenge Among Industry’s ‘Best’ Companies
  7.24.20 – SSI – 2020 “Best of the Best” winners address critical challenges brought upon the security industry by COVID-19 and how they are dealing with them.
• Improving Your Audiovisual Company’s Culture: Actionable Steps to Take Right Now
  7.22.20 – CI – It’s about time you put thought into your audiovisual company culture: are your employees your customers too? Do you make a discipline out of recognition?
• Marketing Tips for Security Dealers: Search Engine Optimization
  7.22.20 – SSI – Here’s how installing security contractors can easily make the most of low-cost marketing tactics like SEO so your customers find you with ease.
• 5 Questions Integrators Should Be Asking About Indoor Air Quality
  7.23.20 – CEPro – Many companies are hard at work creating safe and effective IAQ products, but how should integrators approach the category? Panasonic offers some advice
• Magnetic Installation Tools You Won’t Want to Get Caught Without
  7.21.20 – SSI – Tech expert Bob Dolph drills down on alarm contacts as well as other magnet-related applications that can improve integrators’ lives.
• Top Tech Tips for Security Locks & Door Hardware Installs
  7.20.20 – SDM – If there is one good thing that has come out of this forced “down time” due to the coronavirus, it has been the opportunity to spend some time learning new …

Fire & EMS News

• MD: Smoke Alarms Save Occupant and Dog After Structure Fire in …
  7.21.20 – smnewsnet.com – Crews arrived on the scene to find fire showing from a 2-story residence. The owner/occupant is identified as Gerald Eades.

Crime News

• AL: Alabama police officer surprised by alarm thumper
  7.19.20 – News Break.com – SPRINGVILLE, Ala. – Springville Police Department Sgt. Brian Williams hopped on an alarm call June 27 only to be surprised by what tripped the alarm – a …
• CA: Employee finds juveniles breaking into classrooms at Morgan …
  7.22.20 — Victorville, Calif. (VVNG.com) — On Sunday, July 19th, at about 5:00 PM an employee of the school responded to the campus after an alarm was triggered.
• MA: Northampton Police arrest suspect who broke into Urban …
  7.24.20 – WWLP – A man was arrested after police responded to the Urban Outfitters on Main Street in Northampton for an alarm sounding Wednesday evening.
• MI: Police investigating auto dealership break-in in Wyoming …
  7.26.20- Wyoming, Mich. (WOOD) — The City of Wyoming Police Department is investigating a break-in at a car dealership. It happened just before 6 …
• OH: Flying bat triggers house alarm: Olmsted Falls Police Blotter …
  7.23.20 -Cleveland.com – The dispatcher spoke with the homeowner, who said a bat in the basement set off the alarm.
• OH: Middletown police still searching for suspect in gas station …
  7.24.20 -Journal News – Middletown police are still searching for a man who allegedly robbed a gas station on Sunday. Police responded to the Crown East gas station, 
• PA: Burglar fires handgun to get into pharmacy and then again to …
  7.22.20 – lehighvalleylive.com– A 37-year-old former employee used a 9mm handgun late Tuesday night to blast his way into a closed pharmacy in Bethlehem and again to get at some drugs in a cabinet, but set off a burglar alarm and was arrested soon after as he drove away,

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