Public Safety Updates

• SoMa Business Owner Outraged Over Thousands In “False Alarm” Fees Charged By City
  8.16.24 – Patch – San Francisco, CA – He showed a neighboring business owner evidence of one of multiple break-in attempts he’s had to deal with recently.

Featured Articles

• Enhancing Monitoring Center Customer Support Through Conversational AI
  8.13.24 – SSI- Peter Giacalone – The adoption of conversational AI on a worldwide basis to serve customers on all levels is on a great growth trajectory.
• Retail Technology’s Rapid Evolution
  8.19.24 – SIW –John Dobberstein – A dramatic rise in organized retail crime and shoplifting has led to increased demand for solutions from retailers of all sizes
• K-12 School Districts Across the Country Upgrade Security Systems for New Year
  8.13.24 – SSI- Robin Hattersley-Gray – Here’s a roundup of just some of the school security upgrades that have been or will soon be implemented on some U.S. K-12 campuses.

Business

• Study Up to Give Your Business an Advantage
  8.15.24 – SSI – Ron Davis – The latest Big Idea from Ron Davis’ longtime friend and birthday buddy focuses on learning as much as you
• Insights on OSHA’s First-Ever Heat Standard
  8.16.24 – EC&M – The federal government remains intent on turning up the heat on employers to keep workers safe in the heat — whether they’ll prevail remains an open question. OSHA has issued a proposed rule that amounts to a first-ever enforceable national standard for protecting workers from extreme heat.
• What can the US learn from the CrowdStrike fiasco?
  8.8.24 – Cybersecurity Dive -The massive IT outage in July caused by a CrowdStrike update was extremely disruptive, yet held significant lessons for what utilities and other entities throughout the US could face from a China-based attacker, says Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
• Expanding Your School Security Offering by Integrating Advanced Bus Safety Technology
  8.12.24 – SSI – Martin Staples -Schools have significantly improved security within their buildings. No
• Tech Trends: Bringing Interoperability to Readers
  8.19.24 – SIW – Jon Polly – As uses for credential readers evolve at a breakneck pace, Elatec’c technology is powering them under the hood

Life Safety

• Dallas Love Field temporarily evacuated after fire alarm
  8.17.24 – Yahoo – Dallas – Officials at Dallas Love Field Airport are investigating what caused a fire alarm to go off at the airport on Saturday morning.

Crime

• CA: Burglars drive car into Los Angeles smoke shop but …
  8.13.24 -KTLA – A group of would-be burglars drove a car into a smoke shop in the Arleta neighborhood of Los Angeles only to find the owner and an employee still inside the store. The incident was recorded early Tuesday morning by surveillance cameras at CoCo ToBaCCo on Osborne Street and shared with KTLA.
• CO: Caught on camera: Burglar breaks into Arvada home
  8.14.24 – Arvada, Colo. (KDVR)- Fox 31 – The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an Arvada home burglary, where the burglar got off with over a thousand dollars in cash — and the victim says this is not his first go-around.
• MS: Burglar who left apology letter arrested in Lowndes County
  8.13.24 – WTVA – The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office said a burglar broke into several storage units and stole renters’ personal belongings.  Authorities said he apparently felt bad about what he did and left an apology letter. 
• MS: Renter sees burglar on security camera, police make arrest
  8.12.24 – (WCBI) – An apartment renter sees a burglar on their security camera and leads police to an arrest. Darryl King, 28, Oxford, is charged with burglary. Oxford police got the call last week. The person told officers they could see a man on their security camera footage inside the Anderson Road apartment.
• VA: Burglary at Trump campaign Virginia headquarters caught on surveillance camera under investigation
  8.12.24 – Fox News – County police are investigating a burglary at the Trump for President 2024 campaign office in Virginia on Sunday.
• WA: Pasco burglary suspect arrested, was found hiding in garage attic
  5.14.24 – Thomas Metcalf, NonStop Local Digital Journalist – After being identified, PPD officers responded to Orozco-Miranda’s home on Aug. 12. Officers did not initially find him, but obtained a search warrant and heard yelling coming from a vent at the top of the garage where he was hiding.

NESA is a federation of state associations established to serve and promote the electronic systems industry at the direction of, and through its affiliated state associations. Seven state associations are part of NESA – Arkansas Security Alarm Association (ASAA), Kansas Electronic Security Association (KESA), Louisiana Life Safety & Security Association (LLSSA), Maryland Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (MDBFAA), Oklahoma Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (OKBFAA) and Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (TBFAA). For more info visit www.nesaus.org.