Door to Door Sales

• City says man going door-to-door claiming to be salesman wanted for …
  8.21.18 – Alabama’s News Leader – In a Facebook post, the city of Adamsville says Gregory George Nevels is claiming to sell Kirby Vacuums or alarm systems in Adamsville and Graysville …
• Suspicious Activities Connected to Legitimate Security Business
  8.22.18 – CKPGToday.ca – All five incidents involved people knocking on doors, posing as an employee of a security alarm company and wanting to enter the home. Last Monday evening …

Public Safety Updates

• AB: If the alarm rings: RCMP may not answer
  8.24.18 – Edson Leader – New Alberta RCMP policy says if a security alarm is only triggered once, they won’t … According to a press release, the RCMP say most alarms that are only …
• TN: Higher fines lead to fewer false alarm calls
  8.24.18 – WMC Action News 5 – City of Memphis said a crackdown on false alarms is keeping more police on the streets instead of checking out bogus calls.

Industry News

• Co-Founder Julie Jacobson: CE Pro is Psyched to be Acquired by Emerald Expositions
  8.21.18 – CEPro – Emerald Expositions (EEX) has acquired leading smart-home brand CE Pro and other “connected” brands within EH Media. EH co-founder Julie Jacobson and the team is pumped.
• 5 emerging capabilities your EMNS should have
  8.16.18 – SIW – Extending beyond basic alerting and features is crucial for an organization to be prepared for unexpected events
• Brinks Home Security Promo Aims for Laughs Over Scares
  8.20.18 – SSI – Brinks’ silly new video aims to attract new customers by displaying its trustworthiness — instead of relying on scare tactics.
• Alarm industry continues its fight against NFPA 72 changes
  8.22.18 – SecurityInfoWatch – Last week, members of the alarm industry personally appeared before the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) Standards Council as part of a last ditch …
• Diversification in a Maturing Market: Why Add These Services to Your …
  8.22.18 – Security Sales & Integration – When a local market matures, it often results in less and less business for security companies that specialize in alarm system sales, installation and service.
• ADT adds another commercial integrator
  8.22.18 – SSN – Boca Raton, Fla. – ADT recently announced the completed acquisition of Access Systems Integration, a regional systems integrator based in Eatontown, N.J.

State & National News

• Why 32,000 Smart Homes Are at High Risk of Being Hacked
  8.20.18 – SSI – Internet anti-virus firm Avast found that cyber criminals can abuse insecure MQTT servers to easily hack smart homes, and provides five reasons why.
• 22 states ask U.S. appeals court to reinstate ‘net neutrality’ rules
  8.20.18 – Reuters – A group of 22 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia late Monday asked a U.S. appeals court to reinstate the Obama administration’s 2015 landmark net neutrality rules and reject the Trump administration’s efforts to preempt states from imposing their own rules guaranteeing an open internet. NCSL LegisBrief on net neutrality.
• Home Security Systems That Are Fast, Easy and Totally Not Creepy
  8.26.18 – Wall Street Journal – Alphabet Inc.’s Nest Secure, the Amazon.com Inc. -owned Ring Alarm, Samsung Electronics ‘s SmartThings ADT Home Security Starter Kit, and Simplisafe Inc.’s …

Business Tips

• This 1 Thing Can Lead to a Ton Of New Security Sales
  8.1.18 – SDM – Think about how things are in your local market. Most of you all sell the same equipment. Most of you install the equipment in the same way, monitor it in the same way, and sell it for about the same prices and terms. So, how can the guy who needs a system for his new home and family distinguish you and your company from the other guy? Most likely it won’t be through technology. You hope it won’t be on price. Read More
• New Report Reveals Money-Making Opportunities, Cost-Saving Ideas for Security Pros
  8.20.18 – The 2018 SSI Operations & Opportunities Report reveals methods to fostering more operational effectiveness, identifies top challenges and much more.
• 4 Tips for Creating Powerful Employee Referral Programs
  8.23.18 – CEPro – Be selective about which positions you offer incentives, and give valuable items (like cash) to your employees for referring successful new hires.
• Friend or Foe: Should Alarm Industry Fear Giants Like Amazon & Google?
  8.22.18 – SSI- While the large tech leaders may seem like a threat, several experts believe they’ll make the electronic security industry better and stronger.
• Why You Should Go ‘Above and Beyond’ to Differentiate With Service
  8.22.18 – SSI – Jennifer Doctor, senior director of product management for Tyco Security Solutions at JCI says, “Personal service means more than sending a bill or responding when an event happens.”

Fire & EMS News

• CO: Emergency crews respond to fire alarm, then suicide threat
  8.24.18 – The Journal – Two incidents kept local emergency crews busy on Friday. About 10 a.m., a fire alarm triggered an evacuation at Cortez-Montezuma High School. More than 600 …
• FL: ADT alarm, Estero Fire Rescue save family from carbon monoxide …
  8.24.18 – WZVN-TV – ADT alarm, Estero Fire Rescue save family from carbon monoxide poisoning … It was an alarm and a phone call in the middle of the night that saved the lives of …
• IN: Burnt Clothes Sets Off Alarm At Bloomington Apartment
  8.20.18 – WBIW.com – When firefighters and police arrived at Country View Apartments at 11:55 p.m. residents told them they heard the smoke alarm sounding and began checking for …
• MA: Cohasset police log, Aug. 13-19
  8.25.18 – Wicked Local – 11:08 p.m.: A caller reported a fire alarm going off at their residence and a burning smell. The caller was advised to evacuate. Fire personnel …
• MA: Marion police log: Aug. 12-18
  8.25.18 – Wicked Local – 6:17 p.m.: A fire alarm was reported on Water Street. Tuesday, Aug. 14. 12:54 a.m.: A suspicious motor vehicle was reported at Blue Hair Salon …
• MA: Marion police log: Aug. 12-18
  8.26.18 – Wicked Local – 6:17 p.m.: A fire alarm was reported  …
• MA: Millbury fire log
  8.20.18 – Millbury-Sutton Chronicle – The Fire Department was toned out at 7:43 p.m. for residential smoke alarms sounding. The home owner reporting no smoke or fire.
• MA: Police/Fire: Autistic teen found after beach closure
  8.24.18 – Gloucester Daily Times – 12:27 p.m.: A caller reported a smoke alarm sounding and the smell of smoke in the neighborhood on Fernald Street led police and firefighters to a house with a …
• MA: Rochester Police Log: Aug. 12-19
  8.26.18 – Wicked Local – 6:41 a.m.: A fire alarm was reported at a business …
• NJ: Wayne bagel shop sustains damage from fire
  8.20.18 – NorthJersey.com – Firefighters originally responded to an alarm that was pulled at the Planet Fitness located in a strip mall at 8:11 p.m., Wayne Fire …
• NV: Mesquite Fire and Rescue 24 hour call record Aug. 23, 2018
  8.25.18 – Mesquite Local News – 8/23/2018 1:15:03PM Fire Alarm Rescue 31, Truck 31, and Battalion 3 were dispatched to report of a fire alarm. Dispatch advised it was a false alarm and all …
• NY: Tonawanda police called to overcrowded birthday party at Legion Post
  8.20.18 – Buffalo News – As the hall was being cleared, someone pulled a fire alarm, and the crowd poured out on to nearby side streets, according to police …
• OK: Tulsa Hotel Evacuated in Overnight Fire Alarm
  8.23.18 – Public Radio Tulsa – A third alarm is turned in at the Warren Place Double-Tree Hotel is south Tulsa. The multi-story hotel was evacuated around 4:30 this morning when smoke filled …
• TN: Smoke alarm alerts Oak Ridge man to house fire
  8.24.18 – Oak Ridger – An Oak Ridge resident woke up to the sound of his smoke alarm early Thursday morning and allowed him time to escape a fire at his house, which was …
• TN: Smoke alarm alerts Oak Ridge man to house fire
  8.25.18 – Columbia Daily Herald – An Oak Ridge resident woke up to the sound of his smoke alarm early Thursday morning and allowed him time to escape a fire at his house, which was …
• VA: Lightning strike sparks fire that rips through Chesapeake home
  8.20.18 – 13newsnow.com WVEC – Then, moments later, the fire alarm went off and the house filled with smoke. All the occupants escaped the home safely, including the pets. They were displaced …

Crime News

• AZ: Phoenix police: Woman hit by burglary suspect in stolen U-haul truck …
  8.22.18 – AZCentral.com – Officers were responding to a burglary alarm call at a mobile phone store at about 2:30 a.m. when they encountered the suspect fleeing the scene in a stolen …
• AZ: Police: Pedestrian Dies After Being Struck by Stolen Truck
  8.22.18 – U.S. News & World Report – Phoenix police say a stolen rental truck driven by a burglary suspect struck a police vehicle responding to an alarm and then collided with a tow truck before …
• CA: No Charges Against SFPD Officer Who Fired Gun In 2015
  8.22.18 – Patch.com – San Francisco, CA – A San Francisco police officer who fired a single shot at an unarmed suspect while responding to a burglary alarm in 2015 won’t face …
• CA: Officer who fired on unarmed suspect in 2015 won’t face charges
  8.22.18 – San Francisco Examiner – A San Francisco police officer who fired a single shot at an unarmed suspect while responding to a burglary alarm in 2015 gave inconsistent statements and …
• CA: Police: Burglary suspect tunneled his way into store
  8.21.18 – UPI.com – The La Verne Police Department said in a Facebook post that officers responded to a burglary alarm at the Inland Dairy Store just after 4 a.m. and discovered a …
• CA: Thieves burglarize camera stores across Southern California
  8.24.18 – San Bernardino County Sun – The thieves (a security video shows four and possibly five suspects with one suspect directing the others) cut a hole in the roof, cut the alarm, hauled …
• FL: Cops Corner: A sticky situation
  8.22.18 – YourObserver.com – Burglar alarm: Police arrived at a home with an activated burglar alarm to find the garage door open. An officer and sergeant searched an in-law suite above the …
• FL: WATCH: Thieves steal at least $10000 worth of merchandise from …
  8.23.18 – FirstCoastNews.com WTLV-WJXX – They a came back, stole some more stuff and went out the back door and that’s when the alarm sounded and police were notified as well as our store manager.”.
• GA: BREAKING: Man arrested for stabbing 2, killing woman in Cobb …
  8.25.18 – MyAJC – Officers responded to an audible alarm early Saturday morning, Cobb police spokeswoman Sarah O’Hara told …
• GA: Man arrested for stabbing 2, killing woman in Cobb, police say
  8.26.18 – WSB Atlanta – Officers responded to an audible alarm early Saturday morning, Cobb police spokeswoman Sarah O’Hara told …
• IL: Elgin police arrest man after burglar alarm goes off
  8.23.18 – Chicago Daily Herald – “Due to a properly registered alarm by the business, our officers were able to quickly arrive on the scene and safely apprehend Mr. Zaworski,” Police Chief Ana …
• MA: Acton police reports: Aug. 10-16
  8.20.18 – Wicked Local – 9:39 a.m.: An alarm was reported….
• MA: Hamilton police log, Aug. 12-18
  8.25.18 – Wicked Local – 3:12 p.m.: A burglar alarm was reported …
• MA: K9 For False Alarm, Arrests: Weston Police Log
  8.26.18 – Patch.com – K9 For False Alarm, Arrests: Weston Police Log. The following … 7:01 p.m.: Person calls from Chestnut Street that the alarm company called about the fire alarm.
• MA: Swampscott police log, Aug. 15-17
  8.25.18 – Wicked Local – 2:42 a.m.: A burglar alarm was reported at Cindy’s Superette …
• MA: Wenham police log, Aug. 4-16
  8.25.18 – Wicked Local – 11:49 a.m.: A burglar alarm was reported…
• MB: Woman threatens Portage Place security guard with needle, spits on …
  8.24.18 – Globalnews.ca – A woman who set off a security alarm while leaving a store is in custody after assaulting one security guard and spitting on another. A security …
• MI: Man Pleads Guilty to 17 Felonies in Hartland Storage Unit Break-In
  8.20.18 – WHMI – Livingston County Sheriff’s deputies responded to an alarm at Livingston Concrete. While checking the alarm, deputies …
• MN: Carver County Sheriff’s Report: 8/9/2018 – 8/15/2018
  8.22.18 – ECM Publishers – Deputies responded to an alarm. …
• MN: Two Harbors Police Report: Aug. 13-19
  8.26.18 – Lake County News Chronicle – 4:14 a.m. Officer responded to alarm at local business. • 6:13 a.m. Traffic stop for stop sign violation. • 10:40 a.m. Traffic stop for stop sign violation. • 1:12 p.m. …
• MS: Dollar General burglar wanted in Lowndes County
  8.21.18 – WTVA – Detective Brent Swan says the burglar entered the business by cutting through the store’s rear wall. The burglar then fled once the store’s alarm system sounded …
• MS: VIDEO: Suspect rams truck into Hattiesburg pawn shop
  8.20.18 – WMC Action News 5 – Hattiesburg Police Department spokesman Ryan Moore said officers responded to an alarm call at the business around 4 a.m.. Surveillance …
• NC: 911 calls detail moments before shop owner fatally shoots intruder
  8.21.18 – WBTV – The break-in was reported by an alarm company around 4:33 a.m. Around the same time, a man called 911 saying that he spotted an intruder in the business on …
• NJ: Burglary at T-Mobile Store
  8.25.18 – Parsippany Focus – PARSIPPANY — Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Officers responded to an activated commercial burglar alarm at the T-Mobile Store on …
• NJ: Burglary Reported In Morris Twp: Police
  8.20.18 – Patch.com – They forced the front door open and got inside, before being scared away by a home alarm, police said. The break-in was caught on a home security camera.
• NJ: Police say would-be bar burglar found hiding in fireplace after hours
  8.20.18 – Cherry Hill Courier Post – Franklin Township police responded at 5:40 a.m. Monday to MVP Sports Bar for a tripped alarm, the department reported. More: Side …
• NM: Police: Armed robbers sexually assaulted adult bookstore worker
  8.23.18 – KOAT Albuquerque – The woman set off a panic alarm, causing them to leave out of the back door of the building and flee in the security guard’s vehicle. Police began a pursuit of the …
• NV: Mesquite Fire and Rescue 24 hour call record Aug. 23, 2018
  8.25.18 – Mesquite Local News – 8/23/2018 1:15:03PM Fire Alarm Rescue 31, Truck 31, and Battalion 3 were dispatched to report of a fire alarm. Dispatch advised it was a false alarm and all …
• OH: Alarm calls summon officers
  8.20.18 – Tiffin Advertiser Tribune – At 3:53 a.m. Monday, Tiffin Police Department received a burglar alarm from GW’s Fine Foods and Spirits. A report states officers found …
• OH: Austintown police seek 3 who robbed burger restaurant
  8.25.18 – Youngstown Vindicator – Officers responded to a hold-up alarm at Five Guys about 11 p.m., according to police reports. A caller advised the business had been held up at gunpoint.
• OK: Thieves Hit SW OKC Smoke Shop For Third Time
  8.20.18 – news9.com KWTV – They’re thinking about investing in additional shatter proof glass, and a new alarm system, as their current alarm didn’t even go off during Saturday’s break in.
• OR: Public Safety: Aug. 22, 2018
  8.22.18 – Corvallis Gazette Times – Burglar Alarm: Benton County sheriff deputies were dispatched at 10:07 p.m. to investigate an activated burglar alarm.
• PA: Maryland man accused of burglarizing Northside Pool in Waynesboro
  8.24.18 – FOX43.com – Waynesboro, Franklin County — A 24-year-old Maryland man was arrested overnight after Waynesboro Police responded to a burglar alarm at the Northside …
• RI: Police: Man broke into Providence City Hall, stole electronics
  8.21.18 – WPRI 12 Eyewitness News – After spending about an hour inside, the man left through a first-floor exit – setting off the building’s alarm – then fled, the report said.
• TX: Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office arrest two for ATM burglary in The …
  8.21.18 – Woodlands Online – The Woodlands, TX — On August 17, 2018, at about 12:05 am, Deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office received an alarm from the ATM …
• TX: South Congress homeowner holds would-be burglar at gun point
  8.24.18 – FOX 29 – Thursday morning at around 4 a.m., Antonio Aleman said he thinks he accidentally sat on his truck’s key fob setting off its alarm. When he went to the parking …
• VA: Guns stolen overnight at Bedford County sporting goods store
  8.24.18 – WSLS 10 – The burglar alarm at Black Dog Sporting Goods went off at 12:27 a.m. Friday. Deputies arrived at the store three minutes later. When they .
• VA: Norfolk skate shop’s glass door smashed during burglary
  8.20.18 – wtkr.com – But early Saturday, Norfolk Police said they responded to the skate shop for a burglary alarm around 5 in the morning. When they arrived, they found the glass …