9.10.18 -NESA Monitor
Public Safety Updates
Industry News
- ADT Announces Senior Leadership Succession Plan: Whall to Retire, DeVries to Become CEO
9.4.18 – SDM – ADT Inc. today announced that Jim DeVries, currently president of ADT, will be promoted to chief executive officer to succeed Tim Whall, who will be retiring on November 30, 2018.
- Avoiding Unfair Fines: How to Have a Say in Alarm Monitoring Policies
9.6.18 – SSI – If you’re unwilling to engage in your communities and in your industry, you forfeit your right to complain when something like Sandy Springs comes down the pike.
- Vector Security Launches Strategic Focus on Healthcare Vertical
9.5.18 – SSI – The company appointed Steven Nibbelink to serve as business development manager and lead the healthcare strategy and go-to-market initiatives.
- Convergint Technologies Acquires Commercial Systems Group
9.5.18 – SSI – CSG of Orlando, Fla., is a full-service systems contractor providing design, installation and service for all commercial low-voltage systems.
- Honeywell Integrates Advanced Smoke Detection With Commercial Fire Panels
9.5.18 – SSI – Intelligent VESDA-E advanced smoke detection technology is now available in NOTIFIER and Gamewell-FCI commercial building fire systems.
- ScanSource acquires Canpango
9.5.18 – SSI – Greenville, S.C. – ScanSource Inc., a global provider of technology products and solutions based here, in August acquired Canpango, a longstanding Salesforce implementation and consulting partner.
- ADS Security Completes Acquisitions in Tennessee and Kentucky
9.4.18 – SSI – ADS purchased customer accounts of Delta Security Systems in Brownsville, Tenn., and Wilson Alarm Co. in Hopkinsville, Ky.
State & National News
Business Tips
Fire & EMS News
- IL: Police 9-5-18
9.5.18 – MyWebTimes.com – Newark medics took her to Morris Hospital. Fire Calls. Ottawa firefighters responded at 9:51 a.m. Tuesday for a fire alarm, which turned out …
- IN: Putnam Scanner for September 5, 2018
9.5.18 – The Banner-Graphic – At 11:38 a.m. on Friday, GFD was dispatched for a fire alarm. Firefighters arrived at 11:42 and determined that the alarm was activated due to …
- MA: Alarm system alerts firefighters to fire at Osterville pizza shop
9.7.18 – CapeCod.com News – Osterville – Firefighters responding to an alarm sometime before 1 MA arrived to find smoke in Crisp II pizzeria. Fire crews …
- NE: Burke High will resume classes Wednesday
9.5.18 – WOWT – A series of events that appear to have been linked to a broken water pipe triggered fire alarms at Burke High School Tuesday and prompted a precautionary …
- NY: Hospital: Fire call was false alarm
9.7.18 – Oneonta Daily Star – Where there’s smoke there isn’t always fire. The Sidney Fire Department responded to a false alarm at a lab at Fox Tri-Town Hospital in Sidney on Friday.
- PA: Emergency Services
9.6.18 – Lock Haven Express – Wednesday. – At 5:43 a.m., the Lock Haven Fire Department was called for an alarm. The call was cleared at 6:02 am. – At 5:19 p.m., the …
- RI: Providence Place Mall Briefly Evacuated After False Alarm
9.4.18 – wbsm.com – Providence – The Providence Place Mall was briefly evacuated on Labor Day after someone pulled a fire alarm. Mall security tells WBSM News that a …
- WI: Units responding for alarm in Powers Lake
9.3.18 – West of the I – At about 6:04 p.m., Randall Fire Department and Twin Lakes Rescue units are responding for a fire alarm …
Crime News
- CA: Burglary suspect found on roof off Buck Owens Boulevard
9.3.18 – KERO 23ABC News – … were dispatched to Valley Cycle & Motorsports on Monday morning after reports that the company’s burglary alarm was triggered.
- CA: Police blotter: YMCA Kennedy Center concession stand burglarized
9.5.18 – Huntington Herald Dispatch – Dispatchers told police a silent alarm went off at the center at 5:13 a.m. but was canceled with a proper pass code from a representative from the Kennedy …
- CA: Police search for third suspect in attempted ATM theft
9.5.18 – KRCRTV.COM – They responded to an alarm at the Wells Fargo ATM around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday morning and found three suspects running from the scene …
- CA;” Stolen U-Haul Crashes in Cupertino After Pursuit
9.3.18 – NBC Bay Area – Before the chase began, authorities were dispatched to an alarm going off at a GameStop …
- CT: Five suspects wanted in jewelry store burglary
9.6.18 – Hanford Sentinel – 27, Lemoore officers said they were dispatched to a jewelry store regarding an activation of the burglar alarm at the business, which was closed at the time.
- FL: About $200000 in jewelry taken during Pembroke Pines home …
9.4.18 – WPLG Local 10 – “They ripped the alarm off and started beating him again,” Kevin’s fiancée said. Throughout the course of the robbery, you can partially see the faces of the men …
- GA: Arrest made in connection to burglary at local pharmacy
9.5.18 – Northwest Georgia News – Around 2:23 a.m., police arrived after responding to an alarm at the business and discovered the window missing from the pharmacy’s drive-thru window.
- IA: Police: Iowa store clerk ID’d ex-boyfriend as armed robber
9.7.18 – kwwl.com – He assaulted her and stole merchandise when she refused and hit a panic alarm. Scott County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 31-year-old Jae Eads on Friday …
- IL: Alleged Gas Station Robber Yanks Fire Alarm, Disrupts Court: Cops
9.4.18 – Patch.com – Bridgeview, IL – An accused gas station robber was back in court for pulling the fire alarm while waiting for his bond hearing last month, prosecutors said.
- MA: Rochester Police Log: Aug. 26-Sept. 1
9.6.18 – Wicked Local – 4:12 p.m.: A burglar alarm was reported at a residence.
- MA: Swampscott police log, Aug. 29-Sept. 3
9.8.18 – Wicked Local – 11:54 a.m.: A burglar alarm was reported on Middlesex Avenue. 1:19 p.m.: A disturbance was reported at Fish House on Humphrey Street. 4:26 p.m.: A motor …
- MI: Pair Sentenced In Storage Unit Break-In
9.8.18 – WHMI – Deputies had been responding to an alarm at Livingston Concrete when they heard loud noises coming from Best Self Storage, which is located directly to the …
- MN: Lake County Sheriff’s Report: Aug. 27-Sept. 2
9.7.18 – Lake County News Chronicle – 2:14 a.m. Deputy, along with Two Harbors Police Department, responded to security alarm at Two Harbors business. All secure. • 3:26 a.m. Deputy, along with …
- MO: For the Record
9.7.18 – Marshfield Mail – Responded to an alarm. Responded to an alarm.
- MO: New Bloomfield man sentenced in burglary case
9.7.18 – Jefferson City News Tribune – One man went to the alarm key pad and entered a code to disable the alarm. The other man went to the back and started grabbing cartons of cigarettes while the …
- NC: Break-in reported at West Charlotte High School
9.3.18 – WBTV – A break-in was reported early Monday morning at West Charlotte High School. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say an alarm at the school went off around 5:46 ..
- NC: Police arrest man after breaking and entering reported in New Bern
9.4.18 – WNCT – New Bern, N.C. – A man has been arrested on breaking and entering charges after police received a report of a business alarm activation in New Bern …
- NY: 2 arrested in Syracuse University fire alarm burglaries that targeted …
9.5.18 – Syracuse.com – 9.2.18 – Syracuse, NY – Two Syracuse teens have been charged with breaking into a Syracuse University dorm after they pulled fire alarms, according to court …
- NY: Riverhead Man Charged With Greenport Commercial Burglaries: Cops
9.5.18 – Patch.com – Desks were rifled and furniture overturned and the alarm system control panel … Coly installed a new, “costly alarm system that the non-profit can hardly afford.”.
- OH: Loudonville Police Calls
9.3.18 – Columbus Alive – 22 – 6:44 a.m. Police were dispatched to an alarm drop at Dollar General. … 23 — 3:44 a.m. Police responded to an alarm drop ..
- PA: Police investigate 4 smash-and-grabs on the North Side
9.5.18 – Tribune-Review – Four days later, investigators responded to an alarm set off about 3 a.m. at the Fine Wine & Good Spirits store. Investigators learned that an …
- SC: Crime blotter for Sept. 3
9.3.18 – Aiken Standard – An officer responding to an alarm Friday found an open window at a home. A window air conditioning unit was on a floor inside …
- SC: Sandy Run Ball Field vandalized, concession supplies stolen
9.3.18 – The Tand D.com – 21 that the burglar alarm at his residence went off and he discovered someone had tried to break in. The back door of the residence was broken by a rock, …
- TX: Blotter: Police investigate break-in, vandalism at North Austin mosque
9.4.18 – MyStatesman.com – The North Austin Muslim Community Center said the break-in and vandalism occurred about 1:30 a.m. when an alarm system was triggered. Police and mosque …
- TX: Four teens arrested after burglary attempt at local Church’s Chicken
9.5.18 – KWTX – They were arrested after officers who responded early Wednesday to a burglar alarm at the restaurant stopped the car in which they were …
- WA: Burglar held at gunpoint by Orting homeowner after being caught …
9.6.18 – The News Tribune – The homeowner and his wife were awakened about 1:40 a.m. by a loud vehicle, then heard a motion alarm on their fence go off. The man went outside and …
- WI: Home invasion, burglaries investigated in St. Croix County
9.6.18 – Richmond-News – 17 at a home, where a resident called police after a home alarm went off. A man was seen leaving the house in a vehicle …
- WV: Chillicothe Police Department activity report shows a small part of …
9.4.18 – kttn – Officers responded for a residential alarm. Upon officers arrival, they made contact with the homeowner and found the …
- WV: MPD solves breaking, entering of bike shop with arrests
9.5.18 – Martinsburg Journal – 17 at approximately 2 a.m., MPD officers responded to a business alarm at the Eastern Panhandle Bicycle Co. They were met on the scene by the business …
