Public Safety Updates

OH: City Council: Committees discuss possible fee additions
9.9.22 – The Post – Athens, OH – The Committee of the Whole discussed possible fee changes, including a 3% increase in sewage fees and a possible increase to $400 in the …

News

Identifying Central Station Indemnity Issues
9.16.22 -SSI – Ken Kirschenbaum – Indemnity exposes you to all your company assets, unless you’re smart enough to have created a separate entity to conduct the alarm business and you observe the necessary corporate procedures.
“Healthy Home Lab” aims to help older adults age in place
9.11.22 – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – A house in Pittsburgh that is 105 years old is serving as a “Healthy Home Lab,” where University of Pittsburgh students will try out solutions to help older adults age in place.
Big smart home growth predicted: appliances and features we …
9.9.22 – Digital Trends – Smart home gadgets aren’t going away. Recent studies show this market is booming. Here’s what you need to know to plan your own smart home …

Business Tips

Integrators Share Their Recruiting and Retention Tips
9.14.22 – CEPro – Company leaders at security integration companies gave us their best advice for hiring and retaining talent.
What Drives Alarm.com’s Uncommon Innovation
9.15.22 – SSI – Steve Karantzoulidis -Alarm.com has long been a disruptive and successful security vendor, providing dealers innovative and interactive solutions. Execs discuss what makes the company tick, its move into the commercial market and more in the latest Security Speaking podcast.
ADT Commercial Showcases New Features of Humanoid Robotics, Drones at GSX 2022
9.14.22 – Guest Authors -Since debuting the robotics solution at ISC West 2022, ADT Commercial has prioritized more than 180 enhancements to the technology in response to feedback from various pilot partners across industries.

Fire & Life Safety News

Crime News

CA: 1 arrested for burglarizing Apple Valley store twice in a day
9.15.22 – Daily Press — Michael Deondre Davis, 25, was arrested after police allege he burglarized Open Water Aquarium in Apple Valley twice in one morning.
CA: Burglars smash door at diPiazza’s restaurant, owner says
9.12.22 – Long Beach Post – A sliding door at diPiazza’s was smashed by burglars on the morning of Sept. 12, 2022, according to owner Steve Guillen.
CA: Hotel robbery suspect drops cash while fleeing police, jumps …
9.13.22 – KTVZ – Police say the armed suspect was robbing the hotel when the alarm sounded. He ran and then jumped into the creek to evade police.
CA: Police hook suspect allegedly caught on video stealing from …
9.14.22 – SF Examiner – During the service of the warrant, deputies recovered the fish and aquarium accessories. Davis was transported and booked at the High Desert …
FL: New Details Emerge About False Alarm At School, Triggered …
9.13.22 – WFLA – Police Chief Sarah Mooney says a teacher accidentally pressed a panic button on her employee badge, triggering notice of what authorities …
GA: Deputies: Burglar targeted multiple Haralson County stores in …
9.14.22 – Fox 5 – Deputies say the burglary suspect smashed through the front doors and stole from multiple convenience stores around Haralson County.
GA: Man accused of burglary at Waco home
9.14.22 – Gateway-Beacon – Haralson County Deputies arrested a Buchanan man after he allegedly violated a no trespassing order while attempting to burglarize a home.
IA: Cedar Falls police arrest man after alleged burglary at Taco …
9.16.22 – KCRG – Cedar Falls, Iowa – Police arrested a man in Cedar Falls on Thursday night after they say he was identified as the suspect in a burglary at a Taco John’s two days before.
IA: Two arrested for trying to take wire | Crime and Courts
9.12.22 – The Courier – Waterloo – Two Cedar Rapids men have been arrested after police found them trying to steal wire from an electrical company early Monday.
IL: Man arrested, 2 at large after police respond to burglary alarm
9.12.22 – Rockford, Ill. – WTVO – Police arrested Shannon Patterson, 38, as one of three suspects in a burglary to a Rockford business on Sunday afternoon.
KY: Mt. Washington police arrest teens for attempted home invasion
9.17.22 – Mount Washington, Ky. – WLKY – Eighteen-year-old Elijah Sanders and 19-year-old Christian Ferguson were arrested Friday morning for attempting to break into a home on Jasper Lane.
LA: APD investigating 7th burglary at New Jerusalem Church
9.14.22 – KALB – According to a police report, this is the seventh burglary reported at the church. The front door alarm was activated around 10 p.m. on …
MA: Police Arrest Marlborough Man For Breaking Into Framingham …
9.16.22 – Framingham Source – Police arrested at 9:12 p.m. Diego A. Aristizabal, 28, of 12 Farmhouse Lane in Marlborough. He was charged with breaking & entering during the …
MI: Police seeking help in locating suspect in Battle Creek bank …
9.14.22 – WKZO – Battle Creek, MI — Battle Creek police have released the above photo of the bank robbery suspect…
MT: Police blotter: Business burglary; criminal contempt; in the area
9.12.22 – Montana Standard – Calder had a no-bond felony warrant out for her arrest out of Lewis and Clark County and off to jail she went. ‘Alarming’ misdeed. Jason Dwight …
NC: Arrests made, 2 at large following multiple robberies …
9.15.22 – WPDE – On Monday September 12, around 2:41 a.m., Lumberton Police Officers responded to a business alarm at Sole Freakz …
PA: Lewistown man held for break-in, fleeing
9.15.22 -The Sentinal – Tyler Christopher Parson, of Lewistown, was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Jonathan Reed Tuesday on charges of burglary, criminal ..

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