
Public Safety Updates
- 911 callers can now share video livestream with dispatch, says NTECC
8.31.23 – WFAA-TV -The North Texas Emergency Communications Center (NTECC) recently rolled out new technology that is designed to help dispatchers better understand emergency calls they receive. Terry Goswick, executive director of NTECC, calls it state-of-the-art technology. The new program, Prepared 911, provides callers the ability to share a livestream of their surroundings with dispatch.
Featured Articles
- IRS Suspends Processing of Employee Retention Credits
9.22.23 – SSI – Mitch Reitman – The Employee Retention Credit was intended to compensate employers who kept employees on their payrolls through the COVID-19 pandemic. - Tech Talk: Alarm Contacts – Done Right.
9.19.23 – SSI – It never hurts for an alarm professional to take a moment and drill down into elements of an alarm … - Boosting Safety and Efficiency
9.2.23 – Security Today – By Amy Varisco – Salient’s CompleteView VMS revolutionizes security for the state of Mississippi
Business Tips
- Diving Deep Into Key Input on the Access Control Market
9.22.23 -The SSI 2023 Access Control Deep Dive shows there’s some gray area in business when it comes to the security truism about authorization. - The Big Idea: Entrepreneurial Spirit Drives Jeff Handy’s Success
9.2.23 – SSI – Ron Davis – With prognostications of gloom and doom in the industry, Handy has - Allegion Report Unveils What Renters Want, Expect and Are Willing to Pay More For
9.19.23 – SSI Staff – 2023 Multifamily Living Trends report details what multifamily property owners and operators need to know to attract and retain renters. - 3D LiDAR Transforms Physical Security from Reactive to Proactive
9.22.23 – Security Today – By Enzo Signore – A new and exciting technology makes its debut every few years that stimulates a paradigm shift in how physical security systems are designed, implemented, and provide new sources of intelligence.
Life Safety
- MI: Smoke alarms wake Bay City man shortly before his home …
9.19.23 – WJRT ABC12 – Bay City, Mich. (WJRT) – A Bay City man awakes to smoke alarms going off, and is able to escape his home before it explodes.
Crime
- CA: Video shows dangling burglar in Stanislaus County repair …
9.18.23 – Modesto Bee – An accused burglar rappelled into an auto repair shop in Patterson, California, but soon was dangling upside down, as shown in video. - DE: Burglary at Country Eatery
9.21.23 – City of Dover Police Department – Incident Number: 50-23-30751 · Location: Country Eatery… - FL: North Miami pawn shop manager says burglar emptied safe …
9.20.23 – WSVN – The burglar was finally getting closer to the goods, but before he finally ran off with his riches, the alarm went off one more time, so he got up and went out again, only to come back a third time. Troitskyi said the subject made out with $160,000 worth of jewelry, watches and money. - FL: Thieves steal $500k worth of jewellery by using a “jammer” to …
9.18.23 – MSN – A video captured on a hidden Ring camera shows the nonchalant criminals making off with the goods. The incident occurred at Mint Jewelers by Boodaddy Diamonds in Hollywood, Florida, USA in the early hours of September 16. Shop owner Christopher Petrillo said the thieves stole “close to about half a million dollars.” - MS: Lee County deputies make arrest after break-in at Agri …
9.18.23 – (WCBI) – Lee County deputies made a quick arrest in a break-in. 21-year-old Shuntravious Shannon was charged with burglary of a commercial building. Deputies were called to Agri Farm and Ranch, in Shannon, for an alarm. The front door was broken out and deputies reviewed the surveillance video. - NY: Queens Burglary Crew Scared off by Alarm System, But …
9.19.23 – Shore News Network – The suspects were scared off by the home’s alarm system and fled without taking any property. No injuries were reported. The first suspect is … - ON: Store owner in Guelph alerted by alarm company about …
9.20.23 – Global News – An owner notified the Guelph Police Service early Wednesday morning about a break-in at their store on Silvercreek Parkway North near Willow … - WA: 2 burglary suspects drive car into Lacey gun shop, police say
9.19.23 – The News Tribune – Two burglary suspects drove a stolen car into a gun shop on Pacific Avenue early Saturday morning, according to Lacey police. - WA: Storefront a wreck after burglars crash into SODO pot shop
9.22.23 – KIRO – Seattle – Cleanup is underway after burglars rammed a car into a SODO pot store, leaving the storefront in a chaotic mess early Friday. Dockside Cannabis has extensive damage. Not only is there broken glass, but doors and windows are unhinged and metal gates are in a heap.
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