Public Safety Updates

• AB: RCMP false alarm policy changed
  7.31.18 – Sherwood Park News – In 2017, Alberta RCMP received close to 15,500 false alarm calls that were equal to almost 8,000 “human resources hours that could have been dedicated to …
• CT: Councilors back new fee plan for fire department services in Meriden
  8.28.18 – Meriden Record-Journal – Morgan said the department recently found an ordinance in the City Charter allowing fees following the fourth false alarm, an ordinance the department has …
• GA: Brookhaven pauses enforcing false alarm ordinance targeting security …
  8.30.18 – Reporter Newspapers- Alarm companies got a stay on being required to pay fines on false alarms in Brookhaven after the City Council decided to hold off enforcement of its new false …
• TN: False Alarm Fine Increase Led to Reduction in Dispatches, Memphis …
  8.27.18 – Security Sales & Integration – Memphis, TN – City officials here are crediting an increase in false alarm fines with a reduction in police dispatches to nuisance alarms. According to city …

Industry News

• Convergint Acquires Quebec-Based Altel
  8.27.18 – SDM – Convergint Technologies (ranked No. 1 on SDM’s 2018 Top Systems Integrators Report) acquired systems integration firm, Altel.
• Vivint Smart Home Products No Longer Sold in Best Buy Stores
  8.27.18 – SSI – With the end of the co-branded arrangement, Vivint eliminated more than 400 in-store sales positions and related overhead costs.
• Are You Up to Date on These Recent Changes to Alarm Notification …
  8.28.18 – Security Sales & Integration – There have been several changes over the past few years that, depending on the edition of NFPA 72, “National Alarm and Signaling Code,” …
• IP NetConnect announces integration with Micro Key
  8.30.18 – SSN Staff – Las Vegas – IP NetConnect, a remote network monitoring and connectivity platform based here, has announced that the IP NetConnect platform is now integrated with Micro Key’s central station automation software.
• ADT Patent Application: Deciphering Those Darn LED Lights on a …
  8.30.18 – CEPro – When a sensor such as a motion detector is triggered, a representative at a remote monitoring center receives an alarm event code and initiates a response …
• Security industry braces for third wave of Trump tariffs
  8.30.18 – SIW – Ongoing trade war with China expected to impact revenues for the entire security ecosystem
• Alarm.com to Pay $28 Million to Settle TCPA Robocall Suit
  7.31.18 – Security Sales & Integration – Plaintiffs sought to hold Alarm.com responsible for the actions of an authorized dealer, which allegedly made telemarketing calls to consumers in violation of the .

State & National News

• Why doorbell cams are creating a dilemma for law enforcement
  8.23.18 – SIW – Proliferation of cameras combined with use of social media platforms can lead to unnecessary panic, false…
• Murphy Wants Changes In School Panic Alarm Bill
  8.27.18 – wbgo.org – Governor Phil Murphy has conditionally vetoed a bill requiring all New Jersey public school buildings to be equipped with a panic alarm linked with law …
• How to Leverage Technology to Enhance Detection and Response Capabilities in Schools
  8.28.18 – Security – The single most important thought when securing our schools is maintaining an open, supportive environment that is conducive to learning. School security directors all too often worry that their campuses will become “prisons” if a well-thought-out design or renovation does not take into account the purpose of the facility.
• Calif. lawmakers vote to pass country’s toughest net neutrality law, in widening backlash against Washington over Internet’s future
  8.31.18 – Washington Post – The legislation – a rebuke of the Federal Communications Commission, which voted last year to repeal national-level net neutrality rules – prevents Internet providers from blocking, slowing or favoring certain websites. The bill now heads to the governor for review and a possible signature.

Business Tips

• The Importance of Hiring Top-Flight Talent and How to Do It Right
  8.27.18 – SSI – Tips for incorporating your core values into recruiting, interviewing, hiring, onboarding and training talent so they sync up with the rest of your team.
• 2018 CE Pro Wage & Salary Study: How Do Your Wages & Benefits Compare?
  8.27.18 – CEPro – 2018 CE Pro Wage & Salary Study reveals average annual wages and benefits by region and size of company for installation and service technicians, sales managers, administrative personnel, project managers and more.

Fire & EMS News

• CT: Shelton Fire Department Weekly Calls
  8.27.18 – Valley Independent Sentinel – On 08/20/18 at 7:28 pm the White Hills Co #5 and the Echo Hose Co #1 responded to a fire alarm activation. There was no fire. Smoke …
• CT: State Police locate person of interest after fire at Marlborough home
  8.27.18 – FOX 61 – Two people heard their fire alarm in the middle of the night and made it out safely and called 911 after they found a fire burning …
• FL: Man accused of setting front door of apartment on fire in northwest …
  8.27.18 – WPLG Local 10 – She told police she received an alert on her cellphone that the fire alarm and motion sensor to her front door had been set off. Authorities said a woman and her …
• IL: Police 8-29-18
  8.29.18 – MyWebTimes.com – Ottawa firefighters responded at 11:33 a.m. Tuesday for a carbon monoxide alarm but no carbon monoxide was detected.
• IL: Police 8-31-18
  9.1.18 – MyWebTimes.com – Ottawa firefighters responded at 10:06 p.m. Thursday for a report of a carbon monoxide detector alarm caused by a stove. The homeowner …
• IN: Putnam Scanner for September 1, 2018
  9.1.18 – The Banner-Graphic – •At 4:38 p.m. on Tuesday, GFD was dispatched for a fire alarm. Firefighters arrived at 4:41 and determined that the alarm was activated due …
• IN: Vaping triggers Ferdinand hotel’s alarm system
  8.29.18 – The Herald – Ferdinand – Units of the Ferdinand Volunteer Fire Department responded to an alarm activation Monday night at a Ferdinand hotel. There was no fire …
• MA: Marion Police Log: Aug. 19-25
  9.1.18 – Wicked Local – 9:28 a.m.: A fire alarm was reported…
• MN: Monticello Fire Department Call Log through Aug. 25, 2018
  8.28.18 – ECM Publishers- 10:01 a.m. Responded to a fire alarm, but it was judged to be a false alarm when investigated further. 3:28 p.m. A car …
• NJ: Owner of landmark South Jersey restaurant damaged in fire vows to …
  8.27.18 – NJ.com – The blaze at the blueplate restaurant was reported by an alarm system at 11:59 p.m. Sunday. It was brought under control 40 minutes later, according to fire …
• PA: Fire Alarm At Spring-Ford School Was Accidentally Pulled
  8.28.18 – Patch.com – Spring City, PA — The fire alarm at Spring City Elementary on Tuesday afternoon was the result of a pull station accidentally being triggered, school officials …
• TN: Arson Blamed For Boarding House Fire; Two Firefighters, Two Others …
  8.29.18 – www.localmemphis.com – The Memphis Fire Department responded to an alarm of fire Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at 12:17 a.m. Upon arrival on the scene, …
• TN: Sprinkler puts out fire at Oak Ridge assisted living facility
  8.28.18 – WATE 6 On Your Side – A house fire was reported on Thursday on East Drive where a smoke alarm … Fire officials want to remind everyone that having working smoke alarms and a …
• TX: Home surveillance video shows start of 2-alarm fire, neighbors’ rush to …
  8.27.18 – KSAT San Antonio – San Antonio – As Randy Goss watched TV in his garage, the unblinking eye of his security camera caught the smoke and fire growing at the side of a house …
• TX: Smoke alarms work to stop fire at Alvin Memorial Gardens
  8.28.18 – Alvin Sun Advertiser – Andy Van Dine said the smoke alarms did their job to prevent a fire. … automatically close off each wing in the event of a fire alarm to prevent the spread of fires.

Crime News

• AL: Tuscaloosa Police seek suspects in three crimes
  9.1.18 – Tuscaloosa News – Days after a robbery and two burglaries, Tuscaloosa police are now seeking the public’s help in finding three suspects. On Aug. 24, a robbery alarm in the 900 …
• AR: Gamaliel man accused of running marijuana operation
  8.31.18 – Ozark Radio News – During this search, an outbuilding later found to house a marijuana growing operation was found, as was an alarm system that triggered when a person or …
• AZ: Man arrested for pair of burglaries
  9.2.18 – Eastern Arizona Courier – 22, Thatcher Police officers responded to an alarm at Hibbett Sports. They found the front door shattered, apparently by a large rock found …
• CA: Deputies Responding to Burglar Alarm in Montecito Arrest 3 Los …
  8.28.18 – Noozhawk – Three Los Angeles residents were arrested in Montecito on Monday after authorities responded to a residential burglar alarm. Santa Barbara …
• CA: Two arrested after attempted robbery of marijuana facility in Carpinteria
  8.30.18 – Ventura County Star – The incident began just before 6:25 a.m. when deputies responded to an alarm at the marijuana facility. Also in the news …
• CA: Two men arrested for armed robbery of marijuana facility
  8.31.18 – Coastal View News – At approximately 6:25 a.m., Sheriff’s deputies responded to an alarm at the facility. Employees reported that a group of suspects had broken into the grounds and …
• CA: Two men arrested for armed robbery of marijuana facility
  9.1.18 – Coastal View News – At approximately 6:25 a.m., Sheriff’s deputies responded to an alarm at the facility. Employees reported that a group of suspects had broken into the grounds and …
• CT: Man Charged with Back Country Burglary, Larceny
  8.28.18 – Greenwich Free Press – He said the thief likely had 4-5 minutes alone in the house between the alarm being triggered and police arriving. During that time, jewelry and watches were …
• CT: Suspect charged in home burglary in Greenwich last year
  8.27.18 – Newcanaannewsonline – “We were dispatched on a burglary alarm. We found there was forced entry. He probably didn’t have a lot of time in the house,” said police Lt. John Slusarz.
• CT: West Hartford Police Investigate 2 Burglaries
  8.29.18 – NBC Connecticut – Officers were called to The Wise Old Dog after a burglar alarm was activated around 1:15 a.m. When officers arrived, they found the front …
• GA: FBI offers $2500 reward in locating suspect in Hinesville bank robbery …
  8.31.18 – WSAV-TV – The robbery took place around 2 p.m. and Hinesville Police responded to the location in reference to a silent holdup alarm. The suspect is believed to be a …
• LA: IPSO looks for Valero burglar
  8.31.18 – The Daily Iberian – 25, deputies with the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to the Valero Station in reference to an alarm activation.
• MA: Acton police reports: Aug. 17-23
  8.28.18 – Wicked Local – 3:35 p.m.: An alarm was reported …
• MA: Armed man robs Citizens Bank in Cambridge, flees on bike, police say
  8.28.18 – The Boston Globe – Around 1:20 p.m., Cambridge police received an alarm notification from the Citizens Bank, police spokesman Jeremy Warnick said.
• MA: Cohasset police log, Aug. 20-26
  9.1.18 – Wicked Local – 6:36 a.m.: A burglar alarm was reported at a residence. Police reported an open rear door, did a sweep and re-secured the building.
• MA: Concord police log, Aug. 15-25
  9.1.18 – Wicked Local – 8:04 a.m.: A burglar alarm was reported at a residence. Police checked the residence and reported a landscape company on scene.
• MA: Littleton police reports: Aug. 16-22
  8.27.18 – Wicked Local – 6:59 p.m.: A smoke investigation was reported. 7:48 p.m.: A burglar alarm was reported …
• MA: Pembroke police log, Aug. 20-27
  9.1.18 – Wicked Local – 6:51 p.m.: An audible alarm was reported.
• MA: Rochester Police Log: Aug. 19-25
  8.30.18 – Wicked Local – 5:14 p.m.: A burglar alarm was reported at a business. …
• MA: Saugus Police log Aug. 26
  9.1.18 -Wicked Local – At 1:17 a.m. an alarm company reported a commercial burglar alarm for a front glass break at Saugus Town Foodmart. An officer reported an attempted break.
• MA: Swampscott police log, Aug. 21-27
  9.1.18 – Wicked Local – 10:29 a.m.: A burglar alarm was reported.
• MD: 2 juveniles in custody after reportedly burglarizing Maryland high school
  8.31.18 – WUSA9.com – … officers responded to Magruder High School in Rockville after receiving a call from a Montgomery County school security guard reported that an alarm had …
• MD: Owings Mills Man Charged In Walmart Caper: Report
  9.1.18 – Patch.com – The newspaper reported Floyd set off the fire alarm when he tried to leave through the back door with a cart containing TVs, a queen-sized air mattress, …
• MD: Police Seek 2 In Potomac Golf Course Burglary: WATCH
  8.27.18 – Patch.com – Officers responded to a commercial burglary alarm and determined the suspects gained entry into the building through the roof. The suspects did not obtain any …
• MI: Houghton Police looking for information on forced entry at Copper …
  8.27.18 – UpperMichigansSource.com – Houghton County, Mich. (WLUC) – On Friday, the Houghton Police Department responded to an alarm at the Copper Country Vet Clinic.
• MI: Man arrested after his return to the scene of the crime
  8.28.18 – Port Huron Times Herald – According to a news release from the Sarnia Police Service, officers at 2:15 a.m. Tuesday responded to an alarm at a building …
• MO: Burglars at KC American Legion post leave truck stuck in mud when …
  8.28.18 – Kansas City Star – Police responded about 6 a.m. to an alarm call at the American Legion post, a spokesman for …
• MO: Police investigate after break-in, ATM theft at American Legion
  8.27.18 – KMBC Kansas City – “What set the alarm off was the motion detector behind the bar,” he said. “When they called me and said, ‘We got doors opening’, I said, ‘Ok, get the police now …
• NJ: Newark Police: Burglar ID’d after leaving fingerprints on dropped …
  8.31.18 – Newark Post – The burglars grabbed as much as they could, threw it in the back seat of the car and drove away. The store’s alarm alerted police, but by the time officers arrived, …
• NV: Early morning burglaries caught on camera
  9.1.18 – KOLO – Just about 4 hours earlier, a few blocks away, a similar crime at Walden’s Coffeehouse. Reno Police responded to an alarm …
• NY: Fire alarms pulled at Syracuse University dorms; students’ rooms …
  8.28.18 – Syracuse.com – Syracuse, N.Y. – Syracuse University students’ rooms at two dorms were burglarized Monday night after fire alarms were intentionally pulled …
• NY: Police look for 2 teens who broke into Long Island school with gun
  8.29.18 – WABC-TV – Authorities responded to the school for an alarm, and arriving officers were met by a school security employee who assisted them in a search of the premise.
• OH: Nearby employees “shocked” by second AT&T break-in
  8.27.18 – WDTN.com – Officers responded to an alarm at the store around 5am. Police say this isn’t the first time the store has been targeted by thieves …
• OH: Police Reports
  8.31.18 – SalemNews.net – Police responded at 5:24 a.m. Thursday to the Salem Historical Society Museum for a motion alarm. Doors were found secure and when …
• PA: Burglar uses combination to steal from Little Caesar’s safe in …
  8.28.18 – 6abc.com – Police say the man entered the store using a key to the front door, then deactivated the alarm once inside. From there he opened the safe using the combination, …
• PA: Police and fore for Aug. 29. 2018
  8.28.18 – Gettysburg Times – 4 p.m., Burglar alarm. …
• SK: Police make arrest for drug possession, investigate threats
  9.1.18 – Estevan Mercury – Police attended to an alarm call at a local business during Thursday’s day shift. Officers arrived on scene and learned that an employee had accidently set it off …
• TX: Suspect charged in burglary of South Side business, police say
  8.29.18 – KSAT San Antonio – There was also damage to the alarm and the electrical panel. Detectives matched prints left at the scene to Martinez, police said. He is charged with burglary of …
• VA: ATF, sheriff’s office seek information in firearms burglary
  9.1.18 – Smith Mountain Eagle – 24 at 12:27a.m., the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office responded to Black Dog Sporting Goods for a burglar alarm. Deputies …
• VA: Police: Suspect wanted for stealing several pairs of shoes from …
  8.30.18 – WSET – Officers responded to a business burglar alarm at Clean Soles around 4:19 a.m.. According to police, the suspect forced …
• WA: Police track down burglars of Bellingham pot shop
  8.31.18 – KGMI – Lieutenant Claudia Murphy says officers responded to a tripped alarm at 2020 Solutions early Thursday morning. Officers chased …
• WA: Sheriff’s Office: Man Broke into Multiple Area Businesses Through Roofs
  9.1.18 – Centralia Chronicle – 12, deputies were dispatched to an active burglar alarm at Mrs. Beesley’s Burgers. Nobody was inside the …
• WI: Hudson police reports: Restaurant rowdiness; Gas pump argument
  9.2.18 – Hudson Star Observer – A man who was staying at the residence said he was in the basement when he heard the alarm go off. The man went upstairs, and the alarm indicated patio …