Public Safety Updates
- Seattle police will no longer respond to alarm calls without ‘supporting evidence’
9.24.24 – KOMO – Starting Oct. 1, SPD will only dispatch officers to calls from alarm companies with supporting evidence, such as audio, video, or panic alarms.
Featured Articles
- Latest U.S. Smoke Alarm Data Reinforces Importance of Fire Prevention Week
9.26.24 – SSI -This year’s Fire Prevention Week theme is “Smoke alarms: Make them work for you!” Three in five don’t test them often enough. - U.S. Home Burglary Rates 2024 Survey: New Mexico Ranks Highest, Maine is Lowest
9.25.24 – SSI – D. Craig MacCormack – Latest FBI data on home burglary rates reveals significant variations in home security across the United States. - Resolution Funding Federal Government Includes Security-Specific Measures
9.26.24 – SSI – Lauren Bresette – Continuing resolution includes $350 million for election security and transition and counter-UAS and FEMA disaster relief extensions.
Business
- Business Fitness: How Security Integrators Should Onboard New Technology, Part 2
9.25.24 – SSI – Paul Boucherle – Successful new technology onboarding depends on team input and commitment to your final go/no-go decision. - Access Control: Security Integrators Advance From Key Rings to Swipe Cards to Biometrics
9.26.24 – SSI – We’ve come a long way from clunky key rings that give a select few people access control to every door across a massive facility. - ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions introduces new access control solutions
9.27.24 – SIW – GlassBuild America 2024 will showcase seamless integration and sustainable design of the product - Smart Financial Leadership in Uncertain Times
9.25.24 – CI – Leah Garris- It’s not up for debate: Financial leadership is critical to success. Financial leaders are the team members you rely on to take hard stances and set standards and precedents to make sure technology integration projects are profitable.
Crime
- CA: 4 sought in San Fernando Valley pharmacy burglaries
9.27.24 – NBC Los Angeles — Surveillance video shows the men breaking in through the front door, but begin to run back to the SUV as officers approach the store, where … - CA: Burglars slam pickup truck into Sunland liquor store, make …
9.26.24 – ABC7 Las Angeles – Video shows a pair of burglars slamming a pickup truck into a San Fernando Valley liquor store before stealing several bottles of top-shelf … - GA: Suspected gun store burglar killed in shootout with police …
9.28.24 – FOX 5 Atlanta — A suspected burglar was killed in a shootout with Smyrna and Cobb County police at the Adventure Outdoors gun store along South Cobb Drive. - IL: Yorkville man charged with burglary after police respond to …
9.26.24 – Shaw Local – According to the release, officers found Connor P. Naughton, 27, from Yorkville, allegedly burglarizing the business and took him into custody … - NE: Burglary Suspect Arrested After Fleeing From Lincoln GameStop
9.23.24 -KOLN – After a brief foot pursuit, 20-year-old Zaiden Hofmann of Lincoln was taken into custody near 29th & Zermatt Drive. Damage to the window … - WI: Woman cooks shrimp pasta dinner in stranger’s home: WI cops
9.27.24 – Live 5 News – Woman breaks into home, then cooks herself shrimp and pasta dinner, Wisconsin cops say. An accused burglar gave police a fake story to explain why she was in a stranger’s home cooking herself a shrimp and pasta dinner, Wisconsin police said.
NESA is a federation of state associations established to serve and promote the electronic systems industry at the direction of, and through its affiliated state associations. Seven state associations are part of NESA – Arkansas Security Alarm Association (ASAA), Kansas Electronic Security Association (KESA), Louisiana Life Safety & Security Association (LLSSA), Maryland Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (MDBFAA), Oklahoma Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (OKBFAA) and Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (TBFAA). For more info visit www.nesaus.org.