Public Safety Updates
- GA: Gwinnett residents, business owners have until July 1 to …
6.15.21 – Gwinnett Daily Post – County officials said residents and business owners must register their security alarms with the police department by July 1, or they will face extra … - IN: As false alarm calls rise, Indiana police department will start …
6.14.21 – Yahoo – As false alarm calls rise, Indiana police department will start fining people for them. - PA: Erie City Council members adopt alarm system ordinance for …
6.16.21 – Erie City Council members adopt alarm system ordinance for false alarms that have become an issue for firefighters. … Erie City Council members adopted the alarm system ordinance on a first reading at tonight’s meeting. The proposal includes fines up to $300 after the third false alarm for business owners.
News
- Crime falls during pandemic but Honolulu police, officials …
6.20.21 – Star Advertiser – …said Nicholas Schlapak, a patrol officer and Honolulu chapter chair of the State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers union. “Invest in a good home surveillance or alarm/security system. - Google, Amazon Smart Home ‘Monopoly Problem’ Attacked in Congress
6.18.21 – CEPro – Senate judiciary subcommittee anti-trust hearing warns Amazon and Google of their growing potential monopoly on the smart home space. - New Report From NFPA And Fire Protection Research
6.14.21 – SSN – Seminal research highlights factors that have reduced loss, areas to improve… - New Kidde Survey Shows Majority of Americans May Be …
6.16.21 – PR News Wire — New Kidde Survey Shows Majority of Americans May Be Unprepared to Grill Safely This Summer. Leading fire safety manufacturer launches nationwide safety awareness campaign ahead of summer holidays …
Business Tips
- The Value of Monitoring Centers During Hazardous Weather
6.16.21 – SSI – Sarah Salazar – Taking advantage of your monitoring center’s automation system and staying in constant communication with your reps and customers will make weathering hurricane season - Not Collecting Sales Tax on Service Agreements? Here’s How.
6.18.21 – SSI – Jason Knott – Security dealers and custom integrators that offer remote systems management and other taxable services to out-of-state clients must collect sales tax. - Small Variables Can Cause High Risk in Power Tools
EC&M – While it’s true that a properly cared-for power tool should provide years of trouble-free service, the key phrase is “properly cared for.” The Power Tool Institute recently warned users that even the smallest variable, such as introduction of a third-party battery, can substantially increase the risk of tool failure, fire damage, and even personal injury. - Examining the Increased Smart Home Device Adoption During COVID-19 Lockdown
6.9.21 – CEPro – Research suggests that by understanding the mindset of consumers, integrators can more easily recommend the right products and provide the right services to those still in the midst of COVID-19 lockdown. - What You Need For Remote Work
6.17.21 – Ed Mana from Technology On Demand shares tips and tricks for both remote work and hybrid work and avoiding Zoom fatigue. - 5 tips to consider when buying cyber insurance
6.18.21 – SIW – Understanding your risks and what’s required of the business by policy issuers is paramount
Fire & EMS
- NH: Sprinklers Keep Mattress Fire From Spreading In Nashua …
6.20.21 – Patch – Sprinklers Keep Mattress Fire From Spreading In Nashua – Nashua, NH – Nashua fire and rescue teams extinguished an early morning fire in … - NJ: Toms River: Waterflow Alarm at CMC Caused by Struck …
6.14.21 – Ocean County Scanner News – Toms River: In a seemingly daily occurrence of Alarm Roulette- Community Medical Center is currently experiencing a waterflow fire alarm at the hospital. Multiple units from Toms River Fire are on scene investigating the situation. . - OR: Several fire crews put out Medford business fire after alarm …
6.14.21 – Medford, Ore.- Several fire crews responded to a structure fire on Monday evening in Medford on Parsons Drive where several businesses are located, including Moxley Media. … Baumgartner added the cause of the fire is under investigation. - TX: Authorities dispatched to Water Safari false alarm …
6.15.21 – Victoria Advocate – A Victoria fire engine and other emergency resources were dispatched after a Texas Water Safari participant accidentally requested help …
Crime News
- CO: Affidavit: A man faces burglary charges, 4 Evans businesses …
6.16.21 – Greeley Tribune – On June 5, a 34-year-old man with a stolen vehicle was arrested with multiple burglary charges involving four businesses in Evans. At 3:18 a.m. … - FL Wells Fargo bank robbed in Bradenton, deputies searching for …
6.19.21 – WWSB – The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office is searching for the man responsible for robbing a Wells Fargo in Bradenton on Saturday morning. - IL: Police ask for help to identify bank-robbery suspect …
6.18.21 – Our Quad Cities — The Rock Island Police Department asks for the public’s help to identify a bank-robbery suspect. About 3 p.m. Friday, officers responded to a … - IL: Rockford man arrested for allegedly burglarizing a vacant …
6.14.21 -WTVO – He has been charged with Residential Burglary and Criminal Damage to Property. Sanchez was booked into the Winnebago County Jail. - MI: Criminal complaint details 5 pharmacy break-ins believed to …
6.17.21 – Fox 17 – Law enforcement arrested two people they believe are connected to several pharmacy burglaries across multiple states over the past year, … - NE: LPD: Surveillance video shows man inside CVS after-hours …
6.17.21 – KOLN – LPD: Around 3 a.m. on Thursday, officers were dispatched to the CVS in east Lincoln, on a report of an alarm. - NE: Officers investigating break-in at Lincoln smoke shop
6.15.21 – Lincoln, Neb. (KOLN) – Investigators with the Lincoln Police Department are looking into a break-in this week at a smoke shop in central Lincoln. There was an estimated $500 damage and LPD said there doesn’t appear to be a loss of property. … - OH: Toledo man charged in armed robbery of Elyria pawn shop …
6.17.21 – Cleveland.com – Dewayne O’Neal, 26, is charged with aggravated robbery in the incident that happened just before 1 p.m. Wednesday at Cashland Pawn Shop in the city’s Spring Valley neighborhood, Elyria police said. - TX: 2 arrested after attempted robbery of Little Caesars …
6.20.21 – KSAT – Two suspects are in custody after San Antonio police said they tried to rob a Little Caesars overnight on the North Side. - VA: Lynchburg Police looking for man who burglarized BP station
6.15.21 – WDBJ – The Lynchburg Police Department is looking for the man seen in this surveillance photo, accused of burglarizing a BP station.(Lynchburg …
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NESA Board of Directors
- President – Chris Russell
- Vice President & – Maryland Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Director – Craig Bober
- Secretary – Kathleen Schraufnagel
- Treasurer and Arkansas Security Alarm Assn. Director – Rick Howell
- Past President – Jordon Brown
- Kansas Electronic Security Alliance Director – Vacant
- Louisiana Life Safety & Security Association Director – Dera DeRoche Jolet
- Mississippi Security Association Director – Jack Torrence
- Oklahoma Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Director – Steven Brekel
- Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Director – Kelly Ryan
- Associate Director – Brian Villari
- False Alarm Reduction Association Director – Alberto Hook
- Executive Director – Brad Shipp
- Mississippi Security Association Alternate – Shelley Pettit
- Maryland Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Alternate – Jim Emerick
- Oklahoma Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Alternate – Danna Fowble
- Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Alternate – Vacant
- False Alarm Reduction Association Alternate – Kerri McDonald