Public Safety Updates

Alarming rates in Banning will likely trigger fees, come fall …
7-19-21 – Record Gazette. After a discussion that surpassed an hour during Banning’s July 13 city council meeting, …

State & National News

Intrado and ADT Partner to Enhance Emergency Response …
7.22.21 – Intrado and ADT Partner to Enhance Emergency Response via Direct Data Messaging to 911 Communications Centers. July 22, 2021 …
CEDIA Expo 2021 Home Theater Exhibits Feature New and Returning Manufacturers
7.22.21 – CEPro – CEDIA Expo 2021’s home theater exhibits will feature new exhibitors like Perlisten Audio and Hangman Products, plus numerous returning brands like Cineak and Wisdom Audio.
Florida ECC Is 90th U.S. Municipality to Adopt TMA Alarm Protocol
7.22.21 – TMA’s ASAP service is designed to increase the accuracy and efficiency of calls for service from alarm companies to PSAPs.
ISC West Lite: What to Know About What Went Down
7.23.21 – SSI – After multiple delays and the cancellation of last year’s in-person event, a scaled-down ISC West returned to the delight of throngs of security pros.

Business Tips

How Integrators, Manufacturers, and End Users Should Collaborate
7.21.21 – CI- Working on digital unified communication platforms in tandem with integrators, end users, and manufacturers leads to the best success.
How to Hire in a Hybrid World
7.19.21 – CI: As the hybrid workplace continues to expand and be defined, hiring for different positions will change along with the way people work.
Security, Safety Top List of Education Facility Priorities, Survey Says
7.21.21 – SSI – Nearly half the respondents rank site security (video surveillance and campus access control) or fire and life safety systems as a top priority over the next 12 to 18 months.
Utilize the Cloud to Take Surveillance Sales to the Stratosphere
7.21.21 – SSI – Lockdown prompts resellers and end users to take a fresh look at Cloud video surveillance, analytics, APIs, integrations and the continual delivery of services.

Fire & EMS News

SC: Family of 6 escapes house fire, fire official speaks on …
7.19.21 – MT. Pleasant, S.C. (WCIV) – A Lowcountry family is without a home after a Sunday morning house fire. … “There were about six folks that were inside the home at the time a child woke them up and got them out of the house,” Bowers said.

Crime News

AR: County man accused in burglary, theft
7.19.21 – Deltaplex News – In the alleged theft of a vehicle was back in court Monday and accused in two new incidents.
CA: Livingston police investigating armed robbery at food mart …
7/19.21 – Merced Sun Star – Authorities are investigating a reported armed robbery at a food mart on Friday, …
CO: Burglary at Grand Junction Mesa Jewelers Monday morning
7.20.21 – At 7:35 Monday morning, the security alarm at Mesa Jewelers was set off. The adult male suspect, pictured above, burglarized the store causing over $50,000 in damages and stolen merchandise. Currently the Grand Junction Police Department is only searching for one suspect.
IL: Man facing more charges in burglary attempt at second C-U …
7.23.21 – News Gazette – Andrew Bourland, 36, was charged Friday with burglary for entering Illini Auto Sales, intending to steal. Assistant …
MA: 19-year-old man charged with having sex with a horse after breaking into a Norfolk stable
7.20.20 – Metrowest Daily News – Norfolk – Police have arrested a man they said broke into a horse stable last week and had sex with a horse in an incident that was caught on security camera. Police arrested the 19-year-old Allston man on Tuesday after an investigation, police Detective Samuel Webb said.
MO: Joplin man charged in church burglary | Crime and Courts …
7.22.21 – Joplin Globe – A Joplin man arrested Sunday after an alarm sent authorities to a south Joplin church is a suspect in several other break-ins, Joplin police …
NY: Man convicted of Burglary, Assault in Irondequoit home …
7.19.21 – Rochester First – Irondequoit, N.Y. (WROC) – The suspect in an Irondequoit home invasion from 2020 was convicted on multiple counts of Burglary, Robbery, …
OK: Front of ATM ripped off, Tulsa police chase suspects
7.22.21 – KTUL – For the second day in a row, an ATM in Tulsa was the target of thieves. Police say the front of an ATM was ripped off early this morning at ..
ON: Port Hope man charged with break-in at business: police …
7.23.21 – Global News – Police in Port Hope arrested a man for a break-in at a business early … A Port Hope, Ont., man faces break and enter charges following an …
SC: Man passed teller note saying he had a bomb during …
7.20.21 – North Charleston, S.C. (WCBD) – The North Charleston Police Department provided new information about an attempted bank robbery that …
TN: Clothing stolen during break-in at Midtown dry cleaning …
7.20.21 – WKRN – A 43-year-old man has been arrested more than a month after he smashed through the window of a Midtown dry cleaning business, then stole …
TN: Memphis Police searching for church burglar in Fox Meadows
7.19.21 – Memphis, Tenn. MPD responded to a burglary July 7 at Fresh Start Anointed Ministries after an alarm company alerted someone at the church that there was motion detected inside. …
VA: HPD investigates attempted burglary
7.20.21 – WHSV – The Harrisonburg Police Department (HPD) is requesting assistance from the public in identifying two subjects involved in a recent attempted …
WA: Everett Car Dealership Burglary Suspect Bungles Escape …
7.19.21 – Everett News– Couldn’t Drive Classic Truck. Police Blotter. The burglary suspect couldn’t figure …
WI: Burglar Targets Brown County Pawn Shop
7.28.21 – Seehafer News – A pawn shop and gun store in Howard was the target of a burglar yesterday morning (July 22nd). Two of the empl…
WI: Deputies respond to burglary in progress at Howard business …
7.22.21 – Howard (WLUK) – No one was hurt after a Brown County business was burglarized, with employees inside. Just after 6 a.m. The employee that was still inside the business, was safely escorted out and no one else was found inside. …
WI: Police: 17-year-old in custody following burglary at Chuck’s …
7.23.21 – (CBS 58) – A 17-year-old was taken into custody after police say he burglarized a business in Mount Pleasant. Police say late Thursday night, July 22, officers were called to a burglary alarm at Chuck’s Sheridan Auto … Police identified the suspect as a 17-year-old from Racine

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