Public Safety Updates
- ME: Maine county seeks ways to streamline dispatching
5.20.22 – The Cumberland County Regional Communications Center in Maine is considering consolidating radio frequencies and taking other steps to simplify operations as it faces a shortage of dispatchers. The center’s call answer times have not been affected by the shortage, although dispatchers are working more overtime. - GA: Metro city to start fining people for false alarms
5.25.22 – WSB – Lawrenceville, Ga. – Starting June 1, the city of Lawrenceville will start fining people who live there a fine for excessive false alarms. - 5.19.22 – TMA – Each PSAP went live with Vector Security, Rapid Response Monitoring, Guardian Protection, Security Central, Quick Response, Stanley Security …
News
- Robb Elementary shooting a watershed moment for school …
5.25.22 – SIW – While details surrounding Tuesday’s shooting are still scarce, school security experts agree that there was clearly a breach of access control … - Commercial security meets the needs of evolving cannabis …
5.26.22 – SIW – Before the conversation about security, fire, and life safety solutions can begin, cannabis businesses must first become licensed to operate in … - HUA Help: Holdup Alarm Best Practices
5.25.22- SSI – Bob Dolph – When it comes to HUA devices, what you propose and install could someday save a person’s life. Here are some installation tips and resources.
Business Tips
- Acquiring Alarm Accounts Can Be Risky Business (Part 2)
5.27.22 – SSI – Buying contracts from another alarm company that doesn’t have trained techs or use proper, up-to-date alarm contracts? Demand every acquired account sign a new contract and terminate every customer who won’t sign it. - Why you need to properly vet emergency legal requests
5.23.22 – SIW – While complying with emergency requests — which typically do not include a court order — is not typically legally required, companies wish to … - Big Idea of the Month: Put Family Before Business
5.27.22 – SSI – Ron Davis – Moon Security CEO Mike Miller shares with Ron Davis how he’ll know when is the right time to sell his business. - How AI Is Helping Address Daily Threat of Industrial Fires
5.23.22 – SSI – Theresa Grunewald – New video-based technology equipped with smart AI algorithms has revolutionized safety monitoring, so no risk of fire or combustion goes undetected — in all conditions, 24/7.
Crime News
- BC: RCMP respond to multiple break and enters in North Shuswap …
5.23.22 – Salmon Arm – RCMP respond to multiple break and enters in North Shuswap community. Anglemont residents urged to be on the lookout for suspicious activity. - CO: Two cell phone carrier companies burglarized Monday morning
5.23.22 – KRDO – Colorado Springs, Colo. (KRDO) — Police are investigating two burglaries which left the AT&T Store and the T-Mobile Store’s front doors … - CT: Man Flees After Attempting To Break Into ATM At CT Dunkin,’ Police Say
5.29.22 – Daily Voice – A New England man attempted to flee from police in Connecticut after being caught red-handed attempting to break into an ATM inside an area Dunkin’ location, police announced. - Fl: Suspect Offers New Age Explanation For Trespassing At …
5.25.22- The Smoking Gun – A trespassing suspect with “his pants opened and genitals exposed” explained to Florida police that he was “doing a chant and was cleansing … - GA: Burglar smashed van into Acworth gas station to steal ATM
5.26.22 – Marietta Daily Journal, Ga. – A burglar smashed a stolen U-Haul can into a gas station in downtown Acworth in order to steal an ATM, police said Thursday. The Acworth Police Department responded to a burglary call at the Texaco Food Mart . - IL: Bloomington pawn shop owner robbed at gunpoint shares his …
5.25.22 – Bloomington (WEEK) – A Bloomington pawn shop owner robbed and beaten at gunpoint last Wednesday is sharing his first-hand account. Michael Moss owns the McLean County Exchange pawn shop in Bloomington. He says two men came into his shop last Wednesday, pretending to sell him something. - KS: Sheriff: Kan. man arrested for burglary from porn store – Hays …
5.24.22 – Hays Post – Dickinson County deputies took Riddle into custody and booked him on requested charges of Aggravated Burglary and Felony Theft. On Monday, with … - KS: Tip Helps Catch Burglar
5.23.22 – KSAL – A tip prompted by a social media post helped the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office bust a burglar who they believe stole from an adult … - NY: Man arrested in burglary spree, accused of burglarizing the …
5.25.22 – CBS6 – Derrick Buggs, 34, of Albany was was arrested following an investigation by detectives from the Albany Police Department’s Criminal … - OK: Burglars hit multiple Oklahoma City dispensaries overnight
5.24.22 – KPCO – Authorities are investigating after thieves broke into multiple dispensaries overnight. - PA: Pa. bank employees help kidnapped woman after she asks for …
5.27.22 – ABC11 – Pa. bank employees help kidnapped woman after she asks for loan, suspect arrested. According to authorities, the woman asked a bank employee for a “Help” loan. The bank employees understood that she needed help and set off the silent alarm usually used in the event of a holdup. - SC: Police arrest 2 in attempted burglary of N. Charleston store
5.28.22 – North Charleston, S.C. (WCSC) – North Charleston Police arrested a man and woman Friday night in the attempted burglary of a discount store after a chase. - TX: Suspect caught on video breaking into trucks at dealership
5.26.22 – Odessa, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – An Odessa man is behind bars after police said he was caught on video breaking into vehicles at a dealership. - VA: Greene man charged in Barboursville break-in …
5.27.22 – Daily Progress – A Greene County man is in custody after being arrested for a break-in at a Barboursville convenience store. - WA: Mattawa Man Holds Two Alleged Thieves at Gunpoint
5.24.22 – KPQ – A property owner held two men at gunpoint early Tuesday after he reportedly caught them attempting to burglarize his shop near Mattawa.
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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 – Riley Fields
- Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Director – Kelly Ryan
- Associate Director – Brian Villari
- False Alarm Reduction Association Director – Kerri McDonald
- 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
- False Alarm Reduction Association Alternate – Alicia Vela