Public Safety Updates
- AR: Fayetteville looks to lower false alarm penalties
6.4.23 – Arkansas Democrat Gazette – The proposal the council will consider Tuesday would lower the dollar amounts charged to offending property or business owners. A $250 penalty for failure to register a security alarm would be waived if the owner provides police a copy of an application within 10 days of a violation notice.
Featured Articles
- Police response leads North Sacramento district chair to quit
5.31.23 – Yahoo – “Maybe this will send a message that it is the city’s job to provide these basic and essential services without extra taxes and fees,” Ditkof wrote in his letter. Daniel Savala, executive director for the Del Paso Boulevard Partnership, said Ditkof might be a bit “misguided” in his hopes to disband the district. - 4 Important Buy-Sell Indemnity Issues
6.2.23 – Security Sales & Integration – There are essentially four indemnity issues in the buy-sell transaction. Attrition indemnity: Most of you (and attorneys you may engage for one … - Ring Accused by FTC of Illegal Surveillance; $5.8M in Rebates Proposed
6.2.23 – SSI – Jason Knott – Federal Trade Commission says Ring illegally surveilled customers and did not do enough to prevent hacking. Proposes $5.8 in consumer refunds.
Business Tips
- Training to Punch Above Your Business Weight in the …
6.2.23 – Security Sales & Integration – This strategy requires deep introspection, homework on your competition, homework on your vertical market customer bases, and most importantly … - Security Pros Voice Their Opinion on Where Suppliers …
5.31.23 – Security Sales & Integration – Security systems integrators and dealers discuss their biggest issues with industry suppliers and partners in the year 2022. - Deep Dive Research: Video Surveillance Shifts From Pause to Play
6.1.23 – SSI – Slowed by the effects of the pandemic and supply chain morass, this sector is looking to push the fast-forward button. SSI’s Video Surveillance Deep Dive freeze-frames installations, prices, profits, verticals, challenges and technologies. - The latest ‘right to repair’ law is the broadest one yet
6.1.23 – Stateline.org – Minnesota is the latest state to approve such a law, following Colorado earlier this year and New York last year. - Could regulations tamp down promise of AI in security industry?
6.2.23 – SIW – Steve Surfaro – As the feds seek feedback on proposed guidelines, industry leaders are already discussing ethics and responsibility issues and showcasing how their firms use artificial intelligence…
Crime News
- BC: Theft, smash-and-grabs, B&Es – cops face busy weekend
6.1.23 – The Castlegar Source – Saturday night saw police busy with smash-and-grabs, B&Es and thefts, according to Trail RCMP NCO/ic Sgt. Mike Wicentowich. - CA: Man arrested in serial flower shop burglaries 800 feet apart
5.29.23 – Bay City News – A man was arrested early Saturday at a San Mateo florist shop where a burglar shattered the glass front door and took two cash registers — just like at another shop the night before, police said. Andre Murphy, 51, of Oakland was taken into custody about 3 a.m. at Ah Sam Floral Co. - GA: Juvenile charged with burglary
6.1.23 – The Valdosta Daily Times, Ga. – A juvenile was arrested last week on a burglary charge. At about 11:30 p.m., May 27, police headed to a business in the 800 block of North Ashley Street for a burglary alarm, according to a Valdosta Police Department statement released mid-week. - IL: CVS Pharmacy Burglar Trips Alarm, Captured At JD Brown
6.1.23- Patch – Josue Tapia, age 39, of Plainfield, was arrested by Joliet police following an overnight burglary at the CVS Pharmacy on Plainfield Road. ( … - MA: Man accused of breaking into several businesses in New …
6.1.23 – New Bedford, Mass. (WLNE) – The New Bedford Police Department said a man was arrested in connection to a series of break-ins committed over the past month. According to officials, Dominick Ferreira, 23, was arrested on Tuesday after being spotted in the city’s south end by two officers on patrol. - MO: Joplin police investigating convenience store break-in
6.1.23 – Joplin Globe – Police Sgt. Jason Stump said officers responded about 1:30 a.m. to a business alarm at the Casey’s convenience store at 403 N. Main St. and … - MO: Officer-involved shooting leaves one dead in southeast …
5.30.23 – WSIL-TV – Kennett, Mo. — State police are investigating an officer-involved shooting resulting in one person dead in Kennett on Sunday night. - NE: Teens accused in business break-ins in Lincoln
5.30.23 – Lincoln Journal Star – Two more teens still are being sought in the unrelated burglaries at Fresh ‘N Save Market and Super C, Lincoln Police said. - NJ: Summit Police Responds to Pair of Residential Burglaries …
6.3.23 – TAPinto – All the dwellings involved are located on Prospect Hill Avenue, and each home was unoccupied at the time of the incidents, which Police believe … - ON: VIDEO: Break-in attempt thwarted by security alarm
6.1.23 – SooToday – Police hope to identify the people responsible for an attempted break-in that occurred in the early morning hours of April 25. - SC: A convenience store owner who shot a 14-year-old boy in …
5.29.23 – CNN – A South Carolina convenience store owner has been charged with murder after allegedly chasing a 14-year-old boy and shooting him in the back …
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