Public Safety Updates

• People-centered public safety answering points
  3.5.24 – EMS1 – Taking the concept of the right care, to the right person at the right resource to a new level. According to the National Emergency Number Association (NENA), an estimated 240 million calls are made to 911 in the U.S. each year.

Featured Articles

• The Benefits of Swinger Shutdown
  4.1.24 – Brad Shipp – In a recent article The Dangers of Swinger Shutdown, Jeff Zwirn recommended the alarm contractors not adopt the use of swinger shutdown in any alarm system installation. I have the opposite view – here is why.
• Homeowner claims competing alarm company convinced …
  3.26.24 – Atlanta News First – Weekes said he would have been fine with the new monitoring service but that it repeatedly malfunctioned. A Skyline Security attorney said the system worked properly and claims the malfunction was caused by an unlocked door. The attorney also said the company does not misrepresent itself.
• Oregon passes far-reaching right-to-repair legislation
  3.28.24 – SIW – John Dobberstein – The right-to-repair law enacted by the state’s governor does not exempt alarm systems or other security equipment.

Business Tips

• Five Key Security Challenges in Construction
  3.28.24 – CI – SecurAlarm’s Brent Van Haren shares some top takeaways to minimize pain and lower risk when securing new constructions.
• Business Fitness: Prophet or Profit? Part 2
  3.29.24 – SSI –  Paul Boucherle – A business makes a profit through associates’ hard work together with a clear vision and impeccable communication.
• Highlighting 3 Benefits of App-Free Live Video for Security Companies
  3.28.24 – SSI – Rama Sreenivasan – App-free visual support cuts costs by reducing truck rolls, solves security problems faster and improves customer service.
• Empowering Business Security: The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  3.26.24 – SSI – Patrick Chown – Vandalism, theft, unauthorized access and external threats pose significant challenges to SMBs, highlighting the need for security solutions.
• Hotel Keycard Hack Can Open Guest Rooms
  3.25.24 – SSI –  D. Craig MacCormack – Hacking technique exposes security vulnerabilities of some Saflok-brand RFID-based hotel keycard locks used in more than 130 countries.

Crime

• DC: Suspects wanted for attempting to burglarize DC CVS
  3.30.24 – WUSA9 – Three suspects are wanted for driving into a CVS in D.C.’s Brookland neighborhood and attempting to burglarize it.
• FL: VIDEO: Man uses shopping cart to break into Florida …
  3.29.24 – TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – One man was caught on surveillance footage using an unusual technique to shatter a glass storefront overnight.
• IL: Burglars target 6 plumbing, electrical businesses on NW Side …
  3.30.24 – Chicago (WLS) – Chicago police are again warning plumbing and electrical businesses about a string of burglaries on the city’s North, West and Northwest sides. The first burglary happened Jan. 18, and the most recent was on March 29. Of the nine new burglaries reported, six happened within 1.5 hours on March 27.
• LA: Suspect Wanted For Burglary – New Orleans
  3.28.24 – NOPD News – New Orleans Police are asking the public’s assistance with identifying and locating a suspect wanted for business burglary.
• PA: Suspect arrested after 3rd burglary at downtown Pittsburgh …
  3.26.24 – WPXI – Pittsburgh – The Apparel House clothing store was robbed three times by the same suspect, the store owner told Channel 11 News each break-in …
• TX: Armed burglar caught on video breaking into far west-side …
  3.29.24 – KENS5 – The footage shows the man kick in the front door. He is later seen carrying a handgun inside the home.
• TX: SAPD seeks to identify bar-hopping burglar
  3.26.24 – San Angelo, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — The San Angelo Police Department has requested the public’s help in identifying an individual suspected of committing multiple burglaries at …

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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), Mississippi Security Association (MSA), Oklahoma Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (OKBFAA) and Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (TBFAA). For more info visit www.nesaus.org.