Public Safety Updates
- Dozens of false fire alarm calls, elevator entrapments every …
10.9.24 – WKRG – Hundreds of these types of calls tie up Gulf Shores first responders every year, delaying their response times to real and sometimes critical …
Featured Articles
- Rosenworcel Proposes Expanding 6-GHz Band for ‘Very Low Power’ Devices
10.4.24 – TV Tech – By Tom Butts – FCC chairwoman wants to make more spectrum available for next-gen tech - Election Security: How Integrators Can Keep Voters Safe When They Head to the Polls
10.11.24 – SSI – D. Craig MacCormack – Understanding election security from a variety of angles can help cities and towns, schools and colleges protect everyone involved. - Ring Smart Video Search
10.9.24 – SIW – The solution’s Ring IQ combines AI and visual language modeling to match text to images.
Business
- The Corporate Transparency Act: Everything You Need to Know
10.11.24 – SSI – Mitch Reitman – Small business owners need to know about the Corporate Transparency Act, as non-compliance can result in severe civil and - Inside Maryland’s Regulations for Law Enforcement Use of Facial Recognition
10.11.24 – SSI Jake Parker – SIA’s Jake Parker takes a closer look at the strictest facial recognition use law in the U.S., recently enacted in Maryland. - Unraveling Accessory Relay Module Dangers to Help Life Safety Systems Installers
10.8.24 – SSI – Jeff Zwirn – Just because alarm relay modules “can perform” a particular function does not mean that you can use them in every application.
Life Safety
- Fire killed a boy in an Independence rental home. A faulty smoke alarm was partly to blame
10.8.24 – Kansas City Star – By Noelle Alviz-Gransee – The house where 12-year-old boy died in an August house fire in Independence did not have a working smoke detector.
Crime
- CA: Suspected burglar gets stuck inside Oakland shoe store
10.10.24 – (KRON) – A man who allegedly broke into a downtown Oakland shoe store early Thursday morning apparently got stuck inside before police arrived to handcuff him. The Oakland Police Department responded just after 1:30 a.m. to 598 Seventh Street on a report of an in-progress commercial burglary, authorities said. - GA: Daring drugstore heist: Burglars saw way into pharmacy …
10.11.24 – Fox 5 Atlanta – Thieves robbed Old Nat Pharmacy in South Fulton, taking thousands of dollars worth of medication and potentially linked to a prior beauty … - NC: Report: Burglar Apologizes After Breaking Into Wrong Home
10.10.24 -Johnson County Report – Clayton – A suspect is facing numerous charges after he reportedly broke into the wrong home, then apologized to the startled homeowner before fleeing. Ricky Paul Hollie, age 32, of Greensboro, NC was arrested following the incident around 2:54am September 30. - WA: East Bremerton Elks Lodge burglar caught on camera
10.7.24 – KIRO 7 News Seattle – East Bremerton, Wash. – Kitsap County deputies want to speak to a man suspected of breaking into an Elks Lodge in East Bremerton. - WY: Sheridan Deputies Find Burglary Evidence All…
10.11.24 – Cowboy State Daily – Four young men face felony charges after at least one of them posted evidence to Snapchat of their alleged escapades robbing the Big Horn Y gas station in Sheridan, Wyoming. One suspect reportedly texted a Snapchat contact, “Yeah, We Robbed It.”2 days ago
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. Six 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), Oklahoma Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (OKBFAA) and Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (TBFAA). For more info visit www.nesaus.org.