Door to Door Sales
- Crime Stoppers: Alarm Scam
6.1.19 – KHON2- The male states that he observed an alarm sign posted in front and asks if the resident would like for him to inspect the system to make sure that it is working
Public Safety Updates
- RP moves to curb false alarms
5.31.19 – Community Voice- The Rohnert Park City Council introduced a new false alarm penalty structure at their Tues., May 28 meeting in an effort to curb the number and frequency of … - Sandy Springs tweaks alarm ordinance as verification requirement …
6.1.19 – Reporter Newspapers- Alarm companies or residents will be required to provide verification to 911 starting June 19. But instead of providing evidence before officers will be dispatched, …
Industry News
- New dialing process coming for consumers in 510 area code
5.28.19 – The Mercury News … devices, internet dial-up numbers, fax machines, gates, alarm and security systems, speed dialers, voicemail, call forwarding systems and similar equipment. - Inovonics Introduces Wireless Commercial Fire Products
5.30.19 – SSI – The product line consists of a transceiver and receiver that can create a wireless link for any fire switch with standard contacts. - A new day dawns at Pelco
5.31.19 – SIW – Iconic video surveillance manufacturer set to chart new industry course under private equity ownership - DUI driver crashes into power pole in Tulare, causes thousands of …
6.1.19 – KFSN-TV- “The next morning half the house was fried, nothing would turn on. And you could smell burning wires, burning rubber on different walls. Our security alarm was … - Florida Man, Andrew Shinault, Faces Manslaughter Charges For …
6.1.19 – The Inquisitr- “They do not have adequate alarm systems, because if there had been an alarm in that garage, people would have been alerted to the fact that it was going on.”. - Why Combining A/V & AI Might Finally Lower the False Alarm Rate
5.31.19 – SSI – Video and audio verification are helping to reduce calls for service, but more is needed to combat the human error of false alarms. - Most Commonly Owned Smart Home Device? Smart Security Systems, Survey Says.
5.31.19 – SSI – Research firm Clutch surveyed U.S. consumers about IoT technology to learn about the perceived benefits and hurdles of investing in smart home devices.
State & National News
- 2018 Fire & Life Safety Study
4.24.19 – CSI – Consulting-Specifying Engineer – Respondents to the Consulting-Specifying Engineer 2018 Fire & Life Safety Study identified five high-level findings. Read More - More Than Half of U.S. Consumers With Plans to Buy a Security System Within 1 Year Will Choose DIY
5.28.19 – New research by Parks Associates finds consumers still prefer professionally installed home security systems, but DIY continues to experience growth. - These States Have the Highest and Lowest Rates of Burglary Arrests
6.1.19 – Security Sales & Integration- The unfortunate reality is that burglaries occur once every 13 seconds, according to Alarms.org. Even worse, the majority of the perpetrators are never caught. - Baffling break-in: Was Wi-Fi to home security system jammed?
6.1.19 – Chester Co., Pa. (WPVI) — A Chester County, Pennsylvania family is looking for answers after it appears an intruder was in their home.
Business Tips
- PoE Verifier Tool From Ideal Networks Eliminates Installation Guesswork
5.28.19 – CEPro – Testing tool from Ideal Networks measures PoE class, voltage/voltage drop, watts and injector type, making it easy to see how much power is available for PoE devices. - Monitronics Reorg Fallout: Dealer Program Model Losing Luster, Industry Experts Say
5.30.19 – SSI – As Monitronics aims to eliminate suffocating debt, plentiful access to capital has led alarm companies to be less reliant on dealer-program financing. - Key considerations in mitigating vehicle attacks
5.28.19 – SIW – Combining design best practices with the latest tech solutions is paramount - Texas Integrator Uses Telguard Communication Upgrades to Expand Smart Home Sales
5.31.19 – CEPro – Smith Thompson Home Security in Texas relies on Telguard’s TG-1 Express not only for reliable LTE and 3G/4G panel signal transmissions, but for seamless upgrades and setting up new and existing customers with the HC Flex smartphone app for automation and security controls. - 3 Things You Need to Know About HDMI 2.1
5.31.19 – CI – It’s more than 8K, and it’s here to stay. Here are three things to know about HDMI 2.1 before you implement it in your AV installations. - Four Fears That Keep an AV Integrator Up at Night (and What to Do About Them)
5.29.19 – CI – These are the things that keep many AV integrator business leaders up at night. But, don’t fret, sweet sleep is in sight if you follow this advice.
Fire & EMS News
- AL: A suite in the Shoals Hospital Medical Offices caught fire
5.30.19 – whnt.com- Fire Chief Shawn Malone tells WHNT News 19 that a fire alarm went off around 6:30 p.m. … Firefighters contained the fire to the suite where the alarm went off. - AR: Fire line: May 26, 2019
5.29.19 – Russellville Courier- 6:09 a.m., Activated Fire Alarm, East Main Street 9:15 a.m., Medical Emergency 10:01 a.m., Grass Fire 12:13 p.m., Medical … - MA: Belmont fire log: May 17-23
5.30.19 – Wicked Local- Friday, May 17. 8:32 a.m.: Personnel responded to a malicious false alarm on Concord Avenue. Units were dispatched to the senior high school for a fire alarm … - MA: Bridgewater-Raynham High School Teacher Pulls Fire Alarm After …
5.30.19 – CBS Boston- Bridgewater – A teacher pulled a fire alarm at Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School Wednesday morning after hearing “concerning … - MA: Littleton Police Reports: May 16-22
5.31.19 – Wicked Local- 9:20 am.: An activated fire alarm was investigated at Littleton Middle School. Fire services were rendered. 9:39 a.m: Community policing … - NC: Woman pleads guilty to murder of Charlotte couple
5.31.19 – WBTV- Prosecutors say on an April Sunday morning in 2017, firefighters were called to the house for a fire alarm. After they kicked in the door, … - ND: Grand Forks man arrested for allegedly lighting fire at auto dealership
5.30.19 – Valley News Live – Emergency responders arrived at around 2 p.m. to Lithia Ford for a fire alarm. When emergency responders arrived, the fire … - NY: Dryer blamed for Memorial Day fire in Accord home
5.29.19 – The Daily Freeman- Accord, NY – A family was out for a bicycle ride on Memorial Day when their alarm system alerted them to a fire in their home, Accord Fire … - OK: daily Log: May 29, 2019
5.29.19 – Tahlequah Daily Press- Tahlequah FD: 9:58 p.m., smoke investigation. May 27. Tahlequah FD: 4:47 p.m., fire alarm. Tahlequah FD: 7:03 p.m., … - TN: Police/Fire reports for 05/30/19
5.31.19 – Columbia Daily Herald- 6:25 p.m., Alarm activation, no fire – unintentional ◇ 6:38 p.m., Smoke detector activation, no fire – unintentional … - TX: Central Texas home catches fire days after volunteers install new …
5.30.19 – KBTX- Red Cross volunteers and the Rosebud Fire Department went door to door installing 10-year smoke alarms that are free to homeowners. Gary Pervis and his … - VA: Fire & Rescue Report
5.31.19 – Northern Virginia Daily-. Woodstock Fire Department. Automatic fire alarm-malfunction: - VA: Mobile bank serves needs of BB&T customers in Warrenton
5.31.19 – Fauquier Times- The fire was discovered shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday, May 25, by a Warrenton policeman responding to an alarm. The fire was contained a short time after the .
Crime News
- AK: After coffee shop burglary, officer on bike makes arrest
5.30.19 – Juneau Empire- At about 12:40 a.m. Wednesday, an alarm company called JPD to report that an alarm was going off at the Airport Heritage Coffee Shop, according to a JPD … - AL: Police Report for May 29
5.29.19 – Gadsden Times- Police responded to an alarm at 12:11 a.m. Monday at a business, where they found a glass door broken. - AZ: 3 charged in string of jewelry store robberies across the western US
5.30.19 – Deseret News- They then monitor the police response to the alarm call at the jewelry store. Once the police determine it appears to be a false alarm and leave the area, the … - CA: Alert Business Owner Aids Police in Corralling Serial Commercial …
5.30.19 – Santa Barbara Edhat- At approximately 3:40 A.M. Wednesday, Officers responded to an alarm call. When Officers arrived, they found an empty … - CA: Crime Report: La Cañada home ransacked while its owner was …
5.30.19 – Los Angeles Times- A woman reported she’d left her home at 6 a.m. that day, securing it and turning on the alarm system before she went out. Shortly after 1 p.m. she was contacted … - CA: Home surveillance cameras help police catch neighborhood prowler
5.29.19 – Bakersfield Now- Horack now sets her home alarm system before bed, double checks that all her doors are locked, and has reset all of her cameras to the highest video quality … - CA: Man arrested for breaking into elementary school
6.1.19 – Red Bluff Daily News- Officers responded to an alarm just after midnight Friday indicating access was made to the front office through the outside door cooler area, the release said. - CA: Man Breaks Into Anaheim Church, Steals Electronics And Religious …
5.31.19 – CBS Los Angeles- … Church around 6:25 a.m. after someone reported the church’s rear door was left open after an alarm was set off. - CA: Manhunt ends in arrest of burglary & theft suspect
5.31.19 – KTVL- About 40-minutes later, SCSO received an alarm call at the McCloud Chevron station. When the SCSO deputy … - CA: Police arrest man linked to at least 10 burglaries in Santa Barbara
5.30.19 – KEYT- Officers responded to an alarm at a business and found the storefront had been burglarized. Police officials also say they .. - CA: Police investigate early morning break in at optometry office
5.28.19 – KEYT- Broken glass was found on the ground and the business’s alarm was blaring. It is unclear if any employees were inside the optometry office at the time of the … - CA: Security officer accidentally shoots gun during building search at Long …
5.27.19 – Long Beach Press Telegram – Security officers were conducting a building search because of an alarm activation when one officer accidentally discharged his or her weapon, Dandoy said. - CA: Suspected Bank Robber Crashes Car While Making Escape
5.30.19 – NBC 7 San Diego – … pockets and demanded money, but police said bank employees recognized him as the possible suspect in other area robberies and tripped the silent alarm, … - FL: Arlington barber shop burglarized left with thousands of dollars worth …
5.30.19 – ActionNewsJax.com – Arlington, Fla. – Police are investigating after an Arlington barbershop was burglarized and left with thousands of dollars worth of damage. It happened … - FL: Homeless pair arrested after repeated theft at Belk in The Villages
5.31.19 – Villages-News – … merchandise valued at more than $900, but ditched it when she was approached by a loss prevention officer after she passed through the security alarm. - FL: Man foils robbery after finding three burglars still in home
6.2..19 – WFTV Orlando- This isn’t the first time the Collins’ home was burglarized. The family says they’re now looking into buying surveillance cameras and installing a louder alarm … - GA: Albany police searching for second suspect in car theft
5.31.19 – WALB- The call came in early Thursday morning after an alarm call at Albany Motorcars. Derrick Lyons, 18, is in custody … - GA: No charges for Villa Rica officer who shot suspect twice
5.30.19 – Atlanta Journal Constitution- The incident began when Villa Rica officers responded to an alarm call at the Easy Quick Shop gas station about 4:30 a.m., the GBI said. When police arrived … - GA: UGA students victimized in double burglary of home
5.31.19 – Online Athens- We had an alarm set, but we were informed the alarm didn’t go to the police. It didn’t go to anything,” he said. “All of us decided to pull the plug and get out of the … - IN: IMPD releases sketch of gunman in 2018 Dollar General slaying
6.2.19 – WTTV CBS4Indy- “He talks to the clerks, both of them, an when he indicates that he’s robbing the store, then of course the victim hits the panic alarm and we think that the suspect … - KS: Police investigating break-in at Henry Liquor
5.29.19 – Hiawatha World- At about 5:05 a.m. that day, officers responded to an alarm call at Henry Retail Liquor. Chief John Defore said upon arrival, … - KY: EPD officer hurt chasing suspect
5.27.19 – Elizabethtown News Enterprise- Around 3 p.m. Sunday, …in Elizabethtown after an alarm went off at a WesBanco branch in … - LA: Man arrested for allegedly robbing a Jennings Sonic and setting fires
5.31.19 – KPLC- … sent to the Jennings Sonic to investigate an activated burglary alarm on Wednesday … displayed Dawunte Morris entering the Sonic which sounded the alarm. - LA: Police search for Dollar General burglary suspect in Farmerville
5.29.19 – MyArkLaMiss -Around 11:20 p.m. on Monday May 27, police got an alarm activation from the Dollar General Store. Video shows a person going … - MA: Alleged blowtorch thief at Westboro Target scheduled to plead guilty
5.28.19 – Worcester Telegram- 4, 2015, when police in Southington, Connecticut, found them hiding in the snow after responding to an alarm at the town’s Target. In a rental car nearby they … - MA: Man breaks into Massachusetts Vietnam veteran’s home during his …
5.30.19 – Fox News- Maryfran Randall, McIsaac’s daughter, told Boston 25 she didn’t immediately suspect a burglary but thought it was odd for the alarm to sound – so, on a hunch … - MA: Mass. homeowner arrives home to find robbery in progress
6.1.19 – WCVB Boston- The homeowner said he knew his home alarm was going off before he arrived back home, but had no idea when he walked through his front door that three … - MA: Pembroke police log, May 21-23
5.31.19 – Wicked Local- 5:14 p.m.: A burglar alarm was reported at a business. Police secured the building. 8:27 p.m.: Trespassing was reported on Pleasant … - MA: Police log: 5-31-19
5.31.19 – Daily Item- Accidental medical alert call on Wednesday at 5:02 p.m. Alarm company spoke to resident who reported accidental activation. - MA: Police Log: 6-1-19
6.1.19 – Daily Item- Burglar alarm sounded at Everett Bank on Thursday at 7:12 p.m. Officer reports all exterior doors are secure and all appears to be in order. - MA: Police/Fire
5.31.19 – Gloucester Daily Times- 5:50 p.m.: A burglar alarm sounded at the Cape Ann Transportation Authority offices and City Hall Annex. The building and grounds were found … - MA: Rochester police log, May 19-25
6.1.19 – Wicked Local- Monday, May 20. 7:40 a.m.: A burglar alarm was reported at a business. - MA: Swampscott police log, May 21-23
5.30.19 – Wicked Local- 11:42 a.m.: A burglar alarm was reported… - MI: Cleaners in Commerce Township broken into, cash register stolen
5.29.19 – The Oakland Press- According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a burglar alarm at Maple Cleaners, , at around 4 a.m. … - MI: Saginaw man shot outside East Side house party
5.29.19 – MLive.com- Michigan State Police troopers were already in the area, checking an alarm at nearby Howard Street Market. They heard the shots and began erecting a … - MO: Business’ alarm alerts police to burglars in Miner, Mo.
5.28.19 – KFVS- Business’ alarm alerts police to burglars in Miner, Mo. … According to officials with the Miner Police Department, on May 27 they responded to a business alarm. - NC: Car chase ends with one arrest
5.29.19 – The Courier Times- According to reports, officers responded to a burglar alarm at the Food Mart Sunday night and found the front glass door shattered. The store manager reviewed … - NC: Serial Robbery Suspect Arrested After High Speed …
5.27.19 – Indian Country Today Media Network- The employee activated a panic alarm at which point the suspect fled the scene in a red 4 door car. The employee was not injured. … - NJ: Arrested for Burglary Jersey City Man Learns You Don’t Have to Go …
5.29.19 – TAPinto.net- Despite there being no signs of forced entry, the alarm company advised that the male, later identified as Mack N. Brinson, 53, was still inside the story, hiding … - NY: Binghamton Police Chase Suspects Through Southside Yards
5.29.19 – wnbf.com- City of Binghamton Police are looking for three people seen running through yards on the South Side early May 29, one possibly armed with a gun. - NY: Canine officer, dog track accused burglar from Lake Ronkonkoma …
6.2.19- Newsday- Police found Jason Romano, 36, of 90 Newton Blvd. in a wooded area near the Slater Pharmacy shortly after officers responded to the store’s burglar alarm at … - OH: North Kingsville police reports
5.30.19 – The Star Beacon- Burglar alarm at 5:16 p.m. on May 20. … Burglar alarm at 5:45 p.m. on May 25. - OK: Choctaw man sentenced for violent kidnapping, firearms charge
5.29.19 – KTUL- Previously, a jury determined that Hammet cut a hole in an outside wall of the victim’s house to avoid detection by the alarm system in April 2017. When the … - OR: Burglary targets Wildlife Images
5.30.19 – Mail Tribune- Staff had activated an alarm system after locking up Tuesday, but it never went off. Maxson described their security system as “small” and designed “to keep the … - PA: Two teens arrested after dirt bike theft in Chester County, police chase …
5.31.19 – WGAL Lancaster- According to investigators, an alarm system at the business alerted police, who chased two vans into Maryland. At one point, police said, one of the vans … - TN: Burglars target jewelry store, Subway restaurant
5.28.19 – KFVS- Police responded at 3:11 a.m. to an alarm at Steve’s Jewelry on Tuesday, May 28. Officers report the front of the jewelry store was secure, but the Subway … - TX: FIRST ON CBS7: Man indicted in Midland police officer’s shooting death
5.29.19 – CBS7 News – According to an affidavit, officer Heidelberg and another other responded to a home on Eagle Cove in north Midland for an alarm call. When the officers arrived, … - TX: Homeowner Indicted For Fatal Shooting Of Texas Officer
6.2.19 – Blue Lives Matter- Midland, TX – The homeowner who fatally shot Midland Police Officer Nathan “Hayden” Heidelberg as he was responding to a burglary alarm at the man’s … - TX: Leon County Sheriff’s Report
5.28.19 – Leon County Today- At 3:49 PM, Deputy Jerry Nichols was dispatched to CR 210, in reference to an alarm. Upon arrival, everything checked out alright and the property …FL: - WI: Neighbors frustrated by stolen security system signs
6.2.19 – WTMJ-TV- But, she and her neighbors pay hundreds of dollars each year for their protection, which includes the sign warning people they’ll sound an alarm if they trespass.
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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
- Oklahoma Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Director – Steven Brekel
- Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Director – Kelly Ryan
- Associate Director – Brian Villari
- Executive Director – Brad Shipp
- Maryland Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Alternate – Brian Shrake
- Oklahoma Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Alternate – Danna Fowble
- Texas Burglar & Fire Alarm Assn. Alternate – Rex Adams