Brookhaven GA January 1 2019 Beginning New Year’s Day, security companies will have to start paying fines to the city of Brookhaven for repeated false alarms rather than their customers. The measure is intended to reduce the thousands of false alarms police respond to in a year, eating up resources and wasting taxpayer money, […]
Regina Canada December 22 2018 An alarm in your home or business can help provide a sense of security, but they’re starting to be a resource strain for the Regina Police Service (RPS). The RPS will be changing the way they handle alarm calls starting Jan. 1, 2019. “It’s just a general challenge that we […]
Eau Claire WI November 29 2018 Eau Claire police are issuing a warning about a security company claiming to be working with local authorities to keep you safe. According to police, Secure Wisconsin has been placing door hangers on residents’ doors in Eau Claire. The door hangers read the company has decided to conduct an awareness […]
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. November 23 2018 — Security 101, a systems integration franchise, will conduct its 7th Annual Gift of Security charitable program. The Gift of Security is a national corporate giving initiative providing $10,000 worth of integrated security services from Security 101 and equipment from product partners, Axis Communications and WESCO to one nonprofit […]
OKLAHOMA CITY OK November 4 2018 – A former security company technician’s license will go under review by a state committee after he was arrested twice in roughly a week’s span, in two separate cases, where hidden cameras were found in children’s bedrooms of two metro homes. The Oklahoma Department of Labor telling News 4 Friday […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Oct 23 2018 Albuquerque Fire Rescue is dealing with a big problem — false fire alarms. They are getting ready to enforce an ordinance that was introduced in the 90s. In 2017, AFR responded to more than 2,000 false fire alarms and used more than $200,000 in resources. Their goal is to increase […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Sept 17 2018 —ADS Security on Sept. 12 bought Mid America Security Systems, based in Louisville, Ky., and will be maintaining that location as its second in the state and 25th overall. “Our other office in Kentucky is in Paducah, and we’re also in Clarksville, which is in Tennessee, right on the Kentucky border. […]
Oregon Sept 12 2018 As a third harvest season looms near for the region’s newest state-sanctioned crop, those in Southern Oregon’s developing cannabis industry are adding long-established businesses to their Rolodex. With product names such as “Cheech & Char,” “Gnarley Marley” and “Spicoli Special” — the latter a reference to Sean Penn’s perpetually stoned surfer in […]
Toronto Canada Aug 16 2018 The Toronto Police Service is moving to a verified response model for burglar alarm activations, according to the Canadian Security Association. The new model will take effect on Sept. 10 this year. According to the new guidelines: The Toronto Police Service will no longer respond to alarms solely on the request […]
Montgomery County PA Aug 7 2018 Police say that an employee of a security firm was stabbed and then ran over by her ex-boyfriend in the parking of the 24/7 security-monitoring company’s office. 33-year-old Angela Maya Stith, an employee of Vector Security, was brutally murdered by her ex-boyfriend Friday morning. The incident occurred around […]