Good news and bad news: Florida’s crime rate is the lowest it’s been in 41 years, but Leon County’s crime rate is up 5.7%. Tallahassee Democrat reports: “The annual statewide crime figures released this week by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement show an impressive decline in the number of crimes reported in the Sunshine [...]
Vienna, VA, March 30, 2012—The Central Station Alarm Association (CSAA) is pleased to announce that REDWIRE-Tallahassee, FL has received the prestigious “CSAA Five Diamond Certification.” This Certification testifies that 100% of their central station operators have achieved proficiency and certification by passing the CSAA Central Station On-Line Operator Training Course. These courses cover virtually all [...]
What may turn out to be one of the biggest credit card frauds, thieves seem to have hit the payment card industry again at one of its vulnerable nerve centers: a credit card processor firm. According to a report from security blogger Brian Krebs at krebsonsecurity.com and repeated today on Forbes.com, Visa and MasterCard are [...]
Three members of the Redwire team will be recognized at a National Achievement Competition in April of 2012. On February 27, the announcement was made that Central Station Supervisor Natalia Burey, Central Station Supervisor Murshid Normand and Technician Justin Norris were all national winners in their respective categories. “These three epitomize the appreciation for our [...]
Boosters, people who shoplift and then sell the items on the black market or online, have a new product of choice. Tide detergent has become a favorite target because there is a “ready market to sell the stuff for about half of what it sells for in stores,” Cincinnati.com reports. A Wal-Mart in Minnesota said [...]
Security System Detects Intruders Officers apprehended two suspects inside Gadsden Technical Institute in Quincy, FL after the security system detected activity on March 15, 2012. Operator Lisa Hamilton received the alert from inside the building around 10:23 pm. She detected movement inside and immediately dispatched the Quincy Police Department. Hamilton remained on the line with [...]
Using video alarm verification, such as redwire’s VIVID, Detroit police have achieved a 70 percent closure rate. Read the following article from the March 2012 issue of The Police Cheif newsletter to hear how they have maximized the effectiveness of video alarms and dramatically improved their policing. THE POLICE CHIEF/MARCH 2012 By Jennifer Mrozowski, Executive Director, [...]
Tallahassee, FL, March 12, 2012- Sounds of a crash, movement and the opening and closing of drawers, detected by redwire’s central station, allowed police to apprehend a suspect caught breaking into a local Tallahassee business on March 11. Central Station Operator Orlando Marquez received a security alert from the building around 7:40 am. He heard [...]
Written by Bill Zalud @ Security Magazine. Remember Cathy Cruz Marrero? No? Well, maybe you remember her starring role in what was probably the most viewed security video of 2011. While texting on her phone walking the Berkshire Mall in Wyomissing, Pa., she fell into a mall water fountain. Officers of the private security firm working [...]
