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Security Industry Association announces winners of the 2020 SIA New Product Showcase Awards

Bringing Innovation to the Forefront

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the 2020 winners of the SIA New Product Showcase Awards, with Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, receiving the 2020 Best New Product Award.

New products are reviewed by a panel of judges with extensive industry experience, and in 2020, following significant deliberations, the 30 judges presented awards for technologies covering 23 product and service categories. securitymagazine.com

Here's just a few of the 2020 SIA New Product Showcase winners are:

Winner Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, received the Best New Product honor for its 3D Surveillance With Leica BLK247, submitted in the Emerging Technologies category.- Axis Communications, Inc.: AXIS C8210 Network Audio Amplifier

The Judges' Choice Award was presented to Suprema Inc. for the Airfob Patch product, submitted in the Access Control Devices & Peripherals Hardware - Wireless category.ns and Networking Solutions

Communications and Networking Solutions
Winner - Axis Communications, Inc.: AXIS C8210 Network Audio Amplifier

Video Surveillance Advanced Imaging Technologies
Winner - Axis Communications, Inc.: AXIS Live Privacy Shield

Video Surveillance Cameras (HD/Megapixel)
Winner - Bosch Security and Safety Systems: MIC IP Ultra 7100i
Honorable Mention - Hanwha Techwin: PNM-9085RQZ  iscwest.com


Checkpoint Systems Commitment to Retail Industry Continues as Newest Master Level Partner with Loss Prevention Foundation (LPF)

The Loss Prevention Foundation (LPF) announced that Checkpoint Systems has advanced its partnership to become the newest Master level scholarship partner. Checkpoint has been a bachelor level partner and supporter of the LPF and with their commitment to becoming a Master level partner they are continuing to set an example to the industry regarding the importance of higher education. The Master level partnership secures numerous certification course scholarships and complimentary LPF memberships for Checkpoint to distribute to loss prevention professionals.

Stuart Rosenthal, Vice President of Sales and Marketing commented, "All of us at Checkpoint are extremely proud to advance our support for the continuing education and development of Loss Prevention professionals. The LP Foundation is a cornerstone in that development and we look forward to the future."

Headquartered in Thorofare, NJ, Checkpoint Systems, a division of CCL Industries, addresses three critical issues for its customers: improving financial performance, enabling omni-channel, and improving consumer loyalty. yourlpf.org


3SI Tracking Support Center Celebrates Milestone

Created on July 9, 2010, the Tracking Support Center (TSC) is a division of 3SI's Security Operations Center. The team supports customers and the 9,000+ law enforcement agencies directly linked to respond to 3SI tracker activations. This month, the TSC proudly celebrates its 10th anniversary of helping create a #SaferWorld.

Learn more about 3SI's TSC in today's Vendor Spotlight below.


CSA Webinar: RILA's blueprint for shopping now - and in the future
Brian Dodge, president of the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), will share COVID-related best practices and protocols designed to keep customers and employees as safe as possible at the CSA webinar, "Open for Business: Retail's Blueprint for Shopping Now and in the Future." The presentation will be held on July 14, at 2 p.m. (EDT). Click here to register.
 

Violence Falls From July 4th Weekend Levels
But Still Surging in Big Cities

149 Shootings, 28 Killed in 30 Cities Studied
Shootings Down 36%, Deaths Down 60% Compared to Last Weekend

See the full list compiled by The Daily here
(Check out last week's report here)

'This Was a Perfect Storm'
Police Wrestle With Surge in Crime in U.S. Cities Amid Defunding Efforts

A violent summer hits some major U.S. cities as police face budget cuts due to the pandemic and efforts to combat police brutality

Law-enforcement officials in several large U.S. cities are wrestling with a sharp rise in violent crime amid a national debate over the role of police, calls to reduce police-department budgets and growing fiscal troubles.

Some cities are on track to have their most violent summers in years.

In Milwaukee, homicides are up 37% so far this year, on pace to break the record of 167 in 1991, which included 16 murders by convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Homicides so far this year in Chicago are ahead of the pace of 2016, which marked the city's highest tally since 1996. In New York and Los Angeles, which have seen falling numbers of homicides for years, killings this year are up 23% and 11.6%, respectively. Kansas City, Mo., has recorded 99 killings since January, far outpacing any record for the first six months of the year.

Police departments already face budget cuts around the U.S., the result of falling tax revenues from pandemic lockdowns. Covid-19 has also made it difficult for officers to safely conduct community outreach, say experts, worsening police-community relations.

Amid revenue shortfalls and calls to defund police, Art Acevedo, Houston police chief and head of the Major Cities Chiefs Association, said cities are now slashing police budgets without plans in place to reallocate funds or replace functions typically performed by police. "You don't tear down the building you're living in until you have a new building to move into," he said.

City leaders and law-enforcement officials say the months of lockdown, rising unemployment, more guns on the street and the fallout from mass protests over the George Floyd killing helped create conditions for more violence.

"This was a perfect storm," said Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales. "We had a series of events that many of us probably never experienced in our time."

At the same time, law-enforcement officials say they are weighing the risks of aggressively enforcing the law, concerned that a backlash from activists, protesters and residents could trigger attacks on police or a replay of the riots and looting that marked some of the earlier protests. In some cases, officials say, police are backing away from some kinds of petty crime arrests that give them a higher profile on the street, hoping to quell tensions. wsj.com

Increased Prosecutions 53% in '19 & "Fed Crime Gets Fed Time"
Eastern PA. U.S. Attorney Launches Violent Crime Prevention &
Public Awareness Campaign
United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced the launch of a public awareness campaign aimed at discouraging violent crime, specifically robbery and gun crimes, throughout the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The campaign employs targeted messaging to educate and inform the public that crimes committed with a gun can often violate federal laws, and therefore carry stiffer potential penalties than crimes prosecuted under local and state statutes. One component of the campaign is a series of public service announcements (PSAs) that will run on television, radio, and streaming platforms urging individuals to rethink committing violent crimes that could be federal offenses.

Violent crime, particularly gun crime, has become a pervasive issue in Philadelphia and other parts of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. For example, in 2019, 2,181 robberies with a gun occurred in Philadelphia. . So far in 2020, there have been 219 homicides,[1] with the past two weekends in July becoming particularly violent. The U.S. Attorney's Office has committed to a strong response to violent crime in this District. Part of that response has been to increase the number of violent crime prosecutions: in 2019, the Violent Crime Unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office charged 53% more cases than in the previous year. justice.gov

Editor's Note: It's about time the Feds jumped in and did something! And this US Attorney is the one who is attimately against the extreme decriminalization.

Seattle police chief says 50% budget cut would be 'tragic decision'

7 of 9 city council members have signed on

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best told "Fox & Friends" on Monday that a 50 percent budget cut to her department would "truly" be "a tragic decision." Best made the comment three days after she wrote in a letter addressed to Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan that the proposed cuts by the city council "are political gestures" and "not realistic or rational solutions."

In a video address to officers posted to YouTube on Friday, Best accused the City Council of recklessness and "political pandering" by advocating to slash her department's budget by 50 percent, arguing that cutting funds to that extent would be asking citizens "to test out a theory that crime goes away if police go away."

So far, seven out of the nine members of Seattle City Council have voiced support for the goal to decrease the city's police budget by 50 percent, according to the Seattle Times. It takes six votes to pass legislation related to the city budget and overrule a mayoral veto. foxnews.com

Pro-cop demonstrators clash with Black Lives Matter protesters in Brooklyn
Pro-cop demonstrators faced off against Black Lives Matter protesters in southern Brooklyn for the second day in a row Sunday evening in a tense clash where protesters torched an American flag and tossed eggs at each other.

Scuffles between the two groups broke out in Bay Ridge as NYPD officers were forced to step in and separate about 100 Black Lives Matter protesters and several dozen cop supporters, video posted on social media showed.

The anti-cop demonstrators torched an American flag and also burned a Blue Lives Matter T-shirt, hat and sign, according to footage of the demonstration. Witnesses said one of the Blue Lives Matter demonstrators was detained after hitting and shoving a female Black Lives Matter protester to the ground and throwing an egg into the crowd. Footage showed several in the anti-cop crowd blocking an NYPD van from transporting the alleged assailant, with some saying it was because the man hadn't been placed in handcuffs as they believed he should have been. nypost.com

New York, NY: New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggests NYC crime surge due to unemployment, residents who need to 'shoplift some bread'
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested over the weekend that the crime surge in New York City is likely because struggling residents are forced to shoplift in order to "feed their child." In a virtual town hall meeting she hosted Thursday, some clips of which were shared by The Hill, the 30-year-old Democratic congresswoman was asked about the troubling uptick in violent crimes overtaking the city. "Do we think this has to do with the fact that there's record unemployment in the United States right now?" she responded. "The fact that people are at a level of economic desperation that we have not seen since the Great Recession?"

Maybe this has to do with the fact that people aren't paying their rent and are scared to pay their rent and so they go out, and they need to feed their child and they don't have money," Ocasio-Cortez continued, "so they feel like they either need to shoplift some bread or go hungry." The New York Police Department (NYPD) has reported a staggering increase in shootings and violent crimes in recent weeks, as officials warn there's "a storm on the horizon" amid calls for changes. foxnews.com

Portland Protester Shot in Face With Rubber Bullet

Allentown, PA: Video of Police Officer Appearing To Put His Knee On Man's Neck During Arrest Prompts Protests

Black Lives Matter mural by Trump Tower becomes scene of heated clashes

Baton Rouge, LA: Video of Baton Rouge police officer kneeling on teen's neck prompts investigation, mayor says
 

21 Retailers have filed for bankruptcy in 2020 so far:
Will this number double? The Daily's prediction is it'll set a new record number of over 35.

Last year sent 17 major retailers into bankruptcy. Bankruptcy also proved fatal for more retailers in 2019, as liquidations increased. In all, retailers closed more than 9,500 stores last year. 

7-Eleven, Inc. Announces 71,100th Store