Tag: ordinance
Arkansas town considers requiring businesses to install surveillance
November 13, 2012SSN Staff
PINE BLUFF, Ark.—Leaders in this town are considering an ordinance requiring convenience stores and restaurants to install and maintain surveillance equipment, according to NACS.online.
The move was prompted by an unsolved crime in which Mohammed Islam, a convenience store clerk at the Big Red Food Mart, was killed during an attempted armed robbery two months ago, the report said. At the time of the robbery, cameras in the store were not working.
According to the proposal, storeowners, managers...
SIAC offers e-notification for alarm ordinance changes
March 23, 2012Rich Miller
FRISCO, Texas—The Security Industry Alarm Coalition is giving its members access to an upgraded online database to help them keep pace with ordinance changes that could affect the way they do business.While SIAC has provided a state-by-state list of ordinances in the past, the database now allows members to be automatically notified via email when a city has been added to the list, or when policy changes have occurred in their municipality.The “State Activity Report” is continually...