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    Pye-Barker Secures New Minority Investments From ADIA, GIC

    Pye-Barker Fire & Safety
    Jan. 10, 2025
    Pye-Barker raises additional capital to expand its technician workforce, enhance customer service and support strategic growth through acquisitions.

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    BearCom announces transformative acquisition of Stone Security

    BearCom
    Jan. 3, 2025
    BearCom's acquisition of Stone Security marks the company's second acquisition since Siris' initial 2023 investment.
    Securitas Technology announces acquisition of Sonitrol New Orleans
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    Securitas Technology announces acquisition of Sonitrol New Orleans

    Securitas Technology
    Jan. 3, 2025
    With this acquisition, Securitas Technology strengthens its position as one of the largest providers of Sonitrol solutions in North America.
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    Agents of the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are seen outside a house on Mandeville Street, where bomb-making materials were found in connection with the New Orleans terror ramming attack. A fire broke out, and bomb-making materials were found in a short-term rental property, where the man who killed at least 10 people in New Orleans early on New Year's Day may have stayed before plowing his pickup truck into a crowd.
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    FBI says Bourbon Street terrorist acted alone, as tourists return after mass killing

    Jan. 3, 2025
    The attack brought hundreds of new state police and federal specialists to the city in advance of the Super Bowl.
    (Matthew Hinton/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)
    Police cordon off the intersection of Canal Street and Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. At least 15 people were killed and 30 injured Wednesday when a vehicle plowed overnight into a New Year's crowd in the heart of the thriving New Orleans tourist district, authorities said.
    Critical Infrastructure

    US security fears heightened after New Orleans attack, Cybertruck blast

    Jan. 2, 2025
    DHS and other federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies are looking for a connection between these terror incidents.
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    Dec. 26, 2024
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    Luigi Nicholas Mangione, center, arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on Dec. 23, 2024. Mangione, 26, is accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street on December 4.
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    Suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO killer pleads not guilty to murder and terror offenses

    Dec. 23, 2024
    Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty to all allegations in the 11-count indictment brought last week by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office.
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    The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a month-long ban on drones for parts of New Jersey, citing “special security reasons.”
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    Drones over New Jersey now face FAA bans

    Dec. 19, 2024
    The Temporary Flight Restrictions cover nearly two dozen towns and cities, from Camden to Bayonne, Edison, Harrison, and Jersey City, with violators facing criminal charges.
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    ASSA ABLOY acquires Norshield Security Products in the U.S.

    ASSA ABLOY
    Dec. 18, 2024
    Norshield manufactures high-security openings and enclosures with a focus on ballistic and attack- and blast-resistant products.
    Allied Universal’s acquisition of Unified Command supports technology-enabled corporate strategy
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    Allied Universal’s acquisition of Unified Command supports technology-enabled corporate strategy

    Allied Universal
    Dec. 18, 2024
    Members of Unified Command’s team will join the Allied Universal management team, including founder and CEO Chad Ladov.
    Douglas R. Clifford
    Pinellas County Schools will implement a new campus panic alert system in early 2025.
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    Tampa Bay area school districts implement panic alert technology

    Dec. 17, 2024
    Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties invest more than $11 million for CENTEGIX technology.
    Andrew Leyden
    US National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby briefs the White House Press Corps on drone activity in New Jersey.
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    FBI says thousands of 'mystery drone' sightings are false alarms

    Dec. 17, 2024
    Most of the supposed drone sightings were of small planes, helicopters and hobbyist drones.