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seems that there is a growing problem of public camera vandalism.  There have been two recent instances in the news where public video surveillance systems were damaged.  The first happened right here in metro Atlanta and was reported by the AJC:

residents of San Jose, California got surprised recently by the passage of a new alarm response ordinance.  According to this article in the San Jose Mercury News from January, 2012, the San Jose police department has decided not to respond to any security system signals unless there is verification of a crime in progress.

an style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Have you herd of the term “Office Creeper?”  If not, the definition can be found on this Word Spy web page.  Essentially, an Office Creeper is someone who sneaks into an office building during regular work hours to steal personal property from offices in that building.

ay’s post comes from an article posted recently online by The Telegraph about a heist in Manchester, England.  I think this article shows the incredible steps that thieves will take to steal.

m our friends at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) comes this latest tale of a cowardly caper.  Last Friday, two teenagers, one dressed as Tweety Bird and one dressed as Elmo, robbed a convenience store in south Georgia.  They were apprehended shortly after.  This is the link to the article:

you are a regular follower of the news, you will know about the major floods that have inundated parts of Thailand.  Unfortunately, some of the areas that experienced the heavy flooding contained factories that manufactured electronic goods that are regularly consumed here in the United States.  One example of a product that is now in short supply because of these terrible floods is the hard disk drive.  Western Digital is a major manufacturer of hard drives and this is a picture of one of their factories in Thailand:

m television station WMAZ Channel 13 in Macon, Georgia (just south of Atlanta) comes this latest story of thievery.  As you will see in the video clip on their website, several thugs drove a white pickup truck through the front doors of Target and then loaded up the ATM that was located near the front of the store.  This is the link to the story with video on the WMAZ website:

you have a commercial fire alarm system protecting your business, it is likely that you are aware of the ongoing expense of paying for two telephone lines for monitoring that system.  The National Fire Alarm Code requires a dedicated primary telephone line and a backup telephone line (which can be shared) for all monitored commercial fire alarm systems that use telephone lines for communication.  The monthly phone bills can get expensive!

Grinch is back!  In the latest caper, thieves broke into a storage area for holiday decorations in the city of Macon and stripped all of the copper from the decorations.  Here is the link to the article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle: