Workplaces today are in a constant state of flux. Decentralized offices, growing visitor counts, and ever-present security concerns keep facility managers up at night wondering how they can best protect people and intellectual property. Manual processes and outdated security systems struggle to keep pace, creating vulnerabilities and bottlenecks. Traditional tools leave leaders ill-equipped to manage their evolving workplaces, leading to gaps in data and physical security, limited visibility into space usage, and inadequate resource planning.

Flux And Friction: The State of Modern Workplace Security

South Carolina State

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Florida State

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Recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals a significant trend: Florida is experiencing a substantial outflow of residents. According to the latest figures, over 275,000 individuals left Florida for other states in 2022.

Florida Sees Surge in Departures as Hundreds of Thousands Move Out

Mattel has tapped Sai Koorapati as its new senior VP and chief technology officer. Koorapati, who has over 25 years of technology leadership experience, will oversee all aspects of Mattel’s technology innovation and implementation, including shared platforms, software and hardware development, AI and connected product design and creation. He will also lead the company’s online security and privacy.

Mattel Names Senior VP & Chief Technology Officer

Georgia State

Paulding County, GA

Hiram, GA

A Paulding County sheriff’s deputy died Saturday after being shot in a neighborhood near Hiram, the sheriff’s office said. Deputy Brandon Cunningham was shot moments after he and another deputy arrived at home, Sheriff Gary Gulledge said late Saturday. Cunningham, 30, had been with the Paulding sheriff’s office for just over four years and was the father of two.

'We've Lost a Hero': Ga. Sheriff's Deputy Killed in Ambush

Massachusetts State

Plymouth, MA

After warning Massachusetts residents to “not approach” a possible armed man involved in a homicide investigation Thursday, Massachusetts State Police helped locate the man using its Air Wing. Plymouth Police Department had said Thursday it was looking for Matthew Paluzzi, 26, in connection with an apparent homicide investigation...

Watch Mass. State Police Air Wing Help Nab Man Accused of Killing Dad

Suspects participating in an illegal street takeover smashed the rear windshield of an LAPD cruiser over the weekend. The attack happened as an officer was responding to a street sideshow at an intersection in Van Nuys in the San Fernando Valley, WABC-TV reports. When the officer reached the scene, members of the crowd surrounded the cruiser before shattering the vehicle's rear windshield.

Video: Street Takeover Crowd Smashes LAPD Cruiser's Rear Windshield

As it continues to absorb its massive acquisition of Splunk, the restructuring of Cisco continues apace. On Wednesday evening’s earnings conference call, Cisco executives framed this year’s second layoff both as a market inevitability and a sign that its management team is operating at peak efficiency. Scott Herren,...

Cisco Cuts Thousands, Looks to Profit as Enterprises Prep for AI

Marriott International has inked a long-term licensing deal with Sonder, a provider of apartment-style accommodations, which will add more than 9,000 rooms to Marriott’s portfolio by this year-end and roughly 1,500 rooms to its pipeline. As part of the agreement, Sonder’s open and pipeline properties, which are mostly located...

Marriott signs licensing agreement with Sonder

Colorado State

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Last week, a 32-year-old was arrested on trafficking charges after allegedly fleeing from a traffic stop and abandoning the vehicle with a child in the passenger seat. The chase resulted in the discovery of 230 grams of methamphetamine, which the suspect allegedly threw out while fleeing on foot. According to local detectives, the vehicle the suspect was driving was registered to NFL football player Tyreek Hill.

Man Driving Vehicle Registered to Tyreek Hill Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges in Douglas

Queens, NY

An NYPD officer was injured when he was struck and by a suspect who nearly struck a child and her mother while fleeing an attempted traffic stop in Queens on Sunday. The incident happened at about 5 p.m. when an officer tried to stop a car in the borough's Corona neighborhood, WABC-TV reports. During the attempted stop, the suspect sped off in reverse and almost ran down "a small child walking with her mother and crashing into a building," NYPD Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtry stated in a news release.

Watch Frantic Chase as NYPD Officer Struck Trying to Stop Fleeing Driver

Ben Walter, Chase Business Banking CEO, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss how AI is impacting small businesses, the easiest AI onramp for small business, and more.

Chase Business Banking CEO: Small businesses don't yet know what to do with AI

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A permanent marker will be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting nearly a year ago at a Dollar General store in the New Town community. City Council approved the marker 17-0 on Tuesday night.

Marker will honor victims of racist Dollar General shooting

Denver, CO

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

Armenta joins Incenter Lender Services as its president of Lending-in-a-Box Ralph Armenta has joined Incenter Lender Services (Incenter) as President of Lending-in-a-Box. In his new role, Armenta is responsible for accelerating a variety of personal/non-mortgage and mortgage loan products into the market that quickly generates accretive revenues and liquidity for lenders, depositories, independent mortgage banks (IMBs), community banks, and credit unions, along with their servicing and subservicing partners.

Incenter Lender Services Adds Ralph Armenta To The Team

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In what seems to be a year of endless cybersecurity incidents making headlines, AT&T Wireless is one of the latest organizations to confirm it has been impacted by a substantial data breach. The company admitted in July that the call and text logs of 109 million of its wireless customers were illicitly obtained from the cloud of a third-party provider, Snowflake. The stolen records encompass all numbers that AT&T Wireless customers interacted with through calls or texts, along with the locations of cell sites. AT&T revealed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that an internal probe...

AT&T wireless’ data breach: A wake-up call for strengthening cloud security and trust

The housing supply shortage in the U.S. is a major issue that politicians on both sides of the aisle are slowly waking up to, and it continues to be a regular point of conversation along the presidential campaign trail. Still, with the election mere months away, it’s unlikely Congress will...

The Public-Nonprofit-Private Partnerships Tackling the Housing Crisis

Morristown, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Sixteen individuals have been charged in connection with a widespread "grandparent scam" that defrauded elderly Americans out of millions of dollars. The charges were announced by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

16 Charged in Nationwide 'Grandparent Scam'; Millions Stolen

More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

Appling County, GA

A 40-year-old man from Appling County, Christopher Eric Stone, with a significant criminal history, was recently sentenced to over five years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, according to officials from the Department of Justice.

Georgia Man Sentenced to Over 5 Years for in Federal Prison for Meth Distribution

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Managing Staffing Challenges: Why Police Departments Should Seek out Tech Partnerships

One key challenge has prevailed across the law enforcement industry in recent years. Regardless of size or location, most departments are facing significant staffing shortages. While...

Managing Staffing Challenges: Why Police Departments Should Seek out Tech Partnerships

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