Boca Raton – October 15, 2026 -- Phoenix Tower International (PTI) has been Certified by Great Place To Work across 15 markets, with Peru joining the list of certified markets this year.

PTI's certifications span Latin America, Europe and the United States

The certified markets include Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France (including the French West Indies), Germany, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Spain and the United States. In the US, the certification covers PTI Corporate and PTI Services.

PTI owns and operates more than 33,000 towers, rooftops and other wireless infrastructure across 24 markets in the Americas and Europe. The certified footprint therefore covers 15 of those 24 markets.

SAN DIEGO – October 15, 2026 -- QuidelOrtho Corporation (Nasdaq: QDEL) has granted restricted stock units covering an aggregate of 50,323 shares of its common stock to two newly hired, non-executive employees.

Compensation Committee approves grants under 2026 Inducement Plan

The Compensation Committee of the company's Board of Directors approved the awards, which carry a grant date of October 15, 2026. They were issued under the company's 2026 Inducement Plan as an inducement material to each employee's entering into employment with the company.

The grants comply with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4), which governs equity awards made to individuals as an inducement to join a listed company.

Sacramento – October 15, 2026 -- The California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) will open its state application portal for the federal Workforce Pell (WFP) Grant on October 21, allowing colleges and career technical education providers to seek state authorization for eligibility starting in the 2026-27 academic year.

CSAC acts as the state gatekeeper under Senate Bill 135

Under Senate Bill 135, CSAC is the designated state agency that decides whether an institution's short-term program meets state and federal requirements. It consults the California Workforce Development Board and the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Programs deemed eligible are then submitted to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) for final approval. ED notifies institutions of their eligibility, after which students can receive grants through campus financial aid offices.

Oviedo – October 15, 2026 -- Oviedo Police Department has launched an automated system that sends 911 callers text or email status updates on their case after they hang up with dispatch.

Oviedo enrolls 911 callers in text and email case updates

Once someone calls 9-1-1, the department can enroll the caller to receive updates as the case progresses. Callers no longer need to phone back and ask a dispatcher or officer for a status check.

Tool targets the information gap after a 911 call

The city says the system is designed to close the information gap that often follows a 9-1-1 call, when a caller reports an incident but has no straightforward way to learn what happened next.

Sarasota – October 15, 2026 -- The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has launched automated updates that tell residents the status of their case after a call for service, so they no longer have to contact the office for information.

Sheriff's Office frames tool as part of its transparency and customer service commitment

The office describes the launch as part of its ongoing commitment to transparency and customer service. The tool gives residents direct visibility into case status.

Automated messages complement deputies and case investigators

The announcement places the tool within the office's broader community engagement strategy. Automated communication is meant to complement direct contact with deputies and case investigators, not replace it.

Oro Valley – October 15, 2026 -- The Oro Valley Police Department (OVPD) has launched Community Connect, a Versaterm-powered system that texts residents automatically as their call or case moves forward.

OVPD logs resident phone numbers at first contact to trigger automated texts

Once a resident contacts OVPD, the department records the caller's phone number. The system then sends automated texts as the case develops. Each message includes a link to official case information online, which residents can open at any time.

Delay notices go out when responding officers run behind schedule

If an officer is running late, the system sends a notice telling the resident about the delay. Residents no longer have to wonder whether help is still on the way.

Douglas – October 15, 2026 -- Douglas Police Department has launched an automated victim notification system on Versaterm CommunityConnect that requires no additional staff and no restructuring of its records workflow.

Automated alerts replace manual follow-up by officers and advocates

The system sends crime victims case information and status changes as their cases move through investigation. Staff no longer have to track down and contact each victim individually.

Department leadership describes the system as an upgrade over a manual, ad hoc process. That process depended on individual officers or victim advocates remembering to follow up, and it was prone to delays and inconsistency as caseloads grew.

Charlotte County – October 15, 2026 -- The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office is using Versaterm's CommunityConnect to give crime victims real-time updates from the initial 911 call through an offender's eventual release, according to a WINK News report.

CommunityConnect covers case stages that VINE was not built to track

The tool runs alongside VINE, Florida's existing statewide victim notification network. CommunityConnect covers the earlier stages of a case, including the initial response and investigation, which VINE was not originally designed to follow.

Victims cite fewer calls to detectives and advocates

Victims interviewed for the segment said they value knowing where a case stands without repeatedly calling detectives or victim advocates. They described the weeks immediately after an incident as the period when uncertainty is highest.

Mountain View – October 15, 2026 -- Cyfendo, a Silicon Valley application-security startup, has launched an AI platform that investigates software vulnerabilities and prepares tested patches for small businesses, as the FBI's 2025 Internet Crime Report recorded about $20.88 billion in reported losses across 1,008,597 complaints.

Cyfendo reports four critical issues per scanned codebase

According to Cyfendo's own scan data, the company finds an average of four critical-severity issues per codebase, and roughly seven in ten findings are rated high or critical. The company states these results come from projects it scanned, not a representative survey of business applications.

Sumner County – October 15, 2026 -- The Sumner County Sheriff's Office took first place in the 2026 Versaterm Innovation Awards for a school resource officer (SRO) data program that turns daily SRO interactions into county-wide safety trend analysis.

Program converts daily SRO records into trend data across county schools

The program uses technology and data collected during everyday SRO interactions to identify safety trends across Sumner County schools. According to WSMV4's report, the division tracks incidents, follow-ups and pattern data over time.

That record gives administrators and deputies a clearer view of where and when issues tend to arise. It replaces reliance on individual officer memory or informal notes.