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Archive TitlesGun crime: the rising tide of risk
Gun-related crime kills, maims and intimidates, and is frequently linked to gang activity and the illegal drugs trade in the UK. The number of overall offences involving firearms has been increasing each year since 1997/98, with crimes involving imitation weapons up 55% in 2004-05 compared to the previous year. Is ...
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Archive TitlesPrima wins GSL and OCS contracts
Corporate clothing specialist for the security market, Prima Corporate Wear, has just secured two major contracts worth over £1 million. The Docklands-based company has won three-year deals with GSL and OCS – two of the UK’s leading facilities management and security companies.
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Towards safer communities
As the number of crimes involving knives, firearms and imitation firearms reportedly increases in the UK, Stefan Hay outlines the so-called ‘UK Weapons Culture’ and Government-backed initiatives designed to combat it – before detailing a current project aimed at ensuring that security, police and other front-line personnel respond to weapons-related ...
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Archive TitlesOn closer inspection
The SPD-3300 camera from Samsung Techwin is supplied with a 30x optical auto-focus zoom lens
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Archive TitlesFigures change [-] there must be caveats to general statistics
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) does not usually respond to open Letters To The Editor. However, in last month's SMT, Steve Goodwin analysed the licensing statistics published on the Regulator's web site and, from there, drew many conclusions ('Statistically speaking, Sir', SMT, June 2006, pp22-25). Here, Paul Douglas responds on ...
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The BSIA guides end users on specific CCTV issues
The British Security Industry Association is set to publish two new documents that will help end users in relation to specific factors concerning CCTV and its deployment on site. The all-new guidelines on detector-activated, remotely-monitored CCTV deliver vital pointers on the key areas to consider when purchasing such a ...
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Archive TitlesBreaking free of the vicious circle
Would enforced regulation in the CCTV sector benefit installers and end users alike by instigating a common platform for all CCTV equipment? Is there a perceived need for 'security culture' training? Should end users be spending more time at IFSEC? Can security learn lessons from its IT cousin? For Alan ...
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Archive TitlesThe Big Issue
At times it feels like licensing has only just started, but the fact of the matter is that the Security Industry Authority (SIA) ‘opened for business' in relation to security guarding applications in January 2005, writes Derek Smith. Eighteen months on and application forms continue to arrive unabated at the ...
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Archive TitlesIP signalling boost for Secom... and its client base
Remote monitoringIP alarm monitoring
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Staring down the barrel
Gun-related crime kills, maims and intimidates. It's frequently linked to street gang activities, not to mention the UK's illegal drugs trade. It is a cancer that, left unchecked, could tear the very fabric of our society apart.
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Weapons awareness for safer communities
As the number of crimes involving knives, firearms and imitation firearms reportedly increases in the UK, Stefan Hay outlines the so-called 'UK Weapons Culture', a number of Government-backed initiatives designed to combat it and highlights a current project designed to ensure that security, police and other front-line personnel respond to ...
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Security officers trained in the ‘finer art of retail’
Octavian Security’s managing director Sukhi Ghuman has developed a unique TRAINING programme for the company’s dedicated band of retail security officers that is designed to ensure they “think more like customers”.
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Archive TitlesAppointments
Security Management Today keeps you up-to-date with all the latest people moves in the security sector
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Archive TitlesIP aids medical training
A complete IndigoVision IP video solution is at the heart of ‘smots’ – a medical training system designed for Oxford Brookes University
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New Agency set up to respond to challenges of modern-day policing
A major new agency designed to continue the process of reform in the police service will launch next year to combat the increasing sophistication and ever-changing nature of crime that continues to blight England and Wales.Peter Neyroud – former chief constable of Thames Valley Police – detailed the role of ...
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Archive TitlesADT sponsors Met Liaison Vehicle
Officers responsible for security at diplomatic premises across the UK are to benefit from an ADT-sponsored Security Liaison Vehicle – in the shape of a new Vauxhall Astra – over the next two years.
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What can we do about spam?
Sir [-] Spam e-mail messages are a nuisance. Not only can they be offensive and expensive [-] at present costing UK companies over £1.3 billion per annum [-] but they can also drain network resources, taking up to 50% of available bandwidth. Furthermore, the detrimental effect on productivity when mail ...
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Talking about a breach
Legal pressures [-] not to mention a moral obligation to assist unwitting victims [-] mean that security and IT managers should never delay when it comes to the disclosure of IT security-related incidents. Martin Allen assesses how in-house professionals might successfully evaluate any security breach.
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Archive TitlesFalse alarm attendance costs fall by £24 million over last decade
The cost of attending false alarms on monitored systems in London has dropped by an estimated £24 million according to the latest stats from the Metropolitan Police Service