New tactics, new tools and new technology will be launched in February to police the Square Mile says the City of London Police, after a pilot scheme towards the end of 2012 and further refinements last year. What the force terms a new, multi-layered approach to deter hostile reconnaissance throughout the City will be adopted Read More
Some of the most dangerous counterfeits for consumers, such as home electrical appliances, toys, body care products and even food, beverages and alcohol are increasingly being detected say European enforcement authorities. Fake auto parts, including counterfeit brake pads, tyres, suspension components, steering linkages and other accessories are also being distributed and sold to consumers in Read More
Pyronix has launched the KX12DT-WE. It’s a wireless dual technology detector. The Yorkshire-based alarm manufacturers describe the product as a 12 metre, dual technology, two way wireless detector catering for more hostile residential applications. The product uses a PIR (passive infra-red) and microwave module to provide the added stability for commercial installations and is also Read More
The IP Protect Expo seeks to address issues and solutions for intellectual property protection. A two day event in London, it’s a trade exhibition and conference, on practical aspects of trademark, copyright and design right protection. It’s running at the Business Design Centre, Islington, on March 11 and 12, 2014. The event is hosted by Read More
The University of Manchester appointed the Scottish security installer Scotshield to maintain its CCTV and security systems, after a tender process. Work began in October 2011, with maintenance work carried out on more than 300 CCTV cameras on campus, with upgrades of the previous system. The installer reports that many of the university buildings present a Read More
ASSA ABLOY Security Doors, part of ASSA ABLOY UK, has supplied fire doorsets for The Shard, the new building that is to “redefine” London’s skyline. The Shard lies on the South Bank in the city’s vibrant new London Bridge Quarter. The “vertical city” will be the tallest building in Western Europe, at 1,016ft tall, Read More
Durham University is celebrating after a rare 17th Century First Folio of Shakespeare’s plays was returned more than ten years after being stolen. The Folio – the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays – was returned to the University following the conviction of Raymond Scott, 53, of Wingate, County Durham, at Newcastle Crown Court. Scott Read More
Much of the 2012 London Olympics security will not be by private security guards let alone police, but by volunteers with only basic training. How to train them? Chris Flaherty, pictured, and Allison Wylde discuss, in the light of current stewarding. It’s an issue they suggest for sociologists, psychologists and educationalists, besides security people.<br><br>Recent potential Read More
What is effective physical security and how do you specify it? Those were questions posed by Richard Flint at the Camden counter terror roadshow, in London on Friday, July 30. You can specify by design – by the architect – such as type of material and size. Or you specify how something, such as a Read More
Businesses must not be distracted from brand protection efforts in the economic downturn a trade association has urged. According to a recent survey carried out by intellectual property firm Marks & Clerk, as many as 80 per cent of managers are ‘too busy’ to spend more time on brand protection or only get involved once Read More
