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
SelectaDNA Grease (a forensic liquid that was recently featured in the BBC1 documentary Cars, Cops & Criminals) is being used by the London Borough of Greenwich in a new scheme to combat the growing problem of metal theft in the area. It is also being used to protect historic buildings such as the Royal Observatory Read More
Police in Slough town centre have enlisted the help of children and ‘criminals’ for the launch of an anti-robbery initiative, called 1st Report. On Saturday, November 24, two actors dressed in cartoon-style robber outfits were on the loose in Slough High Street. Children were invited to ‘spot the robber’ and collect a reward. When they Read More
From the March 2007 issue of Professional Security Magazine. I interviewed Alex McNutt in the May 2000 issue, when he was the MD of ADT UK. He then went on to become President of, ADT Europe and South Africa. As a then member of Euralarm I would hear about the exploits of this distinguished Scotsman Read More
Among the speakers at the annual International Sports Security Summit in London in January were several from abroad; and others who offered angles on London 2012. The event opened with former chief constable and New South Wales chief of police – who policed the 2000 Sydney Games – Peter Ryan, now at Hyder Consulting. He Read More
