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
Three strikes and you’re out of Slough town centre, under a new scheme by Slough Town Against Crime (STAC). STAC, a partnership between Slough Borough Council, the police, shops and businesses in the town centre, has introduced the policy for identified criminals in a bid to cut crime in the area. Any person, already identified Read More
The UK restaurant and microbrewery chain Zerodegrees uses Axis cameras to protect staff and customers; and keep an eye on the builders. The Zerodegrees Concept; a microbrewery and restaurant under one roof. The name Zerodegrees stemmed from the location of the group’s base in Blackheath near Greenwich on the Meridian line at zerodegrees. The first Read More
Daitem has introduced several slimline detectors for its wire free alarm system, Espace. In addition to its passive infra-red (PIR) detector for volumetric protection and contact detectors there is now a pet motion detector, a passageway and curtain motion detector, a dual technology motion detector and a smoke detector for the system. The pet motion Read More
The Royal Observatory in Edinburgh, home to the UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC), has had a security upgrade. In addition to being an establishment of a UK Research Council, the site houses the Edinburgh University astronomy research group and a Visitor Centre running science ‘outreach’ programmes. Add the scientific value of the work, and Read More
Web server attacks and website defacements are up by 36 per cent on last year with almost 400,000 attacks globally in 2004, according to a survey released by Infosecurity Europe and zone-h, a server-side cybercrime observatory. The report found that currently 2500 web servers are successfully hacked each day out of a total population of Read More
To the traditional Oxford college porters has been added University Security Services and a university-wide CCTV system. Much of the commercial and retail centre of Oxford is owned by the university or individual colleges. All colleges have their own CCTV, but none have any monitoring facilities. Instead Oxford University Security Services (OUSS), the university department Read More
