Peruvians spend $1,000 a year on private security
Despite the exciting trends and industry buzz surrounding mobile technologies, wireless locks and hosted access control, more long-standing and less sensational trends such as...
Access control industry moves towards open standards
Despite the exciting trends and industry buzz surrounding mobile technologies, wireless locks and hosted access control, more long-standing and less sensational trends such as...
Hundreds of fake security guard licenses under investigation
Hundreds of people in Florida are under investigation, accused of getting fake licenses to be gun-carrying security guards. Five people were accused of forging...
Al Qaeda bomb maker may have developed deadly explosive
Al Qaeda terrorists could try to bring down planes using an undetectable explosive soaked into their clothes, officials fear. The organisation’s bomb-makers are reportedly...
Syria ‘legalises’ private security firms
Syria's president has passed a decree legalising private security firms, faced with a 29-month armed revolt against his rule that has pinned down the...
Atlanta police want to make false alarms pay
Atlanta police responded to 65,000 burglar alarms last year, and they estimate nearly 62,000 of them were false. Burglar alarms cry wolf across the...
Video door phone market poised for growth
The $1.8 billion global door phone market is transitioning from audio to video technology, with video set to grow and account for 50 percent...
Philippines police to strictly implement Oro’s CCTV law
The implementation of the law requiring high-risk establishments to install closed-circuit televisions (CCTV) in the premises will strictly be implemented in Cagayan de Oro...
Regulation of private investigators to come into force in 2014
New British Home Office guidelines to regulate private investigators from 2014 will see the responsibility for issuing licenses fall under the remit of the...
Mini CCTV trial in Edinburgh to combat hate crime
A trial of mini CCTV cameras is being carried out in Edinburgh in an attempt to crack down on hate crimes in the Scottish...