Posts Tagged ‘police’
Belgian Police Training As Locksmiths
Belgian news outlets La Dernière Heure and Het Laatste Nieuws reported over the New Year period that the Belgian Federal Police service are going to start training their officers as locksmiths. These officers will take the place of professional locksmiths during house searches. According to the Locksmiths Federation, trading locksmiths are increasingly disinclined to work…
Read MoreSSAIB’s Leading Role In Police Forces’ Pioneering Drones Deployment
SSAIB, the UK and Ireland’s leading security and fire certification body, has helped two police forces in their pioneering use of drones for a variety of crime-related objectives. SSAIB has certificated Dorset Police, as well as the Devon and Cornwall force, to the Surveillance Camera Code of Practice. This ground breaking certification enables both police…
Read MorePolice Forces’ Body-Worn Video Achieves Surveillance Camera Code Of Practice
SSAIB, the UK and Ireland’s leading security, fire and telecare certification body, announces that two police forces have pioneered the introduction of body-worn video (BWV) technology in accordance with the Surveillance Camera Code of Practice. Following certification to the Code, completed by SSAIB auditors, the Greater Manchester Police and Metropolitan Police Service are now using…
Read MoreFormer Copper, Cooper, Takes Gold!
aul Cooper’s mobile app for policing wins Gold at the Cambridgeshire Digital Awards 2016! Paul Cooper recently left his job as a police officer to focus on his mobile app which helps bobbies on the beat. Paul struck gold at the Cambridgeshire Digital Awards 2016 after his app, Pocket Sergeant was declared the winner in…
Read MorePolice Officer Drops His Kit For Digital
Paul Cooper has left his career in policing behind. He talks about leaving the police and his delight at being shortlisted for three prestigious, national digital awards ceremonies for his mobile app, Pocket Sergeant. Paul was a Police Officer with Cleveland Police when he designed Pocket Sergeant to assist police officers and carry out their…
Read MoreDrivers Urged Not To Stop For Anything Other Than Marked Police Vehicle
Following a second theft of a vehicle on a motorway in Essex this week, police are advising motorists not to pull over if requested to do so by anything other than a marked police vehicle. This warning follows a second theft between junctions 28 and 27 on the anti-clockwise M25 at around 14:10 on Monday,…
Read MoreEssex Village Pays Fits Own Security Guards To Fight Crime After Police Cut Patrols
A well-off village has hired a private security firm to deter criminals after it was abandoned by police who scrapped local beat officers. Crime levels have soared in well-to-do Tiptree, Essex, since its police station was closed five years ago, leaving the elderly and vulnerable scared to leave their homes. Regular foot and vehicle patrols…
Read MoreVeracity Help Police Scotland Protect The Open
Veracity, a leading provider of innovative, intelligent solutions that solve real-world IP video challenges in transmission, storage and display has provided key technology to Police Scotland’s Communications vehicle infrastructure protecting last week’s Open Golf Championship in Troon. Whilst the biggest annual golf event in the UK is played out to millions across global television networks,…
Read MorePolice across the USA concerned over rise in use of Bump Keys
It used to be that only locksmiths used bump keys – a modified key that can be used to open many kinds of locks — but now anyone can buy them online, and police are worried because the keys are increasingly being used in burglaries across the country. In some cases people don’t even know…
Read MoreLondon Metropolitan Police Endorse SmartWater For Property Recovery
The first of its kind, the Metropolitan Police, in partnership with SmartWater, produce a 30 second public information video which has been aired on YouTube and other social media channels, demonstrating, by the use of impactful visuals, how SmartWater helps The London Metropolitan Police return things that seem lost forever. The video was launched in…
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