Spalding, Lincs: a British anti-terrorist organisation has awarded a contract to deister electronic (UK) Ltd to install two proxSafe key cabinets in its headquarters, to secure the keys for their fleet of specialist vehicles.

With 24/7 shifts dedicated to preventing terrorism, key management was becoming an increasing problem. The proxSafe installations will provide 24/7 monitored access to keys with an automated audit trail, with integral levels of access control to ensure that the keys of special category vehicles are only available to appropriately qualified and authorised personnel.    

Genie’s new ‘Extra’ range of vandal resistant micro domes incorporate a revolutionary rubber ball camera mounting that allows for complete three-axis camera positioning without the use of any screws. 

Constructed of tough aluminium alloy, the domes are designed for internal or external (by fitting the optional IP68 weatherproofing kit) use in any situation where CCTV surveillance cameras are vulnerable to attack by vandalism or other types of anti-social behaviour.

G4S Security Services (UK), part of Group 4 Securicor, the UK’s largest private security company, has been awarded British Transport Police Railway Safety Accreditation.  G4S is the first security company in England and Wales to have employees granted accreditation under the scheme.

The accreditation formalises the existing relationship between G4S Security Services (UK) and the British Transport Police (BTP).   It provides additional police powers for G4S officers to deal with anti-social behaviour, nuisance offences and minor disorders.  It will lead to an increase in the uniformed security presence on the rail network. 

BeCrypt, a leading supplier of data protection and encryption products, has expanded its sales team with two new executives, following the promotion of Richard Brooks to Director of Sales, EMEA. Richard Brooks has nearly twenty years’ experience working for software vendors both within start-up and international organisations in the IT industry. He has been with the BeCrypt team for three years and running the sales operation for the past year.  His responsibilities cover commercial business development, UK and European channel partners, including resellers, systems integrators and technology and implementation partners.

Checkpoint Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CKP), a leading manufacturer and marketer of identification, tracking, security and merchandising solutions for the retail industry and its supply chain, today announced the introduction of the Evolve™ family of labels, the company’s new dual-function EAS-EPC labels for security and inventory management applications. Representing the industry’s first truly integrated electronic article surveillance (EAS) and radio frequency identification (RFID) labelling product, the new dual-function labels are designed to help retailers improve their inventory visibility at case and item level, while at the same time maximise the benefits of their EAS security systems.

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) welcomes indications from Downing Street that the Government will reject proposals which would see convicted shoplifters walk free, no matter how many offences they had committed.

Prime Minister Tony Blair is believed to have vetoed proposals from the Ministry of Justice - which is formally created today – to relieve prison overcrowding by severely restricting the use of custodial sentencing for so called ‘low-level’ offences. The BRC believes such a move would leave retailers at the mercy of hard-core re-offenders who view shop-crime as a lifestyle choice.