The BLP1-P detector can distinguish between signals caused by humans and signals caused by one or two animals with a combined total weight of about 14kg. The Blue Line PIR has optional camera modules.
The largest rising fenced barrier in the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Vancouver facilities is 5 meters long by 3 meters high, including barb wire – the biggest gate of its kind in the world.
Because this gate straddles a railway track, it needs a longer barrier rail than normal. And since conventional lift mechanisms are not strong enough to lift a rail of this size, Automatic Systems Canada engineers had to devise a three-phase motor in place of a conventional motor to compensate for the excess weight.
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According to a statement from the Belgian manufacturer, Automatic Systems is now in a position to provide IMO/ISPS-compliant perimeter access control solutions to meet the security requirements of any seaport in the world.
Chubb Security Australia went before Justice Annabelle Bennett of the Federal Court, in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Sydney on June 24 this year and informed the court it proposed to plead guilty to the charges. At that time Justice Bennett listed the matter for one day’s hearing at 10.15am on October 15 to “determine the appropriate penalty”.
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After the Oct 15 hearing the word was that judgement would come in a couple of weeks but there’s been no comment from the ACCC, the Federal Court or industry association ASIAL, even though a month has passed.
ASIAL was reported to have commissioned an independent panel to put forward options and recommendations on how the Association should handle this matter, including a possible “package of sanctions” but there’s been no public comment from the association on any findings of the panel.
Chubb has been in damage control in recent times, assuring customers it has put into place checks and measures, including electronic guard tour systems that ensure compliance with patrol contracts in the future.
By opening new offices in Strassbourg in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />France and Fort Lauderdale in the USA the company is taking its services closer to its clients, enabling faster local service and more efficient product sales.
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Andy Birchner, Vice President Sales USA has a clear strategy: “The opening of our US office reflects the importance of the US market for Dallmeier electronic.
The local presence enables us to serve our customers better and to offer them the quality service and support that they expect from us. Through direct contact with our customers and system partners we can develop and offer customer-specific and state-specific solutions for the US market.”
Dallmeier electronic France S.à.r.l. Sales Manager Jean Guiraud added “The quality and variety of our products and solutions are already well-regarded by many satisfied customers in France.
“Our committed team will look after existing customer contacts in the usual intensive way and continue to expand the customer base. The French market offers ideal conditions to achieve this.”
The following services are offered in addition to Dallmeier’s project range:
· Support for quotations and project engineering
· Support during commissioning
· Technical workshops and sales training
· Latest information and know-how transfer
· Telephone support and local technical support
· Simple order placement and speedy processing
· Visits to reference customers
· Internet Partner Forum with 24-hour service
· Sales support activities.
The appointment, which is made by an SIA selection committee, was formalized in a vote on November 5, 2004 and is effective immediately. As its newest member, Boswell joins a select group of security industry leaders, each of whom represents a broad spectrum of electronic security interests and experience.
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With a collective goal of promoting growth, expansion and professionalism, the Security Industry Association is among the security industry’s most well-known and respected trade associations.
SIA serves as a comprehensive industry resource, providing assistance, support and educational programs for its members that cover all aspects of security. Mr. Boswell will play an integral role in guiding the overall direction of the association as well as developing policy and best practices.
Mr. Boswell joined The Stanley Works as President of its then $100 million Access Technologies’ automatic doors business in 2000, after a 10-year career with the General Electric Company.
Under his leadership, the Access Technologies business added national service capability, developed a direct-to-customer model and focused heavily on technology and innovation.
These strategies have allowed the automatic doors business to double in size and quadruple in profitability. More recently, Mr. Boswell has been instrumental in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Stanley’s entry into the security business through the acquisition and integration of Best Access Systems, Blick plc and Frisco Bay Industries.
As a result of these acquisitions and organic growth, Stanley Security Solutions has emerged as a $700 million business. Mr. Boswell is a member of Stanley’s Corporate Executive Council and holds an undergraduate degree from The University Of Texas and an MBA from VanderbiltUniversity.
The recorder hard disk has a capacity of 160GB, equivalent to seven videotapes. This allows continuous or time-lapse recording for a week or longer, depending on recording quality and speed settings. There’s the usual date/time or alarm events, with images retrieved almost instantly.
Simple front panel controls, – including jog/shuttle – make it straightforward to navigate through the menu, select options and view images. For greater flexibility in viewing, storing and sharing, individual frames or video can be exported to a Compact Flash card then transferred to a PC.
The DVR1C records both video and audio signals. It can connect directly to a single camera, or to multiple camera inputs routed via a multiplexer. It offers consistently superior image and audio quality when compared to traditional time lapse recorders, with no degradation of recorded images.
Recording can be triggered via an alarm connected directly to the DVR. Footage recorded before the alarm, already stored in the buffer, is automatically transferred to the hard disk for later viewing.
The OSE’s focus is to facilitate optimal security and operational efficiencies while respecting organization-specific operational requirements.
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“We are pleased to join and help lead an organization that will help drive standards in our industry and improve the overall value and experience of security solutions for our customers,” said Jim Clark, GE Infrastructure Security’s vice president, global marketing.
“No longer content to monitor and manage separate systems for security and facility management, corporate security and technology managers want to consolidate and integrate solutions for access control, fire alarm, video surveillance, factory alarms and HVAC control.”
Effective security management will result in accurate detection of threats and attacks, consistent definition and enforcement of security policies, and enhanced organizational collaboration.
“The security industry’s current reliance on proprietary technologies and platforms inhibits innovation and the assimilation of emerging technologies,” said <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Clark.
“The limitations of proprietary technologies plague too many systems. This is self-defeating for the security industry, creates major problems for security dealers and integrators and hinders end users from having flexible, scalable security platforms that cost-effectively protect their people and assets.”
William Parrish was named an associate professor of political science and brings to the position 30 years experience in anti-terrorism training and operational planning, including a position as senior adviser to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />U.S. Homeland Security SecretaryTomRidge.
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Parrish most recently was the department’s senior representative to FBI Headquarters. He also established the Office of Anti-Terrorism for the U.S. Customs Service. Parrish, a retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel, also served as commanding officer of the Marine Corps Security Forces, charged with providing security to U.S. government installations around the world.
“Bill Parrish is an international leader in this field and is a significant addition to VCU, where he brings unparalleled experience in both the military and civilian sectors as we build one of the first homeland security undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the country,” said Robert D. Holsworth, Ph.D., director of VCU’s L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs.
In a letter to the university recommending Parrish for the position, Homeland Security Secretary Ridge praised VCU’s efforts in this arena. “As you look across academic disciplines within universities, including business, medicine, science, education and criminal justice, each leads to careers that could be enhanced by a strong understanding of homeland security and the measures taken to prevent, or if necessary respond to acts of terrorism.
I commend VirginiaCommonwealthUniversity for its insight in recognizing the need to provide a program that offers education and training in issues surrounding homeland security and emergency planning,” Ridge said.
VCU will be among a few U.S. universities to offer degree programs in homeland security and emergency planning.
Many colleges and universities offer courses and certificate programs. Students will study security-related issues as they relate to all levels of government, as well as emergency preparedness and disaster mitigation.
“VCU is responding to a need for trained professionals to lead the fight against terrorism at state, local and national levels of government, as well as private industry,” Parrish said. “Homeland security requires a national response across all segments of society, and academic institutions will play a key role in creating this awareness.”
Parrish has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice administration from CentralMissouriStateUniversity; a master’s degree in international strategic studies from the NavalWarCollege in Newport, R.I.; and a master’s degree in management from SalveReginaUniversity, also in Newport. He has attended and lectured at the Senior Executive National and International Security Program, John F.Kennedy School of Government, Harvard.
It’s a plan that has significant resonance in Australia were there’s been a series of cargo related security breaches that culminated in a bomb-in-the-hold hoax a few months ago.
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In the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />U.S. the long-awaited plan from the Transportation Security Administration requires cargo airlines to screen people who board their planes. Freight forwarders _ agents who accept packages and arrange shipment _ must make sure cargo doesn’t include bombs, guns or stowaways.
However, the plan contains few details about how the TSA expects the freight industry to accomplish those goals.
“These proposals would fill gaps in existing air cargo security regulations to mitigate the threat of terrorism to this vital industry,” said the proposal, which was signed by TSA chief David Stone and listed in the Federal Register.
Meanwhile, critics say it’s foolish to carefully screen people and luggage but not the cargo that’s carried on passenger planes. They also say cargo planes need to be protected just as passenger planes are because terrorists could use either as weapons.
Currently, air cargo loaded onto passenger aircraft must be shipped by a company that has registered with the government. Cargo airlines have security plans and some cargo is randomly inspected.
Late last year Homeland Security officials said intelligence indicated al-Qaida might hijack cargo planes and attack nuclear plants, bridges or dams.
The TSA, which is part of Homeland Security, promised regulations to plug holes in air cargo security by the end of last year.
The plan does specifically call for companies to submit personal information about freight workers so their names can be checked against terrorist watch lists.
The checks, called “security threat assessments,” would include officers, directors or anyone who owns at least 25 percent of a freight forwarding company. People found on the list won’t be allowed to handle air cargo without supervision.
The TSA proposes to charge companies $39 for each check. Employees at passenger airlines and airports have undergone background checks since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The plan also would require airports to restrict access to cargo operations, if they don’t already do so. Freight forwarders for the first time would have to develop security plans and submit them to the TSA for approval.
Cargo Airline Association President Steve Alterman, who worked on the plan, said freight companies aren’t expected to come up with plans to screen every piece of cargo that they handle.
The message, he said, is, “Make sure you do the things in the security programs that deal with people and things and incendiaries and explosives.”
United Parcel Service spokesman David Bolger said the company is reviewing the plan to see if it reflects the work of an industry group that recommended new regulations for cargo security. UPS is both a cargo airline and a freight forwarder.
Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., criticized the TSA for failing to compel inspection of all freight on passenger planes.
“Cargo that is placed on passenger planes without first being physically screened is unseen, uninspected and unacceptable,” said Markey, who has co-sponsored a bill to require inspection of 100 percent of cargo on passenger planes.
The word is that SPX’s Edwards System Technology could be worth as much as $US1.5 billion and the division is regarded as one of the most desirable inside SPX.
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According to SSN, John Blystone, SPX’s CEO, has said that the company is looking at offloading parts of the business “where value can be unlocked.”
According to SSN: “A final decision could be reached at some point in the next few weeks, though SPX could decide against a sale. Shares of SPX have tumbled amid concerns that the company has been relying on one-time accounting gains to post positive financial results.”
Edwards Systems Technology manufactures a range of products fire and security to access control and CCTV interfaces.
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