SOS Response for Legal Locksmiths

SOS Response has announced that Missouri-based Legal Locksmiths has signed a ten-year, national distribution agreement to market the SOS Response personal life safety solution through its network of nationwide locksmith professionals.
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LA airport TSA security screeners 'ran drug-ring'

Four current and former security screeners at Los Angeles international airport have been arrested and charged with drug-trafficking and bribery. The four accepted cash to allow large shipments of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana through X-ray machines, the US justice department said.

Just Cars 2012, Orlando, Florida

"One of the best shows I've been to", reported Lockdecoders' Peter Southern. Peter was just visiting, but after good sales of their Miraclone, Lockdecoders have now decided to open a US office in Columbus, Ohio.*

UAP's David Jennings said: "Following on from our success with Genuine Lishi at Just Cars in 2011, we were all really looking forward to the Just Cars 2012 exhibition and proud to be the main sponsors.
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UAP launch retail range with the six factor

Brought to you by decorative door hardware and security experts UAP Limited, MAX6MUM SECURITY is a brand new range of security products aimed at the retail market.

Consisting of UAP's most popular and innovative products, the UAP+ Zero Lift Cylinder and the UAP Cylinder Gauge are the first of the products to be released in the range which started hitting the shelves of Trade Counters and Independent DIY Stores across the UK last month.
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new patio door lock added to Carl F Groupco's range of window and door hardware

Following Carl F Groupco's successful launch of the 'XL' multipoint door lock, a new patio lock has been added to the company's range. The latest addition to the established hardware distributor's portfolio has also achieved Secured by Design status and is offered with a 10 year mechanical guarantee.
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Yale's keyless solution for timber doors

Yale has launched an innovative retrofit digital lock for timber doors, which fits on almost all nightlatches to enable locksmiths to offer homeowners the ultimate convenience, without compromising on security.

Yale Keyless Digital Lock can be quickly and easily fitted to the majority of timber doors, fitted with a nightlatch.
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MLA unite with Neighbourhood Watch

The Master Locksmiths Association (MLA) has just announced an important new partnership with The Neighbourhood Watch and Home Watch Network (NHWN) who represent schemes across England and Wales. United by a common mission to promote safer communities, the organisations will work closely together to promote domestic security.
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Theft ring that sold over $1m luxury cars in Ghana busted

New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, joined by New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, announced the arrest of 14 individuals who operated a sophisticated international luxury-vehicle theft ring that stole dozens of vehicles valued at more than $1 million in New York City, and its surrounding areas.

Cargo theft on the rise: low tech solutions are effective and readily available

Cargo theft is on the rise and thieves are getting riskier. Goods are always more at risk when in transit versus when they are warehoused and guarded by fences, alarms, cameras, and security guards. However, cargo can be protected effectively and rather economically using well-made locks such as those available by WAR-LOK.
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Locks are key to his line of work

By Tyler Ellyson

If there's one thing Craig Melliger has learned after more than three decades as a locksmith, it's to expect the unexpected.

Melliger, who works out of a shop at his home, knows a call for help can come at any time, but he's never really sure what that will entail. The master locksmith has been flown more than 100 miles on a small, personal aircraft for a job. He's responded after an Omaha woman accidentally flushed her pickup keys down the toilet in Columbus or pet passengers unexpectedly hit the automatic lock button. And Melliger has taken car doors completely apart to unlock the vehicles for flustered drivers.

Congratulations to the new Mayor of Swanley

After a long career both in business and in public service, Lockdecoders' director Vic Southern recently received one of public service life's ultimate accolades when he was made Mayor of Swanley, the hometown of the company.
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IFSEC International Security Industry Awards 2012

After a thrilling evening at the Hilton Hotel in Birmingham last night, UBM Live - organiser of IFSEC International, the world’s largest annual security event – is pleased to announce the winners of the IFSEC International Security Industry Awards 2012. 
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Rogue locksmith must pay £700,000

Rogue locksmith Mark Makowski has been ordered to pay £700,000 following a five-year investigation into his criminal operation in London.
Makowski, the former director of Pronto Locks Limited, unnecessarily drilled through locks when a normal locksmith's method of entry could have been used, then charged "exorbitant" prices for new locks to be fitted for vulnerable customers who had been locked out of their homes, Westminster Council said.
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SSAIB unveils temporary alarm systems code of practice

SSAIB, the UK's leading Certification Body for electronic security, manned guarding services, fire protection, intruder and other alarm systems, has unveiled a constructive new initiative to help properly protect a range of potentially vulnerable sites.
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Former prisoners to be taught key cutting?

Currently 47 per cent of adult offenders who are jailed re-offend within 12 months of release, while the prison population in England and Wales has risen sharply in recent years to reach a record 88,000 in recent months.
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