Lock up your safes!

Having a nice strong safe with sturdy locks is not much help if someone can just wheel the whole thing out the door of your apartment.

Such a brazen act of criminality was performed, and captured on video in a building in New York recently, as this report from the New York Times shows.

MMArena at LeMans says Milestone video is simply spellbinding

XProtect Corporate software from Milestone Systems is managing the video surveillance system of the new stadium at Le Mans, connected to Sony HD cameras
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American-born locksmith trapped in Russia for 77 years suddenly speaks English again after stroke

An American man trapped in the Soviet Union 77 years ago - deep in Stalinist times - has suddenly reverted to speaking in his native English instead of the Russian he was forced to learn to survive his epic Communist ordeal.

Kenneth Edwards, now 95, recently suffered a stroke which left him unable to communicate with his Russian family and children.

'I am having to learn Russian all over again,' he said in a halting American accent in Zlatoust, an industrial Ural Mountains outpost where he worked in a watch-making factory for 60 years, latterly as the locksmith to the head of his department.

Thief caught after stolen laptop keeps taking his picture

Police in Oakland, California, USA, have arrested a suspected laptop thief whose slack-jawed face became an Internet sensation after software that the owner had installed kept taking photos of the suspect, which the victim posted on his blog.

Muthanna Aldebashi of Alameda was arrested on suspicion of possessing stolen goods. The 27-year-old taxi driver is being held in Alameda County jail.

A web campaign to catch the alleged thief was launched by laptop owner Joshua Kaufman, who filed a police report in late March stating that someone had broken into his North Oakland apartment and stolen his Apple MacBook computer.

Kaufman said he had installed software called Hidden that followed the computer's movements through a tracking device, and took pictures of the suspect's face while the man used the laptop.

UAP Tradelocks - a huge success in Las Vegas

Less than two weeks ago, some of the Tradelocks team jetted off to Las Vegas to demonstrate various Tradelocks tools and offer Lishi training at the first ever 'Just Cars' exhibition.
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15 million of us on police database

UK police have set up a computer system which will allow forces to share intelligence on 15 million people.

A Police National Database was the key recommendation from the Bichard Inquiry into failings by police into the Soham murders in 2002. It found that police failed to disclose details of allegations against Ian Huntley a year before he murdered Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, both 10.

Privacy campaigners say non-criminals should not be on the system. 

LASN's global reach

We do try not to be overly obsessed with ourselves here at the Locks and Security media group - but occasionally we like to share some of our successes with you.

This recent screen shot of reader activity shows the locations all around the world where the last 1000 readers came from.

Although to be expected, the bulk of readers are UK-based, the global reach now available through the Internet is well established. So if you send us a press release or maybe take an ad you might find your next enquiry comes from somewhere quite unexpected!
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Safe house proves not so safe thanks to SmartWater

Forensic evidence provided by SmartWater has seen a man jailed after he provided a "safe house" for violent robbers.

Police found several items marked with the tell-tale glow of SmartWater Technology Ltd's uniquely coded liquid at the home of Derek Smith following the armed robbery of two cash-in-transit couriers. The men were delivering cash to an ATM at a Spar supermarket in Kitt Green, Wigan at the time of the attack.
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Crack this safe - and get half its contents

Following a free room and dinner offer to crack an old hotel safe in New Zealand, if you find yourself in the USA this year you might even discover enough to pay for your holiday!

Ann Arbour, Michigan, mini market owner Nabeel Gneym said he is getting desperate to open the mysterious, locked safe he inherited when he moved his convenience store into the first floor of the Tower Plaza complex. He's now offering to split the contents with anyone who can crack the massive Fichet-Bauche brand safe, which is believed to be at least 25 years old and weighs up to 8,500 pounds.

Dates of SANYO's REHD Training Courses Announced

SANYO has published a list of dates for its REHD (Realising Education in High Definition) professional level training courses for installers and system integrators, which will be conducted at its Watford offices during the next few months.

The REHD training course has been devised by SANYO to provide security professionals with a complete understanding of how to obtain maximum benefit from the technology built into SANYO's Full HD cameras. David Hammond, SANYO's European Sales Manager said: "We believe that if our business partners take on board the required level of sales and technical training, they will be able to meet, if not exceed, their customers' expectations of what a Full HD camera can do for them."
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New Ingersoll Rand link-up with CEM Systems

Ingersoll Rand has announced a new link-up to supply its PegaSys electronic locking system to CEM Systems to complement their existing integrated access control and security management solutions.

PegaSys provides a wireless intelligent, cost effective and quick way to upgrade traditional mechanical doors into a fully electronically-controlled access system. It provides a simple solution to common access control and key management problems - such as replacing cylinders when keys are lost, stopping unauthorised key duplication and auditing user access. The easy to manage system is designed for those site managers who want to improve security and control but are unable to commit to a significant investment or do not want the inconvenience of replacing existing doors. It provides many of the
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Cougar Monitoring enhances service provision with Immix video automation platform

Cougar Monitoring, one of UK's largest CCTV and Intruder alarm monitoring centres, has selected the Immix Video Monitoring automation platform - a move which will make its services much more attractive to installers.

Developed by SureView Systems, the leading developer of video-based automation platforms for the security alarm industry, Immix is a UL classified automation platform designed to receive alarm events from video, video analytics, access control, automation systems and GPS location aware devices. Events from all of these devices are aggregated within the Immix platform and are presented to the operator in a consistent, simple to use interface.
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Samsung Appoint Project Support Team Manager

John Sayer has been appointed the Manager of Samsung's recently formed Project Support Team.

John has worked within the electronic security industry for over twenty years, during which time he has performed product management and pre and post sales support roles whilst with Cardkey, Johnson Controls and Maxxess Systems. John's understanding of IP network based security systems includes the design and implementation of video surveillance, access control, perimeter protection, intruder, fire and BMS systems into fully integrated solutions.
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