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22nd February 2012 Issue no. 108
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Products Facewatch is now being offered free to all UK businesses, with a focus on retailers and the licensed trade, through Facewatch & Partners, a newly set up Not for Profit Company chaired by Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas. 
Security scare: prohibited item found on domestic flight in Australia A Virgin Australia flight was held up over a security scare after a taser gun was found on board. The weapon, concealed in a pocket-sized camera pouch, fell out of a passenger's bag in the overhead locker and onto the floor, according to a passenger who witnessed the unfolding drama on the Melbourne to Adelaide flight.
Kaba Expands Enterprise Software to Work With Both Offline and Online E-Plex Locks Kaba Access Control announces the availability of Enterprise Software, Version 3.0 for use with both offline and online E-Plex Locks. With the implementation of Enterprise Software, users can manage stand-alone E-Plex Locks centrally without configuring a wireless network or engage the wireless option on some or all of the access points for real-time functionality without the wires.
New Mul-T-Lock anti snap cylinder meets diamond standards
The Briton 500 Series of panic exit hardware has undergone a radical transformation enabling devices to be fitted in just seven minutes, half the time of the existing range. IFSEC India 2011, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India 08 - 10 December 2011. An impressive 11,684 people flocked to Pragati Maidan, New Delhi for IFSEC India 2011 - India's largest international exhibition for commercial homeland security and fire technology. To accommodate significant growth, indicated by an impressive rebook of 73 percent of exhibitors, organiser UBM India, a subsidiary of UBM plc, is re-locating the show in 2012 to the ultra modern India Expo Centre in Greater Noida - an area which is also home to the new state of-the-art Formula One racing track. |
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Comment: Exciting news this week for all independent locksmiths is the launch of the Organisation of Professional Accredited Locksmiths (OPAL). The organisation has been set up to provide a matrix of support services and benefits for independent locksmiths who are unaligned with any formal body and who would otherwise be left to their own devices, both commercially as well as personally. Read the article below and if you think you would like to join, or if you have any further questions, just contact us. Pre-registration for the sell-out event of the year - the Locksmiths' Exhibition - continues. With the show now only 2 weeks away, isn't it time you registered? More than 1,000 have, so speed up your entry by registering for the show now at: http://www.locksmithsexhibition.co.uk/visitor-registration/ From time to time we publicise some daft security breaches. This week we have three: local council data lost in a pub (what was it doing there in the first place?); a Northern Ireland policewoman's mobile phone lost, turning up in Republican hands; and the undercover cop who chased himself! Keystone Kops anyone? This Week's News
Introducing the Organisation of Professional Accredited Locksmiths (OPAL)
OPAL is designed for the independent locksmith who wishes to associate with like-minded individuals within a framework that offers tangible member benefits, yet does not impose any burdens other than the necessary proofs of operating as an accredited locksmith business. Just two weeks to go to the ONLY Locksmiths show of the year 60 stands with 50 unique exhibitors, plus 3 'new start businesses' being squeezed in with table top information centres.Opens 10.00 each day, 3rd and 4th March - hot breakfast rolls for early arrivals Pre registered visitors will be/have been sent QR codes - DO BRING these with you to test our new fast track entry points - It will be far quicker than dictating your details to our reception staff.  Rise in 'lock snapping' burglaries in West Yorkshire A quarter of all burglaries in West Yorkshire are being committed by criminals using the technique known as "lock snapping", reports the BBC. Since 2009, there has been a rise in the technique, which involves applying force and snapping the cylinder in two. West Yorkshire Police said it was mainly prevalent with euro cylinder locks and urged concerned residents to seek crime prevention advice. Full StoryBe the next 'locksmith legend' with TradeLocks
TradeLocks, based in Manchester, is inviting all locksmiths to face a panel of TradeLocks 'Dragons' as part of their not-to-be missed competition which will be launching at The Locksmiths' Exhibition 2012, 3rd-4th March. IronmongeryDirect produces masterful performance as turnover powers ahead IronmongeryDirect, reckoned to be the UK's largest online and mail order supplier of ironmongery products to the trade, has announced today its 2011 year end results which saw turnover hitting £15million, up 20% on 2010. Not only has the company continued to weather the tough economic conditions in the UK construction industry, but also its own challenge of relocating the business to new 50,000 sq ft premises, and still come out on top. Undercover policeman 'chased HIMSELF' around streets after CCTV operator mistook him for suspect By Emma Reynolds An undercover policeman 'chased himself' around the streets for more than 20 minutes after a bungling CCTV operator mistook him for a suspect. The rookie officer was staking out an area in Sussex hit by a spate of burglaries when he was radioed about someone 'acting suspiciously' in the area. The CCTV operator directed the policeman in pursuit, telling him he was 'hot on his heels' of the suspect - not realising the person he was watching on camera was the plain-clothed officer himself. Full Storypolice woman's lost phone in security breach A Northern Ireland policewoman's lost phone, containing hundreds of photos and operational details has fallen into the hands of dissident republicans. It had been lost during an arrest in west Belfast more than a year ago. It contained photographs of the officer and her colleagues, on and off duty. Full StoryA South Florida locksmith is accused of pilfering from some of the same safes he was supposed to protect from thieves. Eric Welch, 50, of Coconut Creek, was arrested Thursday in the back of a Home Depot in Margate after he allegedly cracked opened a safe full of cash that was bolted to a van's floorboard. Full StoryCroydon Council guilty of inadequate data security Croydon Council has been found to have been ineffective in transmitting information about effective data protection to its staff in the wake of an investigation by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
Training and guidance on data protection has been available to staff but there have been no measures in place to ensure that employees were reading and understanding the information. Dumfries & Galloway protect vulnerable wildlife sites
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