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.

Burglar says he was doing locksmith work, cops say

Ogden, Utah police deputies say a 31-year-old man being charged with breaking into a vehicle told them he was just practicing to be a locksmith!

Weber County sheriff's deputies say they responded to a burglary call and found the man with lock picks, bolt cutters and what appeared to be a glass pipe for smoking methamphetamine. They requested a search warrant and seized stolen items from a truck, including several purses, wallets, religious books, a gun and gems worth an estimated $5,000.

Xandem's security sensors can see through walls

Imagine a real-life version of Harry Potter's magical Marauder's Map, which showed the location of everyone prowling throughout Hogwarts castle. That's what startup Xandem is building: a new kind of all-seeing motion-detection system that's poised to shake up the security market.

The T24 Door Station with App and new accessories

MOBOTIX have started 2012 with deliveries of the complete T24 IP Video Door Station. In addition to the hemispheric video door intercom, which received the renowned Plus X Award for innovation, high quality and usability, and was awarded 'Best Product of 2011' in its product class, the T24-KeypadRFID, the Security Door Opener (T24-Doormaster) and optionally the two-wire network module (T24-Info2wire+) will now also be on show. Customers get a powerful, complete video solution for door communication and access control.
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Locksmith killed during legal eviction

A locksmith hired to help in the process of evicting a California tenant was shot dead, along with the sheriff's deputy serving the eviction notice, police said last Friday. In addition to the two men shot dead, a lone body has been found inside the charred ruins of the Modesto, California, apartment building, Modesto police Officer Chris Adams told CNN.

New locks take hard line stance on theft protection

By John Ficcadenti

Equipment and property theft has always been a problem and one that appears to be getting worse, especially during these difficult economic times. Utility providers, telecom and cable companies, among others, are not exempt from this significant nationwide problem. As security measures continue to adjust, however, improved technology is now available to help combat and provide better theft protection devices.
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New battery solutions for Fixed and Redeployable CCTV applications from MEL Secure Systems

MEL Secure Systems, the leading developer of surveillance and security solutions, has introduced a new range of battery solutions for CCTV applications. Designed to meet the needs of system integrators and installers, they deliver market-leading performance in a wide range of overt and covert CCTV and ANPR applications. They can also be used also used for temporary radio stations and Wi-Fi networks.
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Canadian border security threatened by job cuts, critics say

Major job cuts at the Canada Border Services Agency could undermine national security and public safety, according to a security expert and public-sector union officials, reports CBC news.

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.

A five-year joint investigation by Westminster trading standards and Scambusters began in 2007 following complaints from customers who had been "duped" when employing Pronto Locks to regain entry to their homes.
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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.

The SSAIB's new Code of Practice for temporary alarm systems will assist in safeguarding construction areas, vacant premises and other buildings at risk from vandalism, arson, squatters, criminal damage and other harmful attacks.
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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.

According to Justice Secretary Ken Clarke, "Many prisoners do not want to be part of that cycle. We need to facilitate the way in which people get back into a normal life and do not commit further crimes again. We also stress to the businessmen that you can take part in this and derive benefits as a business and you don't have to compromise your ordinary standards of commercial judgment.
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Listers to stock Yale

Listers, the distributor of builders hardware and architectural ironmongery are delighted to announce they are now stocking Yale products.

Listers stocked items cover the comprehensive range of Yale Mortice Locks and Latches, Euro Cylinders and Rim Locks, which are suitable for a wide variety of applications, and security needs.
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UK companies risk security of data on cloud to chance research shows

According to PwC/Infosecurity Europe many UK companies are failing to keep a proper check on the security of their data held by third parties offering cloud computing services.
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IronmongeryDirect listens when the tradesman talk

IronmongeryDirect, said to be the UK's largest online and mail order supplier of ironmongery products, launches two new service enhancements following feedback from its customers insight research programme. Beginning in May IronmongeryDirect has committed to a minimum five year guarantee on all ironmongery products. Customers can be ultra confident that products purchased have been tried and tested for quality and durability.
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UBM Live and Euroindex join forces to bring global innovation to Eastern European security market

UBM Live, organisers of the globally respected IFSEC security and fire events, will for the first time extend its reach to Eastern Europe, helping to internationalise BEZPEKA, the leading security event in Ukraine this October (23 - 26 October 2012, Kiev, Ukraine).

The partnership will see significant investment injected into the sales and marketing function to help broaden the event's horizon and further position it as the strategic bridge between the EU and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) security industries. With visa free access from both the EU and CIS, BEZPEKA also opens a gateway for suppliers to access the lucrative Eastern European market.
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New Decoder/Encoder modules extends the functionality of existing analogue CCTV cameras

MEL Secure Systems, a leading developer of surveillance and security solutions, has launched a new set of H.264 IP decoder/encoder modules. Fitted inside existing camera housings or externally mounted, they extend the functionality of existing analogue CCTV cameras by enabling them to transmit images over IP networks in a wide range of surveillance applications.
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Hackers have breached top secret MoD systems

Computer hackers have managed to breach some of the top secret systems within the Ministry of Defence, the military's head of cyber-security has revealed. Major General Jonathan Shaw told the Guardian the number of successful attacks was hard to quantify but they had added urgency to efforts to beef up protection around the MoD's networks.

"The number of serious incidents is quite small, but it is there," he said. "And those are the ones we know about. The likelihood is there are problems in there we don't know about."
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The doors to the den are closing!

Closing date for all entries is 31st May 2012 - so don't miss out - tell us your idea now!

TradeLocks is looking for the next innovative tool to be added to their exclusive Signature Range, which already features products designed and developed by some of the most respected figures in the locksmith world.
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