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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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. 

Produced in association with the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) and headline sponsored by Norbain Group, the awards were presented by sports pundits Mark Lawrenson and Dan Walker following a black tie dinner.
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Mul-T-Lock celebrates award success at IFSEC

Mul-T-Lock UK is celebrating after the newly launched Watchlock intelligent high security padlock won Physical Security Product of the Year at this year's IFSEC Security Industry Awards.

The award winning Watchlock from Mul-T-Lock combines a high security padlock, GPS locating system and SIM card based communication technologies to provide real time event and location information through email, text message or web based application.
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IFSEC International 2012

With security in the national and international spotlight like never before, IFSEC International 2012 organisers say that this year is the most crucial for the surveillance industry in the last decade.

Security issues have rarely been out of the headlines over the past 12 months, with phone hacking, private investigators, data breaches, rioting, and the constant threat of terrorism all major talking points. And with the London Olympics and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations just around the corner, it’s crunch time for the security business.
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The aims behind National CCTV Improvement Week 2012

As the UK counts down to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and Olympic celebrations, security concerns will be at a record high. All security practitioners, business owners and proprietors, or anyone who has an involvement with CCTV, is asked to test and review their current security camera installations to ensure they are operating efficiently.

In line with the objectives of the Trusted CCTV Improvement Project, National CCTV Improvement Week has been set to help determine and redress many everyday security camera concerns, experienced by a wide range of CCTV users and operators.
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Free lock change for abused women - in Madrid

Abused women in Madrid will be able to change their door locks for free. The Madrid government and the Safety Locksmith Union Federation have signed an agreement to provide this service for victims of gender violence once it has been authorized by a judge.

This service is frequently requested by associations for abused women. The agreement, entitled ‘Close the Door on Abuse’ aims to guarantee the safety of women and their children against violent partners.
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Chubb Security boss apologises for 'oxygen thieves' email slur

A Chubb Security boss in Australia was forced to apologise to workers and undergo counselling after circulating an email describing injured cash-in-transit guards as "oxygen thieves".

But the National Union of Workers believes the punishment is too lenient and have called for him to resign, reports The Herald Sun. The email, written on April 24 and obtained by The Sunday Telegraph, was sent by Chubb's national security manager Brian Lee.

The retirement plan that paid off earlier than expected

By Mike Nixon, Tri-Parish Times

Mark Avet thought it was a smart move when he was 41 to include residential and business locks to his skills list - just to have something to fall back on when he reached retirement age. Expectation for retirement, however, came a decade earlier than anticipated for Avet, when in 2009 the financially strapped US auto industry cut thousands of workers by closing plants and shuttering dealerships across the country. Fortunately for this locksmith he was not shut out of a career.

The plan worked - although not in a manner originally intended - and Avet's locksmith efforts quickly grew into being a real job.

"When I started in the car business in 1974, one of the first things I had to do was make key cylinders," he said. "So, I've basically been doing this all my life."

Another good year for Milestone Systems

Milestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management software, has delivered strong results for 2011 and continues impressive growth with profitability and investments in research and development.

Despite the continued slowdown in European markets, Milestone has recorded revenue growth of 22 percent to USD 46.89M against USD 38.3M in 2010.
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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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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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