New system lets police access thousands of surveillance cameras in public places

A newly developed system could allow law enforcement to tap into thousands of public surveillance cameras. Created by researchers at Purdue University, the system would let officials see locations and viewing angles of the...

Pathankot base didn’t have robust security, still unsafe: House panel

The Pathankot airbase close to the border in Punjab, which was attacked by suspected Pakistani militants in January, did not have a robust security cover, a parliamentary committee has said. The strategic facility that...

Special number plate recognition cameras to help cops nab car thieves

Delhi Police are all set to get their first automatic number plate recognition (APNR) cameras. The cameras will be installed in south and New Delhi areas in its pilot phase. They will photograph number plates...

Fire protection market set to double by 2022

The latest published report from Marketsandmarkets predicts that the size of the global fire protection systems market is expected to more than double in value from USD 47.96 Billion in 2015 to USD 98.24...

Optical illusion to be tested on roads to trick drivers into slowing down

More than 150,000 lives are claimed in India by road incidents each year and the latest Road Accident Report says 11,000 of them involve speed-bumps or potholes. In an effort to combat these numbers, the...

Centre to set up first training centre for security guards in Chandigarh

The central government has picked Chandigarh for setting up a centre for imparting training to security guards employed with different private agencies registered in the city. Chandigarh was chosen for the pilot project under...

Rio heightens security for Olympics

IHS Technology research has found that the main threat for visitors to the forthcoming Rio 2016 Olympics will be street robberies and theft - in order to reduce crime and deter violence, the federal...

Smart & strict police force needs to be sensitive towards victims: MoS for Home...

Mr. Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Government of India and Mr. Maninderjeet Singh Bitta, Chairman, All-India Anti-Terrorist Front, felicitated the winners of FICCI SMART Policing Awards 2016, and exhorted policemen...

AlliedBarton to merge with Universal Services of America

Two of the United States’ largest contract security companies, AlliedBarton Security Services and Universal Services of America, have announced that they have agreed to merge. According to a statement, the combined company will operate...

NY to expand use of portable detection systems to all prisons

More than $1 million of funding will expand the use of Cellsense technology to all 54 state prisons, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced. Since April, these state-of-the-art portable detection systems -- used to conduct...