June 2012

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VIDEO: On-line Surveillance to be Extended

Topic: All, News, Video Surveillance

Police and intelligence services will be able to access data about people's phone calls, emails and internet usage in order to tackle crime and terrorism, under Home Office plans. In the past, a plot might have been hatched by phone, and the security services or police could ask the phone company for information about who […]

Making Solihull Safer Rapid Vision System’s Nomad CCTV Cameras

Topic: All, CCTV Systems, News

Rapid Vision Systems latest NOMAD redeployable CCTV cameras were installed by the Safer Solihull Partnership. They feature the latest Wi-Fi and 3G video transmission technologies and can be deployed in less than five minutes, providing an immediate and cost effective deterrent to fight crime in a wide range of applications including theft, graffiti, fly-tipping, and […]

Deaths Still Happen In Properties With Smoke Alarms

Topic: All, Fire Alarms, News

I moved into a new flat recently. It had two fire alarms but one was hanging open and missing the battery. Before going to bed on that first night, I replaced the power source to make it functional again. Two hours later, I was awoken by one strident blast. And then another ten minutes after […]

Samsung Video Surveillance Enhanced by CheckMySystems

Topic: All, News, Video Surveillance

The CCTV health and operation monitoring software specialist, CheckMySystems Ltd, has extended the compatibility of its advanced CheckMyCCTV automatic maintenance monitoring solution to include Samsung's popular range of video surveillance products. CheckMySystems believes that the move to offer Samsung integration will significantly expand the number of sites across the UK where the company's CheckMyCCTV remote […]

Fire Alarms in London – False Call Outs in 2011

Topic: All, Fire Alarms, News

BBC London has obtained figures which show that there were almost 56,000 false alarms in London in 2011 - which equates to one every ten minutes. There are three types of call out for the fire crews: real - where the fire brigade really is needed; malicious - where callers deliberately call out fire crews […]