Automatrics Limited achieve success with their award-winning security products
Automatrics Limited, have this year achieved what was believed impossible with the protection, tracking and recovery of stolen breaker attachments.
Plant security protection, with reliable electronic tracking devices, for construction machinery attachments, such as concrete breakers, crushers and buckets, has proven extremely difficult to fit due to the harsh work environments. The theft trends for this vulnerable, yet highly prized equipment, are on the way up, with attachment resale values achieving thousands of pounds. Attachments are often left unsecured and, once stolen, can be virtually impossible to trace. Criminals are therefore free to sell on stolen attachments with a somewhat lower risk of capture than, say, selling a stolen vehicle. This all makes machine attachments very attractive to criminals.
London man caught in SmartWater trap car 'sting'
A man has been convicted of stealing from a car after he was sprayed with SmartWater®.
Introducing ATK
Avocet Hardware’s new ATK high security cylinder delivers Sold Secure Diamond, BSI TS007 3-star and Secured by Design rated security against lock snapping, bumping and drilling attack – and it does so with a standard key and a thumbturn lock.
Secure Mail Boxes from DAD Prevent Identity Theft
When a London property management company received continual complaints from the residents of a London apartment building about theft of mail from the building's mailboxes, they looked for a robust, secure mailbox system that would prevent fishing and minimise vandalism. The answer was the fully SBD-accredited DAD009 from mailbox specialist DAD – the only mailbox to comply with the benchmark TS009 performance standard.
Avocet's European Debut
The great and the good of crime prevention in Europe gathered in Italy in October for the annual European Neighbourhood Watch Association (EUNWA) conference — and amongst a schedule packed to overflowing with renowned scientists, police experts and Neighbourhood Watch practitioners was Avocet Hardware's Clive Lloyd.
Fire Resistant Neos doorset now successfully security tested
Following the introduction of Building Regulation in England, and specifically Approved Document Q (ADQ) – Security of Dwelling, a potential conflict on performance of doors to meet this and also Approved Document B (ADB) – Fire Safety, has led NEOS Protect Ltd to undertake physical security tests on their 60/0 Fire Resistant Doorset.
Korea closer to adoption of Secured by Design
Professionals and students of criminology, architecture and policing from South Korea have visited the UK over recent years to examine Secured by Design and elements of CEPTED – crime prevention through environmental design. Now an international conference on CEPTED in Seoul has concluded with the signing of an MOU for cooperation and exchange of information between the Korea CEPTED Association (KCA), the International CEPTED Association (ICA) and Secured by Design.
Titon is awarded prestigious Secured by Design status
Titon has become a member of Secured by Design (SBD), receiving the coveted SBD status 'Police Preferred Specification' for a number of its products, including the new TS007 Kitemarked Asterion 3-star door cylinder. The accreditation also applies to the Maco and Securistyle security products it supplies, including shootbolt espagnolettes, friction hinges and window restrictors.
Securikey Mirrors and Safes are Police Approved
Leading UK physical security supplier Securikey has achieved 'Police Preferred Specification' status for nine models within its convex safety mirror range, demonstrating that the company has met the high standards set by Secured by Design (SBD), a national Police crime prevention initiative which aims to reduce burglary and other crime types using the principles of good design and appropriate physical security measures.
Neighbourhood watch research highlights gaping home security hole
- The average Briton moves home eight times in their lifetime
- 11 per cent of the UK population moves home every year
- 92 per cent of domestic burglary in England and Wales is committed through either the front or back door
- But two thirds of Neighbourhood and Home Watch Network (NHWN) members do not change their locks when they move
Gate Safe - five years of making gates safe
September 2010 – September 2015
23 September 2010 marks the fifth anniversary of Gate Safe - the charity founded following the tragic deaths of two young children in separate automated gate accidents - but five years on Gate Safe insists there is still much to be done to improve the safety of automated gates and barriers in the UK.
Charter Global Ltd has re-written the rule-book for security shutters with its Obexion range of high security shutters
The design of the Obexion product range is based on the results of extensive market research within high risk and specialist requirement markets and is the only roller shutter system to have independent security certification to LPCB 1175, Issue 7, SR5 –providing guaranteed security for when it matters most.