Correctional Facility Security
CAROL CAREY
Iris recognition gives positive IDs of prison inmates Biometric technology answers need for foolproof identification at Lancaster County Prison in Pennsylvania.Approximately...
Corrections Facility SecurityMove over, Superman
Steven W. Smith
Security scanner uses x-ray vision to detect concealed drugs and weapons.Security managers used to have only two options for detecting contraband and...
Government Security Air Force trying out unmanned aerial vehicles for security
Carol Carey
Saving lives by using machines instead of people is the driving force behind a U.S. Air Force program aimed at protecting its Security Forces. For the...
Protectin Hoover Dam - It's a monumental task
AC&SSI Staff
About 23 miles southeast of Las Vegas, on the Arizona-Nevada border, sits one of the highest concrete dams in the world - the Hoover Dam. Security for...
TERRORISM: The security director's role
MICHAEL FICKES
One morning, the CEO phones, asking what you think about the possibility of a terrorist attack against the company. What do you say? What steps do you...
Security's role in public responder safety
Captain Theresa L. Martin
Today's private security professionals can make a big contribution to responder safety when reporting an incident. With traditional tasks of law enforcement...
Community surveillance system popular in Maryland
AC&SSI Staff
Cortex Vision Systems, Research Triangle Park, N.C., and AHS Systems, Beltsville, Md., recently hosted a community conference on alternative crime prevention...
Public surveillance system helps Canadian city reduce crime in downtown corridor
AC&SSI Staff
On a cold winter's evening earlier this year, the Regional Police of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, received a call reporting a robbery at a downtown bar....
Remote security at U.S.-Canada border
AC&SSI Staff
Along our northern borders with Canada, there are many small, remote ports of entry that are not staffed for 24-hour operation. Until recently, after-hours...
Smart Buildings
AC&SSI Staff
Smart technology enables seamless facility control at municipal building in Holland Building owners worldwide face complex decisions about how to protect...
Protecting airports from themselves
DON GARBERA
Some security threats come from internal sources. The United States has close to 300 airports. All are considered high security risks. Airports located...
King County finds remote surveillance practical, affordable
Michael Fickes
Adjacent to a Seattle parking lot stands a 25,000-square-foot, three-story warehouse called the Jameson Building, which stores spare parts for King County...
Canadian Security
Carol Carey
A modern security system blends into the historic grandeur of the seat of Canadian government.A long Ottawa, Ontario's Wellington Street - the Canadian...
Olympic security: six years of planning for 17 days of glory
Kate Doherty
Last month, as the world focused on Olympic history in the making at the Nagano Winter Olympic Games, security professionals at Access Control's Security...
Raising the bar on security behind bars
George Partington
Last fall, many Georgians were beginning to wonder, "What's wrong with security at our state prisons?" Three convicted murderers had escaped from two...
Raising the bar on security behind bars
George Partington
Teamwork, independent consulting and competitive contracting by qualified systems integrators were key to the success of a recent renovation at the maximum-security...
Digital video watches over military facilities in Washington state
AC&SSI Staff
"Four sites are up and running," says Bob Green, assistant director of the Military Department, State of Washington, of the remote monitoring system at...
Force protection plus
CAROL CAREY
Security automation benefits on campus: A cost/benefit case for small scale re-engineeringOn June 25, 1996, a truck bomb exploded at Khobar Towers on...
Rule for defense security: 'Do more with less'
George Partington
Military security has a lot in common with civilian security, says Mike Toscano, chairman of the Physical Security Equipment Action Group (PSEAG) of the...
Cameras are rolling for public safety
Larry Anderson
Mary Rose Wilcox, a county supervisor in Maricopa County, Ariz., was leaving a board meeting in August when she suddenly felt a gun in her back. Then...
Keeping Security risks at bay at San Francisco International Airport
PATRICIA BARNES
San Francisco International was among the first airports in the country to begin improving systems to conform with stricter security regulations imposed...
Stewart International Airport
By CAROL CAREY
On a typical day, approximately 70 commercial and eight cargo flights take off from Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, N.Y. Each year, nearly...
Airport Security
By EMILY HARWOOD
A young man at a ticket counter attracted the attention of the Orange County Airport security staff as he attempted to check in a duffel bag. Two of the...
Airport Security Measures
By MR. BILLIE H. VINCENT
Much comment and discussion have resulted from The White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security (more popularly known as the Gore Commission)...
CCTV monitors commuter rail stations
By THOMAS S. PAPPAGEORGE
After many transportation studies, San Diego County officials agreed that San Diego needed a commuter rail line to unclog highway congestion, especially...
