Thieves sent packing at Roosevelt
DON GARBERA
New York City hotels occasionally suffer invasions. Teams of well-dressed "bag boosters" enter the hotels, stake out the lobbies and wait. Unattended,...
CCTV
AC&SSI Staff
The CamDome by Videolarm, Decatur, Ga., is a factory-installed color camera with auto focus and 10X zoom lens, cased in a 12-inch dome housing. The pan/tilt...
Keeping tourists safe
WILL POLLOCK
Security professionals combine technology with people skills and a shared pool of best practices.Armed with cameras, street maps and disposable income,...
Remote video monitoring on the job
Michael Fickes
A national jewelry store chain and a luxury car dealership enhance CCTV using interactive remote monitoring systems.Burglars last summer attempted to...
Retail Security Camelot music stores at top of retail charts for security measures
WILL POLLOCK
To prevent shrinkage, the $600 million retailer uses EAS, keeper boxes and point-of-sale exception reporting software. Today's retailers use security...
Listening is first step in security system design
AC&SSI Staff
California manufacturer sought the opinions of staff members on the way to a system that monitors closely the company's scenic campus. Altera Corp.'s...
Retail Security Security not child's play
Don Garbera
FAO Schwarz enhances its upscale security system to accommodate store expansion and higher potential for theft. Security staff at the famous New York...
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...
Las Vegas airport security leaves little to chance
CAROL CAREY
With the opening of Phase 1 of its planned $100 million expansion, Las Vegas' McCarran International airport can now accommodate 45 million passengers...
CCTV
AC&SSI Staff
Digital video recorders from Image Vault, New Albany, N.Y., feature a Zip drive for downloading of incidents and a modem for remote access to archived...
McGraw-Hill consolidates and upgrades security
DON GARBERA
The publishing industry provides us with communication, information and education in the form of newspapers, periodicals and electronic publishing. Publishing...
Digital storage systems: What you need to know
CHARLIE PIERCE
Whether upgrading, improving space requirements or designing anew, educate yourself about digital. Over the past few months, we have looked at the advances...
Stamford Marriott: Security includes promoting awareness
DON GARBERA
Not more than a handful of years ago, Stamford, Conn., was a sleepy little New England town where the biggest security problem was controlling teenage...
CCTV
AC&SSI Staff
Photo-Cam, designed and manufactured by Systems Technologies, is available with a new power distribution board and flash control, according to Intelicard...
Financial Institutions
DON GARBERA
Security at Travelers: Varied technologies at multiple locationsInsurance company in Hartford, Conn., gets results combining equipment and procedures....
Catching the action: How and when to use digital video motion detection
CHARLIE PIERCE
Define the purpose of the system to decide whether digital video motion detection is needed. The third step in understanding the application of digital...
CCTV Products
AC&SSI Staff
Two new black-and-white cameras deliver cost efficiency and performance, according to manufacturer Panasonic Video Imaging Systems Co., Secaucus, N.J....
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....
Securing pharmaceutical assets
MICHAEL FICKES
Linking access control to the IS network to improve operations and reduce costs. Three years ago, $9 billion global pharmaceutical giant Hoechst Marion...
Digital cameras: yesterday, today and tomorrow
CHARLIE PIERCE
Digital camera technology opens up new worlds of visual interaction, but buyer beware. Are you old enough to remember the hype surrounding digital effects...
Digital cameras: yesterday, today and tomorrow
CHARLIE PIERCE
Digital camera technology opens up new worlds of visual interaction, but buyer beware.Are you old enough to remember the hype surrounding digital effects...
Smart stadium--An impressive and secure sports facility rises from the Arizona desert.
CAROL CAREY
Well before the first crowd of excited fans watched the first game played by Arizona's new major league baseball team at its expansive new stadium, Bank...
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...
CCTV Products
AC&SSI Staff
CCTV The Fibervision Serial Digital (SDI) video transmission system equalizes the SDI input and provides two re-clocked SDI outputs at the receiver, in...
