Tapping the Power of Multi-Location Remote Monitoring
By James Gompers
From manufacturing and corporate offices, to municipal and federal governments, there are many environments that can benefit from multi-location remote...
Systems Help Peer Through the Fog at Boston's Logan Airport
By Jacqueline Emigh
To tighten security in the waterways, highways and other byways around Boston's Logan International Airport, the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport)...
Grande Tour
By Carol Carey
How do you keep tabs on security and life safety at a resort complex that boasts two high-rise hotels, a 40,000-square-foot spa/pool building, more than...
Unified Approach
By Corrina Stellitano
Like many large corporations today, First Data Corp., an electronic commerce and payment services provider, requires multiple company divisions to provide...
Security With Future Plans In Mind
Compiled by PAUL ROTHMAN
LOCATION: Florida USER: Sarasota Bradenton International Airport TECHNOLOGY: Access Control, CCTV Sarasota Bradenton International Airport, located in...
Protecting An Architectural Masterpiece
In his 13 years as director of security for the Denver Art Museum, Tony Fortunato has seen dramatic changes in the facility's security system. When I...
Safe at Rest: Monitoring Texas Highways
By RANDY SOUTHERLAND
For the weary traveler, rest stops give drivers an opportunity to stop, take a break and get refreshments after hours spent behind the wheel. Keeping...
Your Industry's BEST
Out of 48 entries, our judges chose these 20 finalists in our second-annual New Product of the Year contest. Now it's your turn to vote. 1 Commend Inc....
Water Security is King in Queens
With more than 6,000 employees, the New York Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) staff of engineers, lab workers and support teams manages...
Florida Sheriff's Office Allows Remote Prisoner Visitation
ELISEO SANTANA Eliseo Santana is supervisor, communications maintenance, for the Pinellas County Sheriff's office in Largo, Fla. Charged with keeping...
Bus Cameras Aid School Security
Twenty-five school buses from the St. Lucie (Fla.) County Public Schools have been equipped with the BusSecure mobile digital recording system from GE...
Orchestrated Security
By JO'EL ROTH
When Robert Harris was planning security for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, little did he know that some day he would be in charge of one of the city's...
Seven Hot Technologies
BY JAMES GOMPERS jgompers@gtdgrp.com
Remarkable advancements in the world of security technology seem to happen every day. Let's look at several fast-moving technologies that are becoming...
Watchful Eyes and Lenses
A would-be thief was so busy breaking into a parked car on the campus of Atlanta's Morehouse College that he was totally unaware that his every move was...
Hospitals' Merger Spurs Advances in Security Technology
By CAROL CAREY
When Robert Russell became manager of security services for Horton Medical Center, Middletown, N.Y., in January 2000, he confronted an increasingly common...
CCTV HEADLINES
Compiled by THOMAS WHEATLEY
Surveillance Cameras Play Increasing Role As Investigation Tool Court TV From capturing the images of the Sept. 11 hijackers to recording a mother beating...
EYE ON TRIBAL GAMING
321 Total Number of U.S. TribalGaming Operations 29 Total Number of U.S. States With Tribal Gaming Operations $12.7 Billion U.S. Tribal Gaming Revenue...
Security On The Move
By CORRINA STELLITANO
Every weekday, more than 14 million Americans board public transportation vehicles. According to the American Public Transportation Association (APTA),...
CCTV Puts Crime On The Run In Newburgh, N.Y.
Not too long ago the streets outside the Lander Street Apartments in Newburgh, N.Y., were infested with crime. Today, a CCTV surveillance system has made...
Technology At What Cost?
By CHARLIE PIERCE
Polls tell us that individuals are not only willing to give up pieces of their privacy for the sake of feeling more secure, they embrace the idea. However,...
CCTV In Oregon Museum Hits The Mark
Located on the east side of the Willamette River in downtown Portland is the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, one of the top-ten science centers...
Hocus Focus
By MICHAEL FICKES
One day last April, a car screeched to a stop near a fire station in downtown Palm Springs, Calif. The woman driving the car shouted for help. Her boyfriend,...
Centralized Surveillance On Minneapolis' Perimeter
By KATE HENRY
Minneapolis' Transportation and Parking Services is a municipal operation that encompasses 22 structured parking garages and nine surface lots with about...
Suit of Armor
BY TOM PATRICK MCAULIFFE
As CCTV surveillance technology has improved, so have the enclosures that protect the cameras from vandals, criminals and prying eyes. Domes and enclosures...
Cameras Help Foil Terrorists
Unrest in Saudi Arabia, culminating most recently in several mid-May suicide bombing attacks on foreign housing compounds in Riyadh, has spurred a search...
