Ever since the dawn of Wi-Fi, earnest engineers in windowless rooms have busted their collective butts to create security mechanisms that thwart wireless cyber attacks, from the insufficient WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) to the more secure WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access, uh, 2). But, apparently, their hard work doesn’t matter to many people
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Wireless Security Works — When It’s Used
Call Gov. Rick Perry’s border cam program a learning experience or worthy experiment
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Editorial: Enough of border cams
MORE than half of all bus shelters fitted with CCTV equipment will fail to record vandals causing havoc because they have no cameras inside. Transport body Centro has rolled out tools to house CCTV at the region’s bus shelters to crack down on crime, but bosses have admitted that cameras are not installed in all of them
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Birmingham bus shelters without cameras in CCTV equipment
Vallejo has opened up bids for a contract to install security cameras in City Park.”Depending on what we get for responses and bids in our budget, I would say we could complete (the project) within a month or two after opening bids,” said Guy Ricca, the city’s senior community development analyst. The 141-year-old park, bounded by Marin, Louisiana, Alabama and Sacramento streets, has been seen as a center for nefarious activities by residents, with reportedly brazen prostitution and drug dealing in and around the park.
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Vallejo hopes cams will cut down on crime
The operators in North West Leicestershire District Council’s CCTV control room are understandably very busy people.
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SANYO modernises North West Leicestershire District Council control room
A BRAND new CCTV system was officially unveiled in Trowbridge last week. The new upgraded system now has an additional six digital cameras, LCD flat screens to monitor the footage in both The Shires Shopping Centre and the town council offices and digital recording and control equipment as well as a wireless camera at the base of the Tesco footbridge. It brings the total number of CCTV cameras in public areas in the town to 25.
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New CCTV for Trowbridge
Shops plagued by antisocial behaviour have declared victory in their bid to get security cameras installed in Lower Morden. Business in Grand Drive campaigned for the cameras after a spate of robberies and vandalism, and this week a spokesman for the group said they had hit their fundraising target. Since starting their bid for better security earlier this year, fundraising activities have included a party and auction at the Beverley pub on September 19 which brought in thousands of pounds.
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Security cameras ready to roll in Lower Morden
REMOVING CCTV cameras in Allenton to save money would send out the wrong message to gang members, say traders and councillors. Derby City Council announced earlier this year that it wanted to scrap two of the eight cameras covering Allenton district centre. But people who live and work there say the shooting of teenager Kadeem Blackwood by members of Allenton-based gang the A1 Crew highlighted a need for the cameras.
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CCTV cameras needed in light of gang violence say residents
The Austin, Texas City Council is taking security at the Austin Public Library seriously these days. On the Monday before Christmas, they voted to approve nearly $12,000 of city contingency funds to go towards new security cameras for the building
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Libraries Need Security Cameras, Too!
The Melbourne City Council has revealed its latest tool to try to improve safety in the city. Lord mayor Robert Doyle has unveiled two security vehicles fitted with CCTV cameras that have 360 degree views. Councillor Doyle says they will patrol city hotspots over six months.
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New security cameras to quell city violence