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University of Kentucky Spending $5 Million On Security System With 2,000 Cameras
The University of Kentucky is spending nearly $5 million to assemble a campus security system that relies heavily on 2,000 surveillance cameras, raising questions among some privacy advocates. Other elements of the system include student ID cards that can track when students enter buildings after hours and the ability to lock down buildings from another […]
Lucky Clerk or Lucky Robber?
Jon Lewis Alexander, clerk and veteran, thwarts liquor store robbery with own gun | wusa9.com MARIONVILLE, MO (SPRINGFIELD NEWS LEADER) — The guy with a gun picked the wrong clerk. How wrong? A veteran of four tours in Iraq. A 30-year military man. A former prison guard, private investigator, professional extraditor of federal prisoners and – perhaps most important on this particular Sunday night – a proud owner of a Walther PPX 9 mm handgun. Loaded, with one in the chamber, like he always carries it. Jon Lewis Alexander, 54, of Marionville, thwarted a robbery about 9 p.m. Sunday at Beer 30 on East Logan Street in Marionville – after the would-be robber pulled his weapon first. As a store security video shows, Alexander used his left hand to push the robber’s handgun back while – in a smooth but rapid motion – pulling and swinging his 9 mm into the robber’s face. The man’s mouth, to be exact, as the robber haplessly holds his own weapon at his side. “One of the policemen told me later, ‘You’re a lucky man,’ ” Alexander said Monday. “I said, ‘I think he (the robber) is a little luckier than I am.’ ” The store’s owners, Max and Jeannine Dawson, shared an 11-second video from the store security camera with Marionville police, friends and the News-Leader on Monday, and Alexander explained what happened. No one was hurt and no shots were fired. The man came in the store smoking a cigarette, and […]
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DHS Takes Control Of Arizona Border Blimp
A 208-foot long white blimp has been floating two miles above Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, using radar continuously to scan the area along the border, looking for low-flying aircraft drug smugglers use to bring drugs into the United States. The sensors on board can detect activity in distances of up to 230 miles. The blimp, […]
RESEARCH: Lowering Employee Theft With Video Surveillance Systems
If you want to sell more security camera surveillance and surveillance technology systems to industries with low wages and high worker turnover (think restaurants, Convenience stores, car care centers, and te like), then you simply must show your prospects a case study titled: ?Cleaning House: The Impact of Information Technology Monitoring on Employee Theft and […]
Video Surveillance, Facial Recognition Technology, and the Law
Omnipresent video surveillance and facial recognition technology have staked a new frontier in the American legal system, as local communities, state officials, and even the U.S. Supreme Court consider questions about surveillance, technology, and privacy. Ohio law enforcement has been using facial recognition technology to match driver?s license photos and surveillance footage for months, without […]
Sikeston, MO, Businesses Can Adopt A City Security Camera
The southeast Missouri town of Sikeston, Missouri, is using security cameras to keep an eye on things and not just in the business district. The Sikeston Standard Democrat newspaper reports city leaders recently established an “adopt-a-camera” program that allows business owners to work with the Sikeston Department of Public Safety to post security cameras near […]
Imperial Beach, CA, Gets Department of Homeland Security Video Surveillance Grant
A Department of Homeland Security funded camera system is intended to enhance safety and security along the Imperial Beach, California shoreline. Imperial Beach is a U.S.-Mexico border town with a border fence at the beach out to the ocean forming the U.S.-Mexico border. The zoom and infrared cameras cameras will be placed at the main […]
UAV Surveillance Drone for U.N. in Congo
First time the United Nations has used such equipment with officials and diplomats hoping the drones could be used by missions in Ivory Coast and South Sudan. The United Nations stated it has procured an unarmed surveillance drone from Italian defense electronics firm Selex ES, a unit of Finmeccanica, that will be deployed in the […]