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Police Federation chair John Apter has called for more “common sense” in setting police priorities. Apter has stated that rank and file members feel frustrated at being tasked with investigating trivial rows on social media, for example, at the expense of attending burglaries and other serious…

On Thursday 28 June in Glasgow, Police Scotland and the Security Industry Authority (SIA) launched a new series of events intended to enlist front line private security operatives in the fight against terrorism. The pilot event took place at the Scottish Event Campus. These sessions, which…

Members of the British Security Industry Association’s (BSIA) Information Destruction Section are warning organisations from all sectors to ensure that they comply with the Data Protection Act. This follows on from the news that Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has been fined £150,000 by the Information Commissioner’s…

Facilities management company Mitie has been awarded a new five-year contract with the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) to provide hard FM services for their buildings across Scotland and the Islands. Formally established on 1 April 2013, the SPA is…

G4S has entered into a strategic partnership with technology specialist Digital Barriers which will see G4S deploy the company’s ThruVis solution at major UK events in order to protect against the threat from concealed weapons and explosives. G4S will use ThruVis to provide enhanced security…

A new report on electronic monitoring has been published by the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research at the same time as Cabinet Secretary for Justice Michael Matheson MSP announced the Scottish Government’s future vision for the use of tagging technologies at a conference in…