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  • Close Protection Training
    By: jhon | - Close Protection Training is a career which has everything excitement, challenges as well as danger which compels an individual to select this as career. Moreover the way this course has been designed one can have a successful career. However before selection of the course it is really important that right selection of course, institute as well as trainer has been done. The trainers need to have practical experience, as if they have protected high profile clients then they will have great amount ...
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  • A New Generation Of Rapid Deployment Solutions From Ndi Anpr Recognition Systems
    By: zerry | - NDI Recognition Systems, the leading designer, manufacturer and solutions provider of ANPR systems, has launched the ST200, a new rapid deployment ANPR system. It was designed for use in a wide range of covert and overt applications in mobile and stationary modes. The ST200 can simultaneously process up to two lanes at high speed, high traffic volume and multiple units can be networked together to create a "ring of steel 'ability to deliver.

    According to Adrian Cadd of NDI Recognit ...

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  • Children Owning Weapons
    By: lynthomas | - Under the Freedom of Information Act, recent data has been released that revealed 7071 gun licenses were issued to under 18's between 2008 and 2010.

    These figures were collected by the BBC from 51 forces around the United Kingdom.

    Gloucestershire police give a license to a seven-year old, whereas West Mercia and Cambria police both issued license to eight year olds. Ten other registrations were granted to nine-year olds.

    West Mercia Police claimed the eigh ...

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  • Complaints Against Thames Valley Valley Police Officers Rise
    By: Philip Somarakis | - The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) last week announced that complaints against officers from Thames Valley Police rose by 23% last year.

    In total the IPCC recorded 1,167 complaints against the force in 2009/10, compared with 947 the previous year. The total number of allegations contained within the complaints was 2,183, which was an increase of 15%. Nationally, complaints rose by 8% last year, up to 33,854.

    Reductions to the budget

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  • Protection Against Theft With A Trailer Tracking System.
    By: i4ceWriter | -
    From its launch in December 2006, the ACPO Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (AVCIS) has recovered nearly 2,000 unlawfully obtained vehicles with an estimated value in excess of 33 million. Even though the Home Office reports vehicle crime is down by 65 per cent since 1995, over 3,000 HGVs are still stolen annually around the UK with only a insubstantial 12 per cent recovery rate.

    Half of all vehicles are actually stolen from their own premises. Accounting for over three q ...

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  • Simple Breath Tests Can Decrease Road Accidents
    By: Jahir Mamun | - If you drive at twice the current legal alcohol limit, you are at least 30 times more likely to cause a road crash than a driver who has not been drinking. Any amount of alcohol affects your ability to drive. There is no foolproof way of drinking and staying under the limit or of knowing how much an individual person can drink and still drive safely.
    The police are required to follow several statutory procedures which can be fatal to a prosecution if not pursued correctly. Furthermore, e ...

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  • Should Digital Evidence Be Stored In Perpetuity?
    By: Andrew Frowen | - Where it is suspected that a computer has been used in the commission of a crime, the equipment is usually passed by law enforcement officials to computer forensic experts for analysis. In the event that any of the evidence extracted is successfully used to secure a conviction, the question then arises as to how long the evidence should be stored.

    Generally, there is a legal requirement to retain all forms of evidence unless the police seek permission to lawfully dispose of it, w ...

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  • Uk's First 'cyber Security Strategy' Launched
    By: Andrew Frowen | - The Government has announced the creation of a dedicated Office of Cyber Security to protect the UK and British citizens from the growing threats posed in cyberspace.

    With modern Britons becoming increasingly dependent on computers and communications technology, the internet has become an area where the UK and its citizens can become vulnerable to hostile states, terrorists, and criminals.

    The new measures announced by the Prime Minister are designed to help the Gov ...

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  • Is More Regulation Needed To Ensure 'computer Forensics Experts' Are Up To Standard?
    By: Andrew Frowen | - For a person to call themselves a General Practitioner of medicine, they must register on the General Medical Council's GP Register and adhere to the qualification and practice standards it requires. Similarly, a person is only permitted to call themselves a solicitor if they complete a set training path and register with The Law Society, practising in line with the Solicitors' Code of Conduct.

    However, for computer forensics experts - specialists who analyse computers and other e ...

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  • The Fast Paced Development Of Technology And The Challenges This Presents To The Legal System
    By: Andrew Frowen | - The process of law making is notoriously long and drawn out, with Bills taking months or even years to pass into to law. In the realms of computer crime, where technology develops apace, this sometimes means that the law is left flagging dangerously behind.

    An area where law particularly struggles to keep up with technology is in the prevention of breach of copyright by illegal distribution of intellectual property via the internet. For example, copyright law has struggled to ke ...

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  • Vetting And Due Diligence When Engaging The Services Of A Computer Forensics Firm
    By: Andrew Frowen | - Whenever a company engages a third party to provide a product or service, a vetting process should be undertaken to ensure that the contract will be performed with due prudence and responsibility and to an appropriate standard. Never is this more important than in the field of computer forensics, where the quality of the investigation can have a significant impact on the outcome of a case.

    In order for any evidence recovered during a computer forensics investigation to be admiss ...

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  • Computer Forensics And Incident Response Awareness In The Commercial Sector
    By: Andrew Frowen | - As businesses increase their online presence and dependency on IT, the number of incidents of computer misuse continues to rise. To limit the occurrence of such incidents, acceptable use policies and security measures must be implemented, but when controls are bypassed, either intentionally or unintentionally, organisations must be prepared to act quickly and effectively to minimise their impact.

    Where an incidence of computer misuse is suspected, such as the theft of intellectua ...

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  • National Skills Shortage In Computer Forensics
    By: Andy Frowen | - Computer Forensics, or Digital Forensics to give it another name, is something that in todays fast moving environment that has become as much part of policing as walking the beat or patrolling as part of a mobile unit.

    As technology progresses and it does so extremely quickly these days, so to do the ways in which technology is applied to crime and its uses by the criminal. Whereas in the past when crime was much more straightforward and involved a physical presence, Computer C ...

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  • Cyber Cops Face A Tough Challenge
    By: Aran Lackey | - At the beginning of October, Policing Minister Vernon Coaker announced the launch of a new £7m policing unit to tackle cyber crime and Internet fraud.

    But while the Police Central e-crime Unit (PCeU) was welcomed in some quarters, there have already been concerns voiced by politicians, IT experts and businesses about the relatively small amount of funding available to target a multi-billion pound criminal industry, and questions over the Government's real level of commitment ...

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  • The Policing Pledge
    By: Aran Lackey | - Earlier this month, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith congratulated Essex Police on being the first force in the country to publicly roll out the new Policing Pledge, a series of minimum standards and commitments to deliver set policing priorities for local communities.

    But while the Government and senior officers such as Essex Chief Constable Roger Baker believe the new pledge is an essential part of the future of policing, other officers have voiced concerns about how realistic it wil ...

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  • How To Protect Your Home From Unwanted Visitors
    By: Julian Stanton | - An Englishmans home is his castle, so the saying goes, yet often our cars are better protected against thieves than our homes. A recent Home Office report showed that households without any security devices such as window locks or intruder alarms are ten times more likely to be burgled than those with. However, the good news is that with a little effort and investment you can tighten up your home security. Heres how to protect your home from unwanted visitors

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  • Not All Monitored Intruder Alarms Qualify For Police Response
    By: Antony Christie | - For complete peace of mind, many people choose to have their intruder alarms monitored. If an alarm system is monitored, then, when it detects an intruder it automatically sends a signal via the phone line and/or cellular network to an ARC (Alarm Receiving Centre - these used to be referred to as Central Stations or Monitoring Stations) and the appropriate action is taken. CIA uses Southern Monitoring Services (SMS) Ltd.

    New Police/Constabulary Service guidelines (the ACPO Poli ...

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