ACPO lead on citizens in policing supports the launch of a new website to encourage younger members and more communities to get involved with Neighbourhood Watch ACPO lead for citizens in policing, Deputy Chief Constable Rob Beckley, said: "There can’t be a stronger example of ‘Big Society’ in action than Neighbourhood Watch. For nearly 30 years, members of the scheme have been taking action to make the areas where they live feel safer and reduce crime and the potential for crime. As a police service, we need to do everything possible to make sure members are having the biggest impact...

The British government says it has barred UPS from moving air cargo through some U.K. facilities because of security deficiencies according to Associated Press. The Department for Transport disclosed the action today but gave no information on the security issues and it didn't identify the locations involved. UPS could not immediately be reached for comment. The vulnerability of air cargo to terrorist attacks is a major worry for international security agencies. Last year, two bombs were sent disguised in toner cartridges on cargo flights from Yemen. One was discovered at a FedEx cargo facil...

Home Secretary visits West Yorkshire to talk about the work of the new National Crime Agency. A Yorkshire police team which uses cutting edge technology to tackle serious and organised crime was visited by the Home Secretary today. During her visit to West Yorkshire police operations support division in Wakefield, Theresa May saw automatic number plate recognition technology. This crime-fighting tool allows officers to catch criminals by using cameras to scan car registration plates. The Home Secretary also spoke to police officers, about how West Yorkshire's ground breaking work in respo...

Al Qaeda second in command and former surgeon, Ayman al-Zawahiri has been appointed as the new leader of the global terrorist group. Egyptian born Zawahiri, in addition to his leadership role, was Osama bin Laden’s personal physician, writes Infologue.com Editor, Bobby Logue. “Zawahiri, not bin Laden, who has the organizational and mental skills to run Al Qaeda” Seen by Al Qaeda as a safe pair of hands, Zawahiri, lacks the charisma of bin Laden, but nonetheless, his intellectual and spiritual approach to furthering the aims and objectives of the terrorist group are popular with the jih...

Infologue.com will be launching on the 22nd of June 2011 a list of ACS (Approved Contractors Scheme) companies who have achieved the highest 5% of assessed scores within the ACS. The list will be known as the Infologue.com ACS Star Performers list, writes Infologue.com Editor Bobby Logue. Over the past few years there has been a call for ACS assessed scores should be made public to facilitate the opportunity for high scoring companies to demonstrate differentiation;equally there are strong voices that oppose publication of individual scores.  Infologue.com believes that the ACS Star Performer...

The second edition of the annual Information Destruction (ID) Conference and Exhibition, organised by the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) and its ID section, was held on the 8th of June, in Birmingham. Following the success of 2010’s event, this year’s specialist exhibition and conference, targeted at professionals in the information destruction industry, proved even more successful, with a record number of delegates attending on the day. An informative exhibition, featuring three shredding vehicles, accompanied a conference programme aimed at providing insight into recent de...

The Security Alliance today released details of the working groups that would be created to review the recommendations for a future regulatory framework shortly to be published by the Security Industry Authority. The working groups will have two key functions: A number of Process Groups established to look in detail at the proposed operating model A number of Sector groups that will review the model and consider its relative impact on their own sectors The Process Groups will address: The mechanics of the intended process Compliance and enforcement Future standa...

The Security Alliance today announced the creation of a Sponsors scheme to fund the activities of the Alliance over the next 18 months, and that it had raised the issue of matched government funding, in due course, with the Minister, Lynne Featherstone MP. This is a critical period for the industry as the SIA prepares to unveil its proposals for a future regulatory framework. The Alliance must be ready and able to analyse these proposals and potentially put forward alternatives to ensure they fulfil the requirements of private security provision and to continue to remove the criminal elements...

Sales up by 2.1% to £23.1 billion, civil sales rose by 1.3% & defence sales up 2.8%. Employment down by 4% to 96,510, productivity per employee up by 6%. Exports remain majority of sector turnover at 70% of total. 11% fall in orders (to £29.1 billion, still above 1997-2009 average of £27.5 billion) due entirely to 29% fall in defence orders.  Civil orders up 3% from £18.5 billion to £19 billion. A|D|S, the UK’s aerospace, defence and security trade organisation, today (Thursday) publishes its annual aerospace sector survey covering both civil and defence aerospace.  Th...

The National Crime Agency offers an opportunity to raise our game against some of the most harmful and dangerous individuals in the UK ACPO lead on crime Chief Constable Jon Murphy said: “The National Crime Agency offers an opportunity to raise our game against some of the most harmful and dangerous individuals in the UK. Organised crime has international and national dimensions, but the harm it causes is played out in local communities and streets, in the form of drug-related crime, gun crime, robbery, people trafficking and much more. “Good neighbourhood policing provides eyes and ear...