CCTV cameras have played a vital role in bringing to justice those responsible for the violent disorder at last week's large-scale student protests in Millbank, London. Two more arrests were made yesterday following CCTV footage being released to the public, bringing the total number of arrests made over the violence and damage to property to 61. Pauline Norstrom, Chairman of the CCTV Section of the British Security Industry Association, comments: "The recent arrests in relation to the events at Millbank Tower certainly underscore the vital role that CCTV plays in the fight against crime a...

In the aftermath of the severe flooding that affected the Cornwall area on Tuesday and Wednesday, the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) analyses how the private security industry can help the police force cope with the challenges brought on by natural disasters, recalling the successful partnership that was formed when dealing with the devastating effects of the Gloucestershire flooding in 2007. The heavy rain that hit the Cornwall area on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday meant that great disruption was caused to the transport network, vehicles had to be recovered from flo...

New proposals laid in parliament today will save an estimated 800,000 hours of police time each year. The first steps to scrap the stop and account form used by police – and save an estimated 450,000 hours of time each year – were taken today. New proposals laid in parliament today will also reduce the amount of information officers are required to take as part of the stop and search process. In future, seven items will need to be recorded rather than twelve. This will save around 350,000 hours of time each year. More time for the frontline Policing minister Nick Herbert said:...

The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has welcomed the sentencing of four cash-in-transit robbers, which took place at the Old Bailey on Monday. The offenders, who were responsible for several robberies in London netting them £100,000 and targeting late night cash deliveries to cash machines, received hefty sentences totalling 27 years. James Kelly, BSIA Chief Executive, comments: "The BSIA welcomes this sentence, which sends a clear message to any would-be criminals who may be considering future crimes. Last year, the cash-in-transit industry suffered over 1000 attacks in the U...

Speech to Counter Terrorism & Security conference highlights industry role in national protection A|D|S, the UK’s AeroSpace, Defence and Security trade organisation today (Wednesday) seeks to highlight the role that the security industry can play in protecting the UK, its economy and its population despite the difficult financial climate faced by the Government and the resulting fall in overall security budgets. Following speeches earlier in the year on the impact of the recession on the security industry Hugo Rosemont, Security Policy Adviser at A|D|S, provides an early security indus...

A recent survey conducted by the UK chapter of ASIS had a response from 25% of its 720 members with a clear message on the way forward for regulation in the private security industry. The two major groups of respondents were In House/Corporate Security (41%) and Consultants (30.6%). On the question of whether the respondents would support the licensing of In House Security, 73.8% of the responses supported the licensing of In House security personnel. Ninety five percent (95.1%) of the respondents supported the registration of businesses who operated within the scope of the regulated securi...

London - Nov. 15, 2010 – The Dutch National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU), a cyber-division of the police (KLPD), in a presentation at the GOVCERT.NL Symposium, today recognized Norman ASA’s forensic contributions in assisting multinational police agencies in monitoring and disabling large, multinational cybercrime botnets. A botnet is a network of computers that can number more than a million nodes, where the computers are infected with malicious software and are controlled by one or more Command and Control servers. This network can instruct computers in the botnet to engage in cyber cri...

A £250,000 fund for projects run by young people to tackle knife crime was launched by Home Secretary Theresa May and Brooke Kinsella today. The new Ben Kinsella Fund will be administered by youth charity the Prince's Trust. Fifty grants will be available for young people to run positive anti-knife crime activities in their local area. Campaigner and actress Brooke Kinsella, whose brother Ben was murdered in 2008, will work with the Prince’s Trust to select the successful projects. The grants will be targeted at areas with high levels of knife crime and serious youth violence and ...

As the clear-up continues at Conservative Party headquarters following last week's violent student protests against tuition fees, the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) is highlighting the important role that the private security industry could play in avoiding future clashes. Wednesday's protest, initially expected to attract 20,000 protestors, was in fact attended by an estimated 50,000 students, a small minority of whom resorted to violent attacks and occupation of the Conservative Party Headquarters in Millbank, near Westminster, resulting in a stand-off with Police which en...

The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has announced its support for the forthcoming Olympic and Paralympic Safety and Security Conference 2010. The event, now in its second year, will take place on 25th November and is hosted by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in Whitehall, London. With less than two years to go before the opening ceremony, planning for 2012 steps up a gear, shaped heavily by experience gained from recent major sporting events such as the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, World Cup in South Africa and Commonwealth Games in Delhi. The government's Strat...