Articles Tagged with ''sports security''

William Evans ran in the 2013 Boston Marathon and then led the Boston PD's field response from Boylston to Watertown.

There continues to be hundreds of bomb threats and incidents, especially at schools, public buildings and summer events. Most are false alarms but law enforcement must still respond in some way. And police and security officials also are implementing higher level precautions.

The NFL is tightening stadium security for all teams starting this preseason, limiting the size and type of bags fans can bring to the game.
 

Metal detectors will be part of the security measures in place for the U.S. Open next week at Merion Golf Club.

Brazilian government has bought 30 security robots to improve public safety during the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Metal detectors for spectators will be installed along the entire marathon course at the world athletics championships in August .

Last month I gave a presentation on security threats at sports events and their implications at Baskent University. Istanbul is one of three finalists for hosting the Summer Olympics in 2020.

Auburn spent approximately $75,000 for a security firm to conduct curfew checks of football players last season.

Picture this – in 20 minutes, one enterprising hacker at the 2012 Defcon conference in Las Vegas learned one Wal-Mart store’s physical logistics – from the janitorial contractor to where employees go to lunch – key details about the make and version numbers of the Wal-Mart manager’s PC, browser and anti-virus software, and got the manager to upload the address of an external website into his browser – no questions asked.

Grammy weekend 2013: The city of Los Angeles was on edge. Police had LA’s downtown area in a near security lockdown.