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A computer security breach has been reported at the University of South Carolina-Sumter.

Police arrested a city employee in Pinellas Park, Fla. last week and charged him with stealing scrap copper from the city.

Two proposed New Hampshire House bills that would restrict the government's ability to monitor private individuals will be discussed at a Commerce Committee executive session this week.

ASIS International presented the Award for Senior Regional Vice President (SRVP) of the Year to security consultant William G. Bradshaw, CPP, and the Award for Regional Vice President (RVP) of the Year to Robert E. Johnson, Executive Director of Operations, RIBI Security.

The Illinois House today approved legislation that would require registered sex offenders who work at or attend a college or university to register with security personnel at that school as well as with the state.

The Transportation Security Administration said it is sending three screeners for remedial training after a passenger carried three box cutters onto a JetBlue plane at New York's Kennedy airport.

Texas A&M University has launched a special online homeland security program. 

Red light cameras saved 159 lives in 2004-08 in 14 of the biggest US cities, a new analysis by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows. Had cameras been operating during that period in all large cities, a total of 815 deaths would have been prevented.

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The ASIS International (ASIS) Law Enforcement Liaison Council (LELC) has established the Matthew Simeone ASIS Award for Public-Private Partnership Excellence.