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Disguised as authentic utility workers, a band of copper thieves dug up and stole nearly £280,000-worth of redundant cabling from locations all around London, many of which were leaked through at least one crooked BT employee.

Public safety, massive infrastructure development, higher Return on Investment from enhanced security and business continuity are driving the growth of the transportation safety and security market, as a MarketsandMarkets report (Transportation Safety and Transportation Security Market Modes, Worldwide Market Forecasts) predicts market growth to $62.96 billion in 2018. The sector currently weighs in at $37.80 billion worldwide.

Penn State University is in the process of installing more than 600 security cameras in dormitories and common areas of its main campus.

Store security at Barneys New York is now trained on the NYPD.

If Oregon does not adopt an additional 11 elements to driver's license issuing procedures, its residents could find using their state-issued IDs to board planes quite difficult.

The FBI is reporting that hate crime incidents were slightly down last year.

Samsung Electronics proposed installing a built-in anti-theft measure known as a “kill switch” that would render stolen or lost phones inoperable, yet the nation’s biggest carriers have rejected the idea.

The Federal Communications Commission is reviewing its 22-year ban against in-flight cellphone calls, but opposition is already flooding in, especially regarding the potential noise level increase. 

Baseball fans should expect to go through a metal detector to see their favorite team play in 2014.

The Oakland, Calif., City Council has voted 6-1 to move ahead with a controversial city surveillance center (the Domain Awareness Center), which would allow police and city officials to continuously monitor video cameras, gunshot detectors and license-plate readers across the city.