Physical Security

RSS

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a plan to revamp New York City’s bridges and tunnels, including equipping 10 bridges and tunnels leading into the city with facial recognition and license plate reading technology.

Results from research at the University of Cambridge’s Institute of Criminology show that the use by officers of body-worn cameras is associated with a 93% reduction in citizen complaints against police. 

Shootings on college campuses over the last five years have more than doubled since a similar period a decade earlier.

The Federal Communications Commission adopted rules to update and strengthen Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA).

Airports are placing a higher priority on IT investments for passenger and airport security with 50% rating it a high priority, up from 37% last year.    

After two years of decline, the estimated number of violent crimes in the nation increased 3.9 percent in 2015 when compared with 2014 data.

Uber will require its drivers to snap periodic selfies to ensure they are who they claim to be.

Overall crime rates in 2016 are projected to be nearly the same as last year, with crime remaining at an all-time low.