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First Tech Federal Credit Union announced a pilot program with MasterCard that will enable First Tech employees to authenticate and verify transactions using facial recognition and fingerprint biometrics. 

Homicide and assault rates have decreased significantly since 1980, but overall rates of violence remain high. 

Pittsburgh building owners are suing the city, claiming City Council didn't have the authority to pass an ordinance that mandates training for security officers.
 

Hilton Worldwide introduced a mobile app that lets guests use their smartphone as a room key.

The TSA is moving its headquarters to Alexandria, VA, in 2017.
 

A consumer survey from First Insight says that more than 75 percent of respondents would not shop at a store that used facial recognition technology for marketing purposes.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will place video surveillance screens in 22 buses on the X2 bus line.

A new technique created at the National Institute of Standards and Technology may provide information about when a person and their fingerprints were at a particular location.
 

The University of Michigan is banning selfie sticks at Michigan Stadium, and drones aren’t allowed in nor around the football stadium.
 

Universal Pictures is offering to reimburse theaters for security guards during opening-weekend screenings of “Straight Outta Compton.”