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The French government’s plan to launch facial recognition technology in November with the aim of giving citizens secure digital identities “seems premature,” Digital Minister Cedric O told Le Monde newspaper.

The commission investigating last year’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has recommended that public schools should have more realistic active-shooter drills.

 

Bonnie S. Michelman, Executive Director of Police, Security and Outside Services at Massachusetts General Hospital, has been named to the Board of Directors for the International Foundation for Protection Officers.

Walk-through metal detectors are now in use at all gates of Notre Dame Stadium for the 2019 football season.

Email service Click2Mail has notified its customers of a recent data breach.

In southwestern communities near the U.S.-Mexico border, there were nearly 230 instances of local police deploying advanced technology: facial-recognition software, cellphone-tracking “sting ray” towers, real-time crime centers, license-plate cameras, gunshot-detecting acoustic-surveillance devices, drones and spy planes, says a news report. 

St. Louis, Missouri Mayor Lyda Krewson is considering a proposal to use video surveillance airplanes to monitor St. Louis streets to fight crime.

Minnesota State Rep. Bob Vogel announced school districts throughout Minnesota are receiving a combined $30 million from the state to fund safety initiatives.

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the 2019 keynote and featured speakers for Securing New Ground (SNG), taking place at the Grand Hyatt New York in Manhattan Oct. 29-30.

 

Terrorist attacks have declined globally for the fourth consecutive year, while in the U.S. they have reached their highest level since 1982.