Oct 1, 2013 | Commercial Security, Community Safety, Safety and Security, Security Guards
The Miami Dade police force is top notch, but they can’t be everywhere at once. If you’re in charge of an apartment, condo, or home community, own property or a currently disused facility, or run a business, vandals, thieves, and hooligans can spell bad...
Sep 24, 2013 | Commercial Security, Community Safety, Digital Security, Reputation and Media Control, Safety and Security
Calculating your ROI, or return on investment, from a new marketing campaign can be simple. It’s about seeing how much revenue has been gained through the channels that the new campaign opened up. Calculating a ROSI, or return on security investment, isn’t...
Sep 17, 2013 | Commercial Security, Community Safety, Safety and Security, Security Guards
Ft. Lauderdale is a major tourist destination in Florida. With only around 165,000 residents, though, it doesn’t have a huge amount of police resources to spare. They came up with an inventive solution, outfitting an old Brinks armored truck as a mobile police...
Aug 27, 2013 | Commercial Security, Community Safety, Large-Scale Security, Security Guards
The crime rate in Atlanta, GA has dropped since the late 1990s, but authorities are still taking measures to reduce it further. In 2012, Atlanta’s city council voted to spend an additional $2.25 million on security, mostly security cameras, throughout the city....
Aug 20, 2013 | Community Safety, Safety and Security, Security Guards
According to the Highway Loss Data Institute, the Ford F-250 truck has surpassed the Cadillac Escalade as the most stolen truck in Jacksonville, FL. The parts fetch a high price on black markets in the States as well as Mexico, says crime analysts. Thieves strip down...
Aug 15, 2013 | Commercial Security, Community Safety, Large-Scale Security, Safety and Security, Security Guards
Copper is used in more items than you may realize. Fiber optics, cell towers, telephone lines, electrical substations, water wells, plumbing pipes, and construction sites all contain copper in their infrastructure. Copper theft is costing the nation at least...