Surveillance & Security News for November 1999

Drugs-dog searching in six Buckinghamshire schools by a private security company It was a partnership at work - school head teachers, the local education authority, Thames Valley Police, a private dog-training company [Grosvenor International Services, GIS ] and a drugs counselling agency [AddAction].  Their approach: to seek to be supportive rather than punitive.  They would regard young drug-users as victims rather than criminals, Prof John Grieve pointed out in an introduction to t...

DEADLINES FOR OFFICERS, DOOR STAFF Businesses must act now to ensure they have reputable security staff in place by next year, says the Security Industry Authority (SIA). This follows a survey by the authority which found that seven per cent of businesses in the London region were ‘not very confident' in their security solution. Commenting on the research, John Saunders , SIA Chief Executive, pictured said: “All businesses, irrespective of size or sector, need to make sure their pr...