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Regulatory Impact Assessment for licensing private investigation approved by the UK Home Office
posted on 03/08/2007

The partial Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) for licensing private investigation and precognition agents has been approved by the Home Office and has been published. The Private Security Industry Act 2001 sets out under Schedule 2, Part 1, that the Security Industry Authority (SIA), has the remit to consider the licensing of Private Investigation (section 4) and Precognition Agents (section 4A). This consultation document sets out the options for the future regulation of the activities of private investigation and precognition agents. The RIA illustrates the need for licensing on the basis of the potential harms posed by these activities. It then shows different options for regulation of one or both sectors to address these harms. These range from doing nothing and allowing one or both sectors to continue to self regulate, to implementing a licensing scheme with core competency requirements attached. The RIA also sets out the likely cost and benefits of the options. The document... [more]

Green and ethical policies can run hand in hand with security policies
posted on 21/07/2007

Magenta Security Services continues to demonstrate the fact that green and ethical policies can run hand in hand with security policies. Their latest initiatives include a commitment to running only LPG vehicles by the end of 2008, a factor that was instrumental in their recent success during an ISO 14001 re-assessment. Magenta already has a substantial fleet of LPG run vehicles on the road, which was one of the environmental policy’s prime objectives. It also fits their continuing commitment to ISO 14001, an accreditation they have held for more than six years. Magenta was the first manned guarding company to achieve this standard with the British Standards Institute in Europe. Their green policies were also an instrumental part in their recent win of London’s Royal Parks guarding contract. Magenta’s environmental policies also include a strong commitment to recycling, much of which is done to support Tommy’s, the children’s charity. Magenta’s paper recycling has been designed... [more]

RemGuard provides perimeter estate monitoring to Rosehill Industrial Estate
posted on 15/06/2007

RemGuard’s remotely monitored, detector-activated CCTV service is being applied in the large multi-tenanted Rosehill Industrial Estate, situated in suburban western Sydney, Australia, where RemGuard provides overall perimeter estate monitoring. Rosehill Industrial Estate is owned by ING Industrial Fund. In Australia, ING Real Estate undertakes small to large scale, single sector development projects, as well as complex large-scale mixed-use developments for the ASX (Australian Stock Market) listed ING Industrial Fund (IIF). Back in 2003 ING Real Estate chose to implement an integrated RemGuard CCTV security solution at the landmark $137 million Rosehill Industrial Estate. Located near Rosehill Racecourse, this prestigious estate boasts high profile multi-national tenants. The original intent was to employ after hours security guards on site however due to the substantial cost and burden to IIF’s tenants; they chose to investigate alternative integrated technology solutions. Althoug... [more]

ITA Group acquires covert surveillance and counter-surveillance provider Corunna Solutions Group
posted on 12/06/2007

ITA Group has acquired the specialist covert surveillance and counter-surveillance provider Corunna Solutions Group (CSG). “CSG provides the ITA Group with a proven capability in the management of complex covert surveillance operations for clients in the UK and across Europe”, says David Smith, ITA Group’s Operations Director. “These highly sensitive services are provided to government departments, corporate clients and legal firms involved in A-list litigation.” The surveillance teams consist of highly-trained personnel, many of whom are British ex-servicemen and women with wide-ranging language and operational skills. Operators span a range of ages and this allows highly effective intelligence gathering against even the most sophisticated subjects. This enables the teams to operate in a wider range of environments without raising suspicion. CSG also delivers counter-surveillance and protective surveillance services and the Company’s operators are able to identify the people that ... [more]

Octavian Security aims to improve retail security provision
posted on 08/06/2007

Octavian Security Ltd has teamed up with retail expert, Professor Joshua Bamfield, in a move to improve retail security provision. Renowned retail crime and fraud expert, Professor Bamfield, will be working in partnership with Octavian Security applying his expert knowledge of criminal behaviour in the retail sector to Octavian’s client security proposals. This will not only see the Professor helping to devise consistent instore retail security programmes for Octavian’s clients – he will also be helping Octavian to introduce an even higher level of strategy to its programmes to both prevent shrinkage and improve the shopping experience for customers. “We now work with some big high street names and like IKEA’s Gurkhas, we want to use the innovation that we are known for to help retailers prevent crime in their stores wherever possible,” explains Octavian special projects manager, Pippa Muckley. “We already have officers that are trained to improve customer service and with Professo... [more]

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