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California Legislature Votes to Ban Facial Recognition in Police Body Cameras

California Legislature Votes to Ban Facial Recognition in Police Body Cameras

While the bill would ban facial recognition software from body cameras, law enforcement are not banned from using it in other cameras.

  • By Haley Samsel
  • Sep 16, 2019
Multitude of Ransomware Attacks Cause Lawmakers to Take Notice

Multitude of Ransomware Attacks Cause Lawmakers to Take Notice

Lawmakers are working to find a solution that will help counter ransomware attacks, which are affecting school districts and municipal governments.

  • By Sherelle Black
  • Sep 13, 2019
ADT Commercial Booth GSX 2019

Live From GSX 2019: Day 3

As exhibitors wrapped up the last day of the conference, STANLEY Security, Salient Systems and ADT Commercial continued to showcase their services.

  • By Haley Samsel
  • Sep 12, 2019


Where’s the Beef?

Day two of 2019 GSX is in the books from the tradeshow floor. I certainly didn't have to dodge anyone to get from one side of the house to the other. Where are the attendees?

  • By Ralph C. Jensen
  • Sep 12, 2019
Aspen Police Department to Equip Officers with Body Cameras

Aspen Police Department to Equip Officers with Body Cameras

The police department will fund the body cameras through its savings account.

  • By Sherelle Black
  • Sep 12, 2019
Getting a Security Education at GSX

Getting a Security Education at GSX

Seeing the technology and offerings first-hand was eye-opening at my first conference.

  • By Haley Samsel
  • Sep 12, 2019
Police Departments Across Nation Ask Citizens to Register Security Cameras

Police Departments Across Nation Ask Citizens to Register Security Cameras

Officers will still have to get permission to view the footage, which they say can not only help to fight crime but assist them with tracking down missing people.

  • By Sherelle Black
  • Sep 12, 2019
salient booth

Live From GSX 2019: Day 2

STANLEY Security, ADT Commercial and Salient Systems showed off their latest products and celebrated awards on the second day of GSX.

  • By Haley Samsel
  • Sep 11, 2019
A New Age in Incident Response on Display at GSX

A New Age in Incident Response on Display at GSX

How companies can change their approaches to social media platforms, to the benefit of customers.

  • By Haley Samsel
  • Sep 11, 2019
ADT Commercial Booth GSX 2019

2019 GSX is a Nice Surprise

I found the opening day of the Global Security Exchange to be a welcome surprise. Not sure what to expect after a couple of tough years of decline, there was nice activity on the show floor for opening day. I felt like the traffic was good and exhibitors pleased.

  • By Ralph C. Jensen
  • Sep 11, 2019

Nortek Appoints Nathan Richardson CI Regional Sales Manager for Southern California

Richardson replaces Scott Osborne, who has taken over the Florida territory.

  • Sep 11, 2019
A New Age in Incident Response on Display at GSX

A New Age in Incident Response on Display at GSX

How companies can change their approaches to social media platforms, to the benefit of customers.

  • By Haley Samsel
  • Sep 11, 2019
Delta Air Lines Expands Facial Recognition Technology to LAX

Delta Air Lines Expands Facial Recognition Technology to LAX

The Atlanta-based airline says the technology can save flyers time. However, those in opposition believe it should be banned for privacy reasons.

  • By Sherelle Black
  • Sep 11, 2019

SIA, ALAS and CANASA Urge Congress to Approve United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

In a Sept. 9 letter to Congress, the trilateral coalition highlighted the growth and change in the security industry and the renegotiated policy’s updates to reflect the current state of the market.

  • Sep 11, 2019
Google Works to Eliminate Spam Invites for More Than 1 Billion Users

Google Works to Eliminate Spam Invites for More Than 1 Billion Users

Google is working to keep unwanted and malicious content from its users.

  • By Sherelle Black
  • Sep 11, 2019

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