At it’s 43rd Annual Conference hosted by the City of Miami Police Department and the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department in Miami, Fla., July 8-11, NASSLEO President , Mr. Larry Borland and President Elect, Mr. Augustine Pescatore, awarded the 2012 National Association of School Safety and Law Enforcement Officials President’s Award to Mr. Minaz Jivraj, School Security and Safety Officer with the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board in Mississauga, Ont.

Borland, in awarding the plaque, stated that Mr. Jivraj was“.. (for) the most contributing member of NASSLEO 2012. You have demonstrated commitment to the cause and always a leader in school safety. Without your professionalism and positive attitude, this year’s conference and scholarship awards would not have been possible. Thanks for who you are and what you do. Presented in the City of Miami, Florida this 10th Day of July, 2012”

The National Association of School Safety and Law Enforcement Officials was founded in 1969, and is the oldest national organization dedicated to assisting school administrators and law enforcement organizations in developing and maintaining safe schools. In fact, NASSLEO was in existence long before school violence and other school safety issues were making headlines.

NASSLEO is a nonprofit organization whose members are composed of Chief of School Police, Directors of Security & Safety, School Police Officers, School Security Officers, School Resource Officers, School Educators and Administrators, School Security Consultants or any person whose primary occupation is school safety, security or police.

Bold Technologies' BoldSOS triggers an emergency response call conveying the exact location and other critical information to monitoring operations and control centres. End users are protected by features that include: Accident and Impact Management, Airbag Deployment Monitoring, Vehicle onboard Diagnostics (OBD), High Crime Area Alerts, International and National SOS, Team and Individual GPS Tracking, Cyber Alert Notification Management, Personal Location Notification, Homeland and Travel Status Notification, Traffic Alerts, Auto Assistance, Weather Alerts, and an Extensive Online Tracking Portal
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Pelco by Schneider Electric is now taking orders for its new BU Series bullet cameras, C20 Series box cameras and FD Series fixed dome cameras, the company announced today. The trio of analog camera options is the latest addition to a diverse lineup of Pelco video security solutions. The BU Series bullet cameras, C20 Series box cameras and FD Series fixed dome cameras offer high-resolution colour, wide dynamic range, and day/night models. BU Series integrated bullet cameras are designed for no-light and low-light applications with options for long- and short-range infrared illumination between 15 and 40 meters. The FD Series also offers models equipped with supplemental infrared illumination for difficult lighting conditions. Select models of C20, BU and FD cameras include technologies such as digital signal processing, backlight compensation, digital noise reduction, privacy zones, motion detection and adaptive tone reproduction to compensate for gradation of subjects.
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Kantech's Intevo is an integrated security platform designed to be up and running in minimal time.The system is preloaded with Kantech’s EntraPass Corporate Edition security management software and American Dynamics IP video software. Intevo also includes support for DSC PowerSeries and MAXSYS alarm panel integration. Intevo provides an ideal platform for small to medium businesses as well as the ability to grow the system to meet organizational needs over time. Intevo also supports the EntraPass Web client and the new EntraPass Go Mobile client.
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ASSA ABLOY has acquired Alarm Controls Corporation, a manufacturer of access control accessories.

When Moscow’s famous Bolshoi Theatre was refurbished between 2005 and 2011,  Bosch was assigned to develop and install a state-of-the-art security system including fire prevention, public address, evacuation and video surveillance technologies. The new system was supposed to provide not only a comprehensive, interoperable network but also to be as unobtrusive as possible – blending in with the building’s beautiful architecture in the Russian classical style.