Atlanta GA June 7 2018 A climate where individuals feel increasingly uncertain about their own safety has led to private security guards outnumbering U.S. police officers. The private security industry is estimated to grow by 33 percent in just the next two years, as the demographic shift towards urban environments stretches police departments’ resources — 2016 […]
Oak Brook IL April 24 2018 If you park at Oakbrook Center, your car may be part of a candid camera scenario, as security cars drive up and down aisles in lots and garages, using license plate reading technology to check the plate numbers on vehicles. The license plate recognition system, which has been used since […]
Thailand March 20 2018 The convenience store 7-Eleven is rolling out artificial intelligence at its 11,000 stores across Thailand, as the technology becomes more prevalent in Asia. 7-Eleven will use facial-recognition and behavior-analysis technologies to identify loyalty members, analyze in-store traffic, monitor product levels, suggest products to customers, and even measure the emotions of customers […]
Louisville, Ky. Feb 21 2018 Louisville is vying to become probably the first city in the country to use autonomous drones to respond to the sound of gunfire. The city has applied for a special program the Federal Aviation Administration is running, where it will give a handful of cities temporary permission to get around long-standing […]
Stafford County VA Feb 13 2018 — Burdened by mounting health, job and family troubles, a Florida woman took to the road and headed north from her Cocoa Beach home, police say. By the time she hit Stafford County on Interstate 95 in Virginia, she was down to her last $14 and had reached her […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Feb 6 2018 A Colorado-based manufacturer is touting a new security guard that can detect heat, smoke, humidity, gases and motion. “Ramsee the Robot” was developed to provide cost-effective security. It can send alerts to a monitoring center, which can then dispatch a first responder if needed. “A robot is never going to show […]
INDIANAPOLIS IN Jan 20 2018 The newest four-wheeled machine coming to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has nothing to do with racing: It’s a security robot. It won’t reach triple digit speeds, run a 500-mile race or douse itself in victory milk (although it is waterproof). Nonetheless, Mike Bates, security director at IMS, said the Sharp Intellos […]
Albany NY Jan 15 2018 The New York State Police will soon deploy drones to help in crime control, surveillance and to reconstruct serious motor vehicle accidents. The drones will be used to document and help reconstruct serious motor vehicle crashes. Thanks to Governor Cuomo, the drones will soon be added to the arsenal of […]
Chicago IL Jan 12 2018 A wave of class action lawsuits has been filed alleging violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), a statute aimed at regulating how companies use information based on “biometric identifiers” such as fingerprints and retina scans. Violating BIPA can be costly, so employers operating within Illinois should review their […]
New Jersey Jan 5 2018 – U.S. drone sales in 2017 topped $1 billion for the first time ever, but don’t raise a glass too quickly if you are in New Jersey, where lawmakers are poised to outlaw drunken droning next week. It is one of a wave of U.S. states moving to bring the unmanned […]