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Editorial Comment
Many applications
The Premier Elite LCDLP-W is designed for use as the
main system keypad, but is also ideal for upgrading
existing systems. Typical uses include:
• Main alarm keypad near front door
• Additional keypad near back door or bedroom
• Remote buildings, such as garages
• Mobile engineer’s keypad
Secure wireless
Ricochet Mesh Technology provides secure, encrypted
wireless communications with unparalleled
performance. Ricochet enabled wireless devices
receive and repeat messages from
other devices. The size, scalability
and range of the entire system
are extended, as wireless
signalling is no longer limited
by point-to-point
communications.
Spot the difference
The Premier Elite LCDLP-W is all but identical to its
wired equivalent - in size, aesthetics and performance.
The only difference is wireless connectivity powered
by Ricochet mesh technology, the world’s most robust
wireless security technology.
Profile Building
The National Business Crime Solution (NBCS) – the not-forprofit
initiative that enables the sharing of data between law
enforcement agencies and the business community in order
to reduce crime – is now embarking on the next stage of its
development after securing significant Government funding.
The award of a six-figure sum is in recognition of the NBCS’
success in supporting the police service in the fight against
persistent and often travelling offenders and enables the
organisation to become self-sustaining, make new appointments
and implement a marketing and awareness campaign (including
the introduction of a new independent corporate identity).
By providing a central repository where business crime data is
submitted, shared and analysed, the NBCS is able to gather the
necessary intelligence needed to more effectively detect, prevent
and respond to crime. In short, it’s function is essential.
The money awarded to the organisation is part of the Police
Transformation Fund, a Home Office programme that marks a
real opportunity for police leaders and Police and Crime
Commissioners to respond to the changing nature of crime.
The new funding is a significant development in the evolution
of the NBCS. Founded by Jason Trigg (the former owner of
Cardinal Security), over the last three years the NBCS has grown
its membership by over 200% to encompass nearly 50
organisations, and acts as a valuable link between separate
police services in the UK and its members by connecting crimes
that would have traditionally been viewed as independent.
Shared information is particularly valuable when looking at
offences involving mobile teams of criminals who are known to
have very specific targets and travel extensively across the UK in
order to commit offences. Prior to the NBCS, collating details of
these crimes and offences would most likely have gone
unnoticed and unpunished.
The NBCS also works closely with a number of policing bodies
including the National Police Chiefs’ Council, in addition to the
National Business Crime Centre. The latter’s operational lead,
namely DCI Georgie Barnard, commented: “This is a unique
service from a trusted partner that truly offers the way forward
for the industry and the police service to work together in
achieving a common goal. The NBCS offers timely information on
crime trends that actively enables businesses in all market
sectors to take better preventative action and realise more
effective engagement with the police.”
Not only will the funding help attract new members, but it will
also enable the NBCS’ strategic priorities – among them
corporate governance, data protection and sustainability – to be
met through its new operating model.
Importantly, the funding will also assist in continuing to
improve the quality of information shared and circulated, protect
those who face the growing risk of threats and violence, capture
the criminals who pose the greatest harm (both physically and
online) to member businesses and deliver a fraud sharing
platform that supports businesses in eradicating persistent
offenders and identifying emerging threats. A win-win scenario.
Brian Sims BA (Hons) Hon FSyI
Editor
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December 2012
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