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Pelco by Schneider Electric announced on Jan. 25 the release of its DS NVs version 7.3.54 software. With added support for Pelco analytics as one of the key new features, the growing audience of Sarix customers can now use any of eight analytic behaviors to trigger soft alarms in ControlPoint, the client software for DS.

The DS supported analytics include abandoned object, adaptive motion, camera sabotage, loitering detection, and more. There are no additional fees for the analytic behaviors; either for Sarix or DS NVs customers.

Passengers on the Santiago Metro system can travel more safely to their destinations due to a new security monitoring system from IndigoVision.

More than two million passengers a day travel on the Santiago metro, the backbone of the Chilean capital’s public transport system. Metro system management was keen to ensure the security of passengers -- both in the sense of safer travel and reduced crime -- and worked with IndigoVision’s partner, Diebold Bitelco Chile, to find the ideal solution.

LRAD Corp. has announced that its new LRAD 2000X acoustic hailing system broadcasts highly intelligible voice communication that can be clearly heard and understood over five miles away.

The National Nuclear Security Administration said Sandia Site Office Manager Patty Wagner will retire on Feb. 3 after 31 years of federal service.

As Sandia Site Office manager, NNSA said Wagner was responsible for overseeing the $2.5 billion contract for Sandia National Laboratories and ensuring the safe and secure operations of the laboratories.

Creative Computing Solutions (CCSi), a provider of program management services to the federal government, announced on Jan. 23 the appointment of Suzanne Petrie Liscouski to be its director of homeland security. In this role, Liscouski will build on the company's solid program management experience in DHS to secure more advanced security and enterprise systems architecture projects.

IQinVision, a supplier of high-performance HD megapixel IP cameras, announced on Jan 18 that the University of Miami in Florida continues to expand its IP video surveillance system by increasing the deployment of IQeye HD megapixel cameras. The University of Miami is a private university with more than 15,000 students.

Minneapolis-based Walden University is offering an online emergency management degree program aimed at developing skills to handle situations from natural disasters to man-made catastrophes to terrorist acts.

Walden University said its new online M.S. in Emergency Management program helps prepare professionals with the advanced skills they need to lead emergency response efforts, improve public policy and protect communities from natural disasters and other hazardous events.

A manufacturer and installer of fiber-optic intrusion detection systems, Future Fibre Technologies (FFT) has opened a new office in Delhi, India, to service and support the company’s growing activity in that country.

India’s development, rapid population growth and the increased security risks combine to present special challenges to the suppliers and operators responsible for protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure sites.

Opened in December 2011 and located at Westfield Stratford City, in the heart of east London, the Aspers Westfield Stratford City Casino represents a new model of casino in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. The casino currently has 50 gaming tables, 150 gaming machines, 100 electronic gaming terminals and a sports book, as well as bars and restaurants with views over the 2012 Olympic park.

Kevin McSweeney, who has been with Telephonics since 2004 and has been running its radar systems division, has been promoted to be the company’s chief operating officer, according to a Telephonics news release issued on Jan. 18.

McSweeney will report directly to Joseph Battaglia, the president and CEO of Telephonics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Griffon Corp.

 

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