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Editor's note

Do you remember going to shopping centres some 15 years ago and having to put whatever you were carrying through the ‘Beady Eye’ at the entrances and having the contents of your bag poked at with a little wooden stick?

How times - and technologies - have changed! Whatever happened to those scanning machines? And could they have prevented any of the shootings witnessed in shopping centres in the last few months?

Security in the retail sector is a complex issue involving the protection of merchandise, staff and also shoppers.

Our main feature this month is on retail security, see ‘Control room integration platform: the key to effective shopping centre and street security’ to read about the options and what is available on the market to increase security in this sector.

The impressive foiling of a criminal act at the Northgate shopping centre earlier this year apparently involved the quick thinking of a security guard who spotted the thugs and then the use of CCTV inside the centre to trace and help apprehend them.

From licence plate recognition systems on highways to facial recognition of a suspect in a crowded shopping centre, the role of CCTV in the fight against crime is an important one. Hi-Tech Security Solutions is proud to bring you the third CCTV Handbook with this issue of the magazine, we hope you find it informative and useful!

Also in this issue, Dr Craig Donald provides an update on current developments on electronic security unit standards and the establishment of an industry qualification for such units (see ‘ Standards and qualifications’).

All this and lots more, enjoy!

Until next month,

Lynne Larsen

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