Access systems can be controlled by reception or gatehouse staff
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As many as 40,000 front-line police jobs will be at risk across England and Wales if expected 25 per cent budget cuts go ahead, the Police Federation has said. It added that the job cuts would mean crime rates going up. The body, which represents English and Welsh police officers, said such a staffing reduction would make policing as it is now "unsustainable". Policing and Criminal Justice Minister Nick Herbert has called on the Police Federation to avoid scaremongering. The exact level of cuts is unknown until the current spending review is published in October.
Businesses concerned about the rising threat of crime can rest easy with an Access Control Wales smart card security system. These can include automatic barriers, which are capable of operating with any installed access control or ticketing systems. A Visitor Monitoring System (VMS) can track every movement of a visitor, as a result of us developing sophisticated software that enables you to register visitors as soon as they enter your premises. Both the above systems are simple to use, and can be controlled by reception or gatehouse staff.
Fire crews staged a huge operation to fight a large overnight blaze at the Linamar car parts factory in Swansea. At its height 30 firefighters were called to the fire on Fabian Way, but the situation was soon contained so that two appliances remained to deal with it. A fire service spokesman said 30 factory workers on site were uninjured. Formerly owned by Ford and Visteon before being acquired by Canada-based Linamar Corporation in 2009, the factory employs 200 staff and is in the process of closing down.
A warning has been issued over bogus workers in Wales. Powys Community Safety Partnership said firms offering work at low prices had targeted vulnerable people in the old county of Radnorshire. Councillor Graham Brown, chairman of Powys Community Safety Partnership, said: "Some residents are tempted by offers of cheap work from these people but our experience is that the work is extremely poor and they charge excessive rates.” People can report suspicious traders to Dyfed-Powys Police by phoning the non-emergency 101 number.
Crime has fallen by 12 per cent in South Wales as forecasts of a crime wave fuelled by the recession failed to materialise. New figures from the Home Office’s 2009/10 British Crime Survey have shown that there were nearly 14,000 fewer victims of crime in South Wales. The statistics revealed robbery was reduced by a quarter, and home burglary was down 16%. Figures overall for England and Wales were down from 10.5 million to 9.6 million, a drop of nine per cent.
Due to roadworks, a 100 kilometre long traffic jam has developed in the Chinese capital, and with no end in sight, warnings have been issued that the problem could continue for a month. It is hoped the roadworks in Beijing will be completed by the end of September, but congestion and road safety are huge issues for motorists in China. Traffic jams have been frequent since May due to the rapid increase of trucks to a daily peak of about 17,000.
Police have suspicions that a gang had some inside knowledge when stealing millions worth of valuables from a prestigious shopping centre. Officers said the robbers turned up in a car before smashing their way into the complex, which is closed at weekends, and grabbing what they could from De Beers and Omega. Detectives will examine images from security cameras inside the Royal Exchange centre located between Threadneedle Street and Cornhill in London. De Beers is best known for its diamond jewellery and Omega for luxury Swiss watches.
A habitual criminal was caught on CCTV camera threatening a man working alone late into the night at a Texaco garage. Prosecutor Ann Hampshire said Mr Stevie Harper was at the Devon garage when the defendant David Fairbairn walked in. She said: "Mr Fairbairn entered the shop, two customers were already on the premises, he waited for them to pay and leave before he approached the counter. He immediately demanded all the money from the till, repeatedly making that demand and held in his hand a rock, which he was waving around."
As a result of rising thefts of copper wire contained in the local telecoms network, BT have launched a campaign focused on those criminals taking cables for their valuable copper content – this includes a chemical dye that stains those who steal. SmartWater is an invisible solution which forensically stays on the skin for a period of 60 days, and has led to hundreds more arrests.
Wheel clamping on private land will end in England and Wales, as a ban will be introduced in the Government’s Freedom Bill this November, and comes into force shortly after that Bill receives Royal Assent. Home Office minister Lynne Featherstone said: “The Government is committed to ending the menace of rogue private sector wheel clampers once and for all. For too long, innocent motorists have fallen victim to unscrupulous tactics by many clamping firms. Reports of motorists being marched to cash points or left stranded after their car has been towed are simply unacceptable.”
Small and medium enterprises (those companies whose headcount or turnover falls below certain limits) were found to be the most complacent in the world about security systems in a recent report. More than 10,000 companies took part in the survey, which included Europe, Latin America, the United States and Canada. Panda Security conducted the study, and it examined their awareness of cyber-crime – and found 17% either don’t have or don’t even know if they have a security system in place.