How you can control up to 128 doors from one PC
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In the last 12 months, forces across England and Wales recorded an average reduction in crime of 8 per cent according to the latest figures. Campaign group the Criminal Justice Alliance (CJA) acknowledged that crime had been falling in recent years but said many offences were not reported. The CJA said that together the two methods used to collect the statistics (police and British Crime Survey) gave a good overview of crime trends and were "relatively accurate," adding it was "a welcome sign that recent progress has been sustained."
In order to help the figures fall further, Access Control Wales provides the T3510 Low Cost 4 Scanner Controller, which is the ultimate smart card system for doors, car park barriers and turnstiles. Complete with the latest .NET PC based access control software, the modular technology can be linked to up to 128 other T3510’s. The system enables one to four door Access Control; linked together it can control up to 128 doors from one PC. It holds details on up to 10,000 smart card holders and has a burglar alarm output for forced entry.
Colwyn Bay customers say fees at a town centre car park are driving shoppers away and could damage businesses. Town Mayor Hazel Meredith said of the charges: “It is very sad because people use the car park an awful lot,” continuing: “It is going to have a devastating effect on the town.” Cllr Meredith also said that roadside parking restrictions had affected customers. She said: “I was told of one incident when one of the shopkeepers had a sale, and of course the time limit is not long enough to let people browse and buy. People were having to go out and move their cars.”
New parking restrictions in Colwyn Bay have caused a surge of commuting invaders on quiet streets because formerly free parking areas on roads including Queens Drive have been converted to 60 minute parking zones. Traffic Engineer, Paul Evans, said the move comes as a result of an “extensive review of parking in Colwyn Bay” which was requested by business, members of the public and councillor. He added: “Various measures were proposed for locations throughout the town, including Queens Drive. Consultation on these proposals took place in February 2009.”
Wrexham MP Ian Lucas is calling on the Coalition Government to continue to back closed circuit TV cameras which have led to more than 20,000 arrests in the town. He said: "Here in Wrexham, our council – led by a coalition of Liberal Democrats and Conservatives – recognises the value of CCTV. Its website states that ‘surveys of public opinion show significant support for the use of CCTV within the town centre with a high percentage of people indicating they want CCTV within their community’.” He added: " I work alongside a number of residents’ groups and tenants’ associations, and if the subject of CCTV is raised it is by people calling for more cameras for their community, not for the number to be cut.”
A Cardiff University analyst has said cutting community safety programmes and police numbers during the recession could cause long-term economic and social damage in communities across Wales. Professor Martin Innes, one of the UK’s leading policing experts, said: "It is clear there will be considerable central government pressure to cut public spending on community safety and policing services. Whilst some of this is inevitable, perhaps even desirable, care must be taken not to cut too deeply.” He added that there has been: “A great deal of good, positive and productive work by community groups, community safety partnerships and police forces across Wales.”
Leaders of a gang carrying out robberies and who targeted cash machines and convenience stores are now behind bars after a trial at Newport crown court. The criminals roamed around Avon, Gwent and South Wales, storming into the small rooms behind the cash machines wearing balaclavas or stockings over their heads. The six-strong gang netted up to £250,000 after they struck at places such as a Nationwide building society and Tesco stores in Terra Nova Way, Penarth, and Manor Way, Cardiff. They stole car keys to use a range of getaway vehicles.
Cardiff council will now regulate illegal parking and issue tickets and fines. The cost of parking fines will also go up – from £30 to £70 or £50 – in a bid to clampdown on illegal parking in residential areas. The changes follow a survey answered by 4,500 people, where more than half said illegal parking affected their journeys around Cardiff. The survey also found 71% of respondents believed illegal parking was a problem on the main traffic and bus routes into the city. Cardiff council said it hoped to improve access for pedestrians and disabled road-users by enforcing parking restrictions like yellow lines and signs on residential streets.
Access Control Wales can tackle one of the quickest-growing criminal operating methods, identity fraud. One of the many cases standing trial in the summer is that of defendant Georgina Sharon Murphy, of Pen y Waun in Chirk, who denied all 10 charges against her that she took on the identity of Gail Jones, born in May 1957, who died many years ago. It was alleged that she “falsified accounting documents, namely a National Insurance number,” among other accusations. Gangs will also target companies they think are ‘soft touches’ – one method is already costing industry more than £50m a year. Do not let your firm become the latest victim.
The annual Loo of the Year Awards (LoYA), which is promoted by the British Toilet Association (BTA), rewards excellence in the provision of public conveniences. The awards are open to all ‘away from home’ toilets in any one of the sixty different entry categories listed, including many sections for local authorities. Among those defending their titles this year will be Ceredigion County Council, on the west coastal tip of the country, which in 2009 scooped a LoYA Champions League Standards of Excellence. This is presented to any organisation or local authority with ten or more entries and winning five or more 5 Star Awards and who, in the opinion of the inspectors, are maintaining a consistently high standard of management in all their LoYA entries.