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CBP chief retiring

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SDN Staff
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02/12/2013
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Public Sector

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, David Aguilar, will retire by the end of March, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

Is PSIM right for you?

SOPs must be in place, experts say
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Amy Canfield
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02/11/2013
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Public Sector

FORT LAUDERDALE—Is PSIM, that's a physical security information management system, right for your enterprise?

Stakeholder communication key to security at MIA

Lauren Stover says insider threat her biggest concern
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Amy Canfield
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02/11/2013
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Public Sector

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—In her seven years as director of public safety, security and communications at Miami International Airport, Lauren Stover has worked to get all security stakeholders communicating with each other.

NYPD tests gun-detecting surveillance

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SDN Staff
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02/01/2013
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Public Sector

NEW YORK—The New York Police Department is testing a new device, the T-Ray machine, which it says can detect firearms concealed beneath layers of clothing.

BART upgrading security again

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SDN Staff
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01/29/2013
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Public Sector

OAKLAND, Calif.—The Bay Area Rapid Transit board of directors has voted to spend $3.1 million in security upgrades for its police communications center and computer systems so that central command can respond more rapidly to crimes and disturbances, according to a KCBS-TV

Police ID weapons used in Newtown shootings

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SDN Staff
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01/23/2013
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Public Sector

Connecticut State Police have identified the weapons seized from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., last month when a gunman killed 20 young children and six adults at the school.

Private-school security conference sells out fast

Summit organized in wake of Sandy Hook
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Amy Canfield
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01/21/2013
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Public Sector

WILTON, Conn.—The Connecticut Association of Independent Schools organized a security summit within 48 hours of last month's deadly school shootings in Newton, Conn., and the conference sold out within 48 hours of being advertised.

Inauguration security ready to go, MACC in place

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SDN Staff
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01/18/2013
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Public Sector

WASHINGTON—Debra Evans Smith, the FBI's acting assistant director in charge of its Washington field office, said the FBI will have specialized personnel ready to meet any security challenge at the presidential inauguration on Monday.

Port Everglades selects Mariner for new security system

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SDN Staff
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01/17/2013
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Public Sector

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—Port Everglades, one of the busiest cruise ports in the world, the leading container port in Florida and the state's primary seaport for receiving petroleum products, will soon have a new situation management and security system.

Newtown shootings raise profile of debate on school security

Update on SIA's efforts to get port funds released
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Rich Miller
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01/15/2013
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Public Sector

WASHINGTON--The fiscal cliff has been averted. But the vertigo it induced is still being felt on Capitol Hill, with school security thrown into the budget mix as the 113th Congress got down to business in January.

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