Site Map - Intelligence

02/26/2008 - Workers need to be rescreened periodically to detect warning signs that could lead to fraud or workplace violence, but companies must be cognizant of the legal restraints when doing such screens.

02/26/2008 - Explosive testing can reveal deficiencies in both new technologies and improperly designed window systems. Unfortunately, either through misinterpretation or ill-intent, compliance with selected test standards has been slowly falling by the wayside.

01/30/2008 - Groups that work to reduce problems that can lead to violence among young people are trying to coordinate their efforts to enhance results.

01/30/2008 - The Internet is becoming the venue of choice for criminals who want to fence their stolen goods for more profit than on the street.

01/30/2008 - The United States has recently proposed a new Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. Assuming the treaty gets ratified, the key to its effectiveness will be for it to receive enough funding from the participating governments.

01/28/2008 - Parking garages can use the principles of crime prevention through environmental design to protect patrons.

12/20/2007 - While doors, walls, gates, and fences do a great job of keeping the bad guys out, they can also stop the good guys from getting in. (Online Exclusive)

12/19/2007 - Tests are underway to assess whether unmanned aerial vehicles could be safety used by police in metropolitan areas.

12/19/2007 - The Homeland Infrastructure Threat and Risk Analysis Center has been helping the United States make important headway in information sharing between the federal intelligence community, private sector infrastructure stakeholders, and local and state law enforcement officials.

12/19/2007 - Scenario-driven exercises continue to prove their worth as a way to test plans internally and among organizations that will have to coordinate their actions in a crisis.

12/18/2007 - Security technologies' prospects rated, EU fears expansion of crime with expansion of borders, advice on reducing false alarms, and more

12/18/2007 - Security technologies' prospects rated, EU fears expansion of crime with expansion of borders, advice on reducing false alarms, and more

12/17/2007 - Conventional wisdom holds that terrorism preparedness is best when information is obtained at the local level and shared at the regional level and beyond. Three analysts from the U.S. Department of Justice contend that this model meshes well with community policing, in which law enforcement prevents crime by partnering with members of the community and sharing information with various local role players as well as with regional and state police. Thus, they say, community policing has the potential to incorporate a formidable antiterrorism component. "Connecting the Dots for a Proactive Approach," by Matthew C. Scheider, Robert E. Chapman, and Michael F. Seelman, is at SM Online.