How is the new Labour Government, elected with a thumping majority of MPs in July, doing so far, in terms of crime and the law – whether in terms of what they said they intended to do in the King’s Speech, or as a result of the sudden and violent anti-immigrant riots in Southport and then elsewhere?
That’s the main feature in the September 2024 edition of Professional Security Magazine, because as ever we pride ourselves on being the newsiest and most relevant publication for security managers in the British Isles. That said, we also look further afield at the aftermath of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump – and what Democrats and Republicans alike had to say about the federal agents,the US Secret Service, charged with protection of such political VIPs, and what the shooting said about the state of the United States.
Plus penetration testing, an interview with David McKelvey of My Local Bobby, which has gained on-street patrol work outside London, notably in Milton Keynes (pictured); IT security as Microsoft sees it; protection of rural property; artificial intelligence; and what a guarding contract and proposed return of video surveillance to tower blocks by Birmingham City Council can tell us about local government spending in general and use of private security contractors in particular (regardless of which political party is in charge, centrally). Plus all the regular features – magazine MD Roy Cooper’s page of gossip for and about installers, manufacturers, and distributors of security products; four pages of ‘spending the budget’, four pages of new products and services, and book review page. Also, a preview of Consec, the annual conference of the Association of Security Consultants (ASC) in October.
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