A success story for the private security sector in general and intruder alarms in particular – the ECHO (electronic call handling) project between police and alarm receiving centres (ARCs) is featured in the June 2026 edition of Professional Security Magazine.
More police forces are coming into the initiative, which takes the human out of an alarm activation that goes to police for a response, thereby saving time which can be all-important when intercepting a commercial robbery. Also featured is the latest on Martyn’s Law, now that the Home Office has published statutory guidance, the necessary detail for premises managers and event organisers to comply with the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025, placing a legal responsibility on premises and events in scope to take steps to counter the threat of terrorism.
Exercises
A year on from our look at the TTX (table top exercise) we return to the subject, bringing you what a Belgian campus security manager told the Easter conference of the Association of University Chief Security Officers (Aucso) and ISRM (Institute of Strategic Risk Management) founder and chief Dr David Rubens’ webinar. Whatever the risk you are exercising about, it takes plenty of arranging and is a day (or half a day) to make the most of, we hear.
Also in this month’s magazine, that’s free to read digitally or for sale as a print subscription starting from ยฃ40, is cyber security for a retailer; freight crime; well-designed staff uniform, pictured, at an east London branch of the Victoria & Albert Museum; the latest on the regulator the Security Industry Authority (SIA); and our latest in a series taking us around the country about business crime reduction. We visit Nottingham city centre’s business improvement district, It’s In Nottingham, to meet their on-street patrolling contractor, the London-based My Local Bobby.
Plus the regulars – magazine MD Roy Cooper’s page of gossip about and for installers, manufacturers and distributors of security products and services; four pages of new products; and four pages of ‘spending the budget’.
July’s edition
Next month we’ll cover information security, the ‘spygate’ case that saw Southampton Football Club denied a play-off final chance to reach the Premier League; fraud to watch out for when recruiting and vetting, and emergency response.
