Some web pages hopefully of interest to a UK private security reader.
Local angle to contractor shooting in Iraq –
http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/Friends-remember-dead-security-guard.5547551.jp
The Scotsman on the £40m jewellery robbery in London – <br><br>http://www.scotsman.com/latestnews/Biggest-ever-diamond-raid-nets.5544524.jp<br><br>Cricinfo on ICC anti-corruption unit clearing Pakistani cricketers:<br><br>http://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/current/story/418784.html<br><br>The Scotsman on contractor shooting in Bagdad’s Green Zone – &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;http://www.scotsman.com/latestnews/Tributes-for-Scot-shot-dead.5540987.jp&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;They Work For You on Northern Ireland upcoming SIA badging – conflict-related convictions not quite as straightforward as the SIA website would suggest – &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;http://www.theyworkforyou.com/ni/?id=2009-06-29.5.1&amp;amp;s=sia#g5.12&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And They Work For You on the SIA – according to a Home Office minister, the regulator does not have central ‘information on numbers of investigations’:&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2009-07-07b.283943.h&amp;amp;s=sia#g283943.r0&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;England badminton team and terror threat in India – &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8192013.stm&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Australia’s cricket captain on Ashes ground security and getting a ‘gobful’ (of verbal abuse) from a fan – &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;http://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/current/story/418160.html&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Lowering the threat level may not be hugely meaningful to the public. But it suggests there is cautious confidence within the security agencies that the frantic work of the past eight years is having effect. We should interpret it as a positive sign.’ RUSI article on terror threat level reduction – &amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;http://www.rusi.org/research/hsr/intro/commentary/ref:C4A66E108F204F/&amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;As broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vince show – Shirley, Southampton residents sign up for private guarding – &amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/4532273.Hundreds_to_pay_for_their_own____police____in_Southampton&amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;As picked up by the Daily Telegraph – &amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5986097/3.15-per-person-private-security-force-patrol-the-streets.html&amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;Here is the company Atraks – &amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;http://www.hcps.org.uk/news-atraks-news-crime-in-your-area-local-concerns.html&amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;And here is the guarding company’s logos – &amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;http://www.hcps.org.uk/street-protection-logo-and-communities-secure-logo.html&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Scotsman reports on police cuts and ‘crisis’ – &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;http://www.scotsman.com/latestnews/Police-officers-face-axe-as.5532700.jp
