Friday, 17 October 2025

“No tasers without transformation”...In response to Priti Patel’s announcement of a “taser fund” recently to support frontline officers, Simon Hall, CEO of PoliceBox, a mobile platform for policing, welcomes the announcements, but suggests tasers must be accompanied with the digital transformation of the police service. Tasers are a quick win for the “here and now” of policing, but more comprehensive changes are needed to deliver a digital police force fit for the 21st century.

Intelligence and Policing
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Noise Abatement Society recognises project that reduces the impact of traffic noise for thousands of people

Evander Glazing & Locks has gained a finalist's spot for the John Connell Awards for their work for Highways England's Noise Insulation Scheme.

Appointed as principal contractor, Evander have inspected, supplied and installed noise mitigation measures to 1000 homes, delivering health and well-being benefits to approximately 2300 people, from the glazing and other products put in place.

Traffic noise is the second biggest environmental problem in the EU, according to World Health Organisation. After air pollution, noise is affecting health the most, with traffic noise linked to stress-related health problems such as stroke and heart disease.

Appointments, Promotions & Personality Profile
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Silent sentinel, are you not meant

To stop war mongers and invaders

From entering the village?

Are you not meant to fight terrorism

And prevent wars in our village

And ensure peace, harmony and peaceful co-existence

And universal altruism in our world?

Books and Arts Review
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  • New model slashes cost of managed detection and response
  • Entrepreneurs target $10bn untapped market 

A new cybersecurity service brings professional 24-hour monitoring within reach of SMEs for the very first time. 

bluedog Security Monitoring, which has been launched by Freeparking.com founder Paul Lomax and cybersecurity expert Tim Thurlings, offers smaller firms the type of managed detection and response service previously only available to large

Industry News
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  1. SIA teams carry out annual licence check blitz in Leicestershire
  2. “Phantom” security boss who failed to pay staff guilty of 22 counts of fraud
  3. Unlicensed brothers prosecuted for illegal security work in Keighley
  4. Ping Identity Releases Self-Service Solution to Simplify Modernization of Legacy Identity Infrastructure
  5. U.S. Senate passes lesgilation to combat ransomware attacks
  6. SIA Appoints New Enforcement Director
  7. ELIZABETH: MOTHER OF MANY NATIONS
  8. Cyber threat to the legal sector: 6 proactive steps to take now
  9. Thomson Reuters chooses Ping Identity to mordernise its Identity Security System
  10. Senseon joins Endace Fusion Partner Program
  11. THE RAPE OF AMAZON
  12. ON THE EDGE
  13. CREST International launches suite of technical cyber security qualifications and accreditations across Australasia
  14. Dogs believed to be best security measure despite evidence
  15. Engineer raises £500k for site security system



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