FIRST Security increases number of branches nationally to 30 with the acquisition of Taupō security provider Senjo Security. Commits to retain all staff. FIRST Security announced on 13 May the acquisition of Senjo Security, a […]
Tasmanian security officers will now have stronger protections from assault following the passing on 13 December of the Sentencing Amendment (Presumptive Sentencing for Assaults on Frontline Workers) Bill 2024. The Sentencing Amendment (Presumptive Sentencing for […]
The Commerce Commission has given clearance to Evergreen NZ Holdings (Armourguard) to acquire 100% of the shares in ACM New Zealand Limited from ACM Holdings (NZ) Limited. Commerce Commission Chair Dr John Small said the […]
Global Security has announced its 1st April purchase of Auckland-based security guarding, patrols, and alarm response provider Wings Security. Operational transition between Wings Security and Global Security has been completed following over two months of […]
Government’s $5.7 million summer boost to emergency department security comes to an end, prompting concerns from doctors and hospital workers that violence will return. Announcing the ED security boost, Health Minister Shane Reti cited alarming […]
Allied Security’s Christchurch Hospital team – swelled by recently announced government ED security funding boost – quell gang fight ahead of police response. Te Whatu Ora Waitaha told Radio NZ on 26 January that new, […]
As the government scrambles to seal latest COVID-19 gaps, managed isolation facilities to receive stepped-up NZDF presence and electronic security upgrades. But what, asks chief editor Nicholas Dynon, is going on in relation to guarding? […]
Dean Kidd, Manager of Safety and Security at Auckland Live, talks to NZSM about a Regional Facilities Auckland initiative bringing behavioural analysis expert Philip Baum to New Zealand to train local security managers. Mt Smart […]
In their 2018-published chapter in the edited volume Retail Crime, Crime Prevention and Security Management, Vania Ceccato and Sanda Tcacencu of Stockholm’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology go direct to customers to find out where […]
Recent media reports point to a surge in reported incidents of aggression against staff in New Zealand hospitals. Body Worn Cameras are part of a recipe for de-escalating incidents and preventing violence. According to a […]
Although its application at airports is widely contested, behaviour detection has gained recognition in other contexts as a method for identifying not only potential terrorist activity, but also criminality and violence. Editor Nicholas Dynon explores […]
A new partnership between the Ministry of Social Development and the NZSA will place fit-for-purpose job seekers with NZSA member employers – and place a dent in the industry’s skills shortage. Punctuating this year’s NZSA […]
Chris Proctor, Head of Visitor Safety, Regional Facilities Auckland, presented at a recent ASIS New Zealand Chapter breakfast meeting on behaviour detection. It’s a game-changing skill, he writes, that the industry needs to be developing. […]
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