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Exhausted Guard Dogs Leave Nuclear Arms Site Vulnerable
A recent report by the Energy Department inspector general has highlighted problems at a U.S. nuclear arms site in Tennessee. There is a growing concern that guard dogs at the site are being over-worked with vehicle inspections and, as a … Continue reading
Dog Trainer Charged With 55 Counts of Animal Cruelty
Authorities in Lancaster, Ohio found a number of mistreated dogs during a raid at a Fairfield County guard-dog-training business. Humane Agency Officer Bill Huffman and his deputies seized seven dogs they found on Friday. The dogs were being held in … Continue reading
Security Dog Firm Owner Disqualified From Keeping Animals
A St Albans man was recently discovered running a security dog firm, even though he was banned from keeping animals. Following a number of anonymous calls to the RSPCA, Lee Turner, 28, was convicted of three animal cruelty offences in … Continue reading
Dog Squads Sniff Out Smuggled Drugs
A Finance Ministry proposal has outlined plans to deploy dog squads at the Attari-Wagah international transit point in order to sniff out drugs being smuggled into India from Pakistan. The proposal reports that, over the next two years, 130 dogs … Continue reading
Extra Security for X-factor contestants
Security is reported to have been stepped up around boy band Union J after fans repeatedly sneaked into their hotel. Fans have reportedly snuck into the hotel on two occasions and found their way to the boy’s rooms. Josh (one … Continue reading
Securities scare at Stansted Airport with Sainsbury’s birthday cake
A father sparked a security alert at Stansted Airport and was given a strip search after security officials mistook his son’s birthday cake for explosives. Justin Barrett had brought a caterpillar cake from Sainsbury’s and was taking it to spain … Continue reading
HD CCTV could breach human rights
The UK’s surveillance camera commissioner has warned that the increase of HD CCTV technology could breach human rights. UK’s surveillance commissioner Andrew Rennison said “The technology has overtaken our ability to regulate it,” he told the Independent. “I’m convinced that … Continue reading
G4S executives resign over Olympic security failure
Two senior executives David Taylor-Smith, chief operating officer, and Ian Horseman Sewell, a managing director at the security firm G4S have now resigned due to the company’s failure to delivery on security for the Olympics. Chief executive Nick Buckles, the … Continue reading
High security as Dale Cregan appeared in court
Dale Cregan appeared in court today accused of four murders including the shooting of the two policewomen, as well two other murders. The roads around the court were closed off to the public and with security at the highest level. … Continue reading
Daylight thieves take £38,500 jewels
The raid happened to an Ernest Jones Jewellers in Exeter where two men an a woman stole a quantity of Fope jewellery worth £38,500. Police have said that no staff was threatened and a police spokesman called it an “unusual … Continue reading
