A local council has equipped their elected representatives with so-called mobile "panic buttons" amid escalating threats of violence from the public. The City of Greater Bendigo, north-west of ...

LAS VEGAS - (ISC West, Booth #25121 ), March 28, 2012 – Inovonics, the industry leader in high-performance wireless sensor networks for commercial and life safety applications, today announced that ...

Nearly everyone has heard of personal emergency response systems, or PERS, which was designed primarily for at-home individuals, often seniors. It allows its users to call for help with the press of a ...

The emergency events that occur on K-12 campuses are as complicated as the student body itself. Everyday violence can arise from a nearly infinite number of causes, and from almost any member of the ...

Is it more dangerous to have an unsupervised mobile duress system than no system at all? This is a question any security director will have to weigh when choosing between the available mobile duress ...

On Wednesday, the Health Minister Steve Edgington announced that the NT government would be giving 150 staff in two Top End hospitals personal panic buttons. The move is in response to reports of ...

DENVER - Denver Police evacuated the Thomas Career Education Center as a precaution after the new security 'duress' alarm went off Thursday morning. The school is located at 2650 Eliot St. in Denver.

Violent incidents at healthcare provider organizations, especially in the emergency department, are not unusual, with incidents large and small involving patients, care providers and staff occurring ...

Ed. Note: This article was previously posted at Campus Safety. Is it more dangerous to have an unsupervised mobile duress system than no system at all? This is a question any security director will ...