G4S Security Services (UK) News
G4S, the global pioneer in security solutions, proudly announces an exclusive partnership with Australian safety technology company Duress.com. This collaboration aims to enhance the protection of frontline staff across multiple sectors, utilizing Duress's cutting-edge wearable devices. This partnership is set to elevate safety standards and provide unparalleled support to workers facing increasing threats of violence and anti-social behavior by connecting frontline staff and security officers....
G4S Academy Director Noah Price spoke at the World Institute of Nuclear Security (WINS) in Vienna on AI. This is an abridged version of his presentation. Contrary to the popular narrative, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been around for a long time in the security industry; it’s been embedded into cameras since the 1980s. The first kind of video analytics was just a line on the screen and anything that crossed it would create an alert. Deep learning, AI, and analytics...
Businesses must prepare for a double-digit increase in climate change hazards that impact physical security in the next year and could threaten supply chains, people, and finances, according to G4S’s World Security Report. Almost two-fifths (38%) of companies surveyed expect it to impact their company in the next 12 months, an increase of 11% in 2022. The warning comes as the COP28 climate conference continues in the UAE. Security-impacting hazard 1,775 Chief Security Officers (CS...
9 in 10 (90%) of Chief Security Officers (CSOs) at large, businesses operating in the UK agree that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will have the biggest impact on physical security operations over the next five years, according to G4S. The finding comes from G4S’s first-ever ‘World Security Report’-a survey of 1,775 Chief Security Officers from 30 countries with total revenue of more than $20 trillion USD. G4S has published the findings ahead of the UK hosting a two-day AI...
Violent criminals pose the greatest threat to UK companies in the next 12 months, more than in any other country surveyed in Europe, according to the ‘World Security Report’ published by G4S. 1,775 Chief Security Officers (CSOs) in 30 countries representing large, global companies with total revenue of more than $20 trillion took part in the first-ever World Security Report’. Threat from violent criminals In the UK, the potential threat from violent criminals was reported by...
G4S Secure Solutions UK has won two five-year contracts from the Government Property Agency (GPA) to provide integrated security and technology services to a significant number of departmental buildings across London and the North. G4S SSUK will deliver services across a minimum of 18 London sites and 21 buildings in the North; including four in Scotland and one in Northern Ireland. There is a possibility the number of sites will increase in line with the GPA's 'Places for Growth' program. The...
For many years, too many people have associated security with disengaged officers, offering a limited set of skills and reluctantly performing and recording a minimum set of daily tasks. While customers may have been aware of these flaws, many have not prioritized security and, as a result, their security has continued in the same shape and design over lengthy periods, becoming outdated and ineffective. Common complaints Common complaints have included security being too reactive to inc...
The London Legacy Development Corporation has awarded G4S a four-year contract to provide security services for Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park including all the open spaces, parklands, and venues including London Stadium, and a framework agreement to G4S for the provision of security services. The framework will be used by the London Legacy Development Corporation, LS185, and Stratford Waterfront. Contract details This is a four-year agreement, worth in the region of £12 million....
Security experts at G4S in Lebanon have been issued with a certificate of appreciation for delivering a 70-day bespoke close protection operation to the European Union Election Observation Mission. Field observers from different nationalities; the Heads of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) and the MEP mission; as well as a member of the European Parliament were deployed before, during, and after the Lebanese parliamentary elections in May 2022, to witness the final counti...
G4S Secure Solutions UK, an Allied Universal Company, announces the appointment of Tim Kendall, currently SVP of Enterprise Accounts, Allied Universal North America, as Managing Director of G4S Secure Solutions UK. Fiona Walters, Regional CEO for UK&I, Allied Universal - International said: “Tim has had a long and successful career with G4S since joining the company in 1999. He will bring a high degree of focus on operational efficiency and customer service while ensuring that our amb...
G4S Justice Services is bieng supplied with Identicom devices by Connexion2Connexion2 and G4S Justice Services, LLC have announced a new partnership to deliver tailored lone worker solutions in the USA & Canada across a range of market sectors incorporating a wide variety of lone worker applications. The manufacturer of the UK's most widely-used dedicated lone worker device, Identicom, are teaming up with the electronic monitoring services heavyweight in order to facilitate a range of leadin...
G4S LoneProtector provides lone workers with a discreet GPS device G4S Justice Services, LLC (G4S), the premier provider of advanced monitoring services, now offers a new lone worker protection solution as part of its comprehensive suite of products, services and technology. The new solution, called LoneProtector, is being showcased at the G4S booth (#3325) at the ASIS International show in Orlando, Florida. "With the number of lone workers rising, organizations face increasing pressur...
Corps Security and G4S agree on Papua New Guinea as well as high level of customer service delivery Corps Security, the UK's leading supplier of specialist security solutions, has announced that it has agreed terms for the sale of its Papua New Guinea (PNG) operation to G4S. Contracts have already been exchanged and the sale will be completed once PNG's regulatory controls have been met.G4S already has an operation in PNG and the existing Corps Security operation, including its...
G4S takes stand at the Counter Terror Expo as UK's leading security solutions provider G4S, the UK's leading security solutions provider, is to take a stand (E89) at the forthcoming Counter Terror Expo (CTX) exhibition to be held at Olympia, London from the 19 - 20 April 2011.The CTX 2011 exhibition is a highly specialized event for those tasked with the demanding and complex role of protecting against the constantly evolving threat from international terrorism. G4S will be showcasing...
The Brownyard Award is presented to a security professional to honor heroism in the execution of dutiesIgor Kovacevic, a G4S Custom Protection Officer® who extinguished a hotel fire in Memphis and helped to evacuate 130 occupants safely, has received the Brownyard Award for Meritorious Service presented at the ASIS Foundation Dinner on October 14 in Dallas, Texas. Each year, the Brownyard Award is presented to a security professional to honor heroism in the execution of his or her duties. Mr...
G4S has been selected to create a secure working environment in New York's International Gem TowerG4S, a world leader in integrated security solutions, has been retained to design and deploy the security infrastructure for the International Gem Tower (IGT) currently under construction in New York's Diamond District. Looking to re-define how business is done in New York and the global diamond and jewellery marketplace, IGT developer, Extell Development Company, hired G4S to create a secure...
Secure Trax PLUS is a fully interactive software platformG4S Secure Solutions (USA) formerly known as G4S Wackenhut debuts a new corporate vision at ASIS 2010 - to deliver a new kind of integrated security solution that combines manpower, technology and innovation. It's a whole new business model that builds on the Wackenhut legacy as the premier supplier of manpower to the security market. Innovative components of the new G4S include technologies that were developed internally. These inclu...
Murray Levine will receive the Colonel Edgar B. Watson Award at the 20th Annual Private Security BreakfastIndustry pioneer Murray Levine, who created the Custom Protection Officer® (CPO) programme for Wackenhut (now G4S) to promote excellence in recruiting, screening and training of security officers, will receive the Colonel Edgar B. Watson Award this October in Dallas. The award is bestowed on an individual who possesses strong leadership and a commitment to excellence in the industry. The...
At the NSA show, G4S highlighted its mission to provide a range of private security solutionsThis year at the National Sheriffs' Association (NSA) exhibition, G4S, a leading supplier of comprehensive security solutions, displayed a specially fortified 15-passenger transportation van. G4S is helping out under a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to transport removable aliens using these fortified vans. By driving aliens in custody to processing centres, or any other...
The CBP buses serve as mobile detention centres to transport illegal immigrants to processing centresThis year at the National Sheriffs' Association (NSA) show, G4S displayed a custom-built fortified U.S. Customs and Border Protection prisoner transport bus. Buses like the one displayed logged 19 million miles last year, transporting nearly one million illegal immigrants under a contract with the U.S. Customs Border Protection (CBP) to cover all sectors along the U.S.-Mexican border.The CBP...
G4S offers services including transporting prisoners, courthouse security, operating jails, etc.Attendees at this year's National Sheriffs' Association (NSA) conference and exhibition represent law enforcement agencies from across the country, many facing an unprecedented need to slash budgets and work within limited resources. G4S, a provider of comprehensive security solutions, is showcasing their law enforcement support services at the NSA show to help local agencies by providing significant...
G4S is the premier supplier of security manpowerG4S provides total security solutions for building owners and managers, encompassing technology innovations to make commercial real estate and corporate campuses more secure along with personnel in the form of contracted security officers. G4S, formerly known as Wackenhut, shared with attendees at the BOMA show the company's vision to deliver a new category of integrated security solutions that combines manpower and technology."In the past, bu...
