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  ALOA wishes to express our deepest sympathy to the Troy Mitchell Family. Troy was an ALOA Member, IAIL Member, TOOL Member, ClearStar Member, and a retired Marine of 22 years who served in two wars and was present at the Pentagon during 9/11.

Anyone who wishes to make a donation to the family, can send a check made out to the Troy Mitchell Family, mail to Patriot Equity Credit Union, 57 Director's Row, Jackson, TN 38305.

Locksmiths talk safety
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As locksmiths from across West Tennessee gathered at a Jackson hospital Wednesday to support Troy Mitchell, they also discussed changes they can make to better ensure their own safety. Mitchell was shot in the face while working on a car. "It could have been any one of us," said Jeff Delaney, owner of Advantage Lock & Key in Jackson. "We've been talking in the hospital parking lot and decided that we are going to work out a system where we call each other. Even if it's not a paid thing, it is better to be safe." Delaney said the dangers of making service calls are always at the back of his mind, but he has to balance that with the needs of his customers. MORE

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Dependable Locksmith Clearwater Call Center is Raided by the US Postal Inspectors

10 Connects helps bust national locksmith scam
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The company is accused of praying on people in their most desperate moments. A national locksmith chain, which recently moved its headquarters from New York City to Clearwater, Fla., continues to rack up complaints by people who say they were taken advantage of when they needed a lock open in a hurry. More
Feds say Creve Coeur locksmith part of national scam
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Three employees of a Florida locksmith company federal charges after being accused of involvement in a nationwide conspiracy to overcharge customers and illegally send those profits back to the company. More
10 Connects investigates Clearwater, Fla., locksmith
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Over the course of a month, 10 Connects investigated "Dependable Locks" - a company that has more than a dozen alternate names, including several variations of "A 1 Locksmith." Hundreds of consumers have accused the company of deceptive sales practices and the themes of those complaints were caught on-camera when a 10 Connects executive producer called the company for emergency service. More
Overland Park, Kan., locksmith charged with deceiving customers
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Criminal charges have been filed against an Overland Park, Kan., locksmith who is believed to be part of a nationwide ring accused of overcharging and deceiving customers. More
Plan to attend the 2009 Locksmith Harvest Festival
hosted by the Japanese Lock Security Cooperative.

November 13 – 14
Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center
Third Floor
1-7-8 Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo
A Cheap deadbolt is no bargain
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Don't forget to lock up—it's a sound practice, yet something many people forget to do, resulting in millions of break-ins nationwide every year, according to the National Crime Prevention Council, a nonprofit organization in Washington. More
Chubb locks brand to disappear
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The iconic Chubb brand, synonymous with the Black Country for almost 200 years, is to disappear from the high street, it emerged. The famous name will be replaced in August next year, nine years after Chubb was taken over by Willenhall-based Assa Abloy. The company said it will still continue to make the locks created by the Chubb brand but, apart from jail locks, its products will no longer bear the name. More
Intelligent security solutions: More flexibility and scalability
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Surveillance has long been an essential focus for governments and local authorities at all levels, from traffic and hospital monitoring to large-scale security operations for one-off events. In the light of recent security attacks worldwide, CCTV surveillance and network video monitoring are under increasing scrutiny, both in terms of the information they can capture and the way in which they allow security teams to react quickly and effectively. For those responsible for deploying such security systems, Internet Protocol (IP) based network video monitoring offers more flexibility and scalability than ever before. More


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Contactless smart cards in health care institutions: Considerations for entering the health care market
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Within the course of any given day, a hospital or health care chief security officer (CSO) faces the task of not only protecting multiple points of access but also doing so in a way that enables movement and activity, is convenient for staff and patients and does not impede the facility's primary function: saving lives. Health care facilities exist in a wide variety of medical focus, administrative complexity and size, yet all demand appropriate access control coverage. More
Small business audit exemption set to pass
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A key committee was set to approve legislation that would permanently exempt smaller public corporations from costly audits of their internal controls over financial reporting, a requirement that was imposed originally in the post-Enron Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The provision, introduced by Rep. Scott Garrett, R-N.J., would exempt corporations with $75 million in stock market capitalization or less from a SOX section 404 rule. More
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