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Digital Forensics and Social Media: ethics, challenges and opportunities

September 2, 2019 Hannah Miller Leave a comment

A new research project will explore the use of ‘digital forensics’ in criminal cases, focusing on social media and messaging communications between suspects, victims and witnesses of crimes. Perpetuity Research is a lead contributor to a collaborative research project that will look in particular at evidence derived from posts on social media platforms and communications on messaging applications, and at […]

Overgate shopping centre gain Secured Environments award

September 2, 2019 Hannah Miller Leave a comment

Overgate Shopping Centre in Dundee, supported by its managing agent JLL, is the latest organisation to be recognised by Police Crime Prevention Initiatives, gaining the prestigious Secured Environments award. The award, which recognises that the shopping centre is following six key principles to maximise the safety of staff and customers, was achieved after the centre underwent a thorough audit of […]

IFSEC International 2019

February 11, 2019 Hannah Miller Leave a comment

Perpetuity Research are attending IFSEC International IFSEC International is Europe’s leading integrated security event. The annual global security exhibition welcomes installers, integrators, consultants, distributors and end-users from 113 countries who come to source specialist security equipment including video surveillance, access control, integrated security, cyber, intruder detection, perimeter protection, and more from over 500 leading suppliers. The summit includes a new calibre of educational content which reflects on […]

Understanding the Police Response to Fraud

December 3, 2018 Hannah Miller Leave a comment

Despite being a third of crime in England and Wales fraud is not prioritised by the police, report finds New research by Perpetuity Research and the Police Foundation has found that the police response to victims of fraud is inadequate. Despite fraud making up to 31 per cent of all crime, and more than one third of victims reporting […]

The University of Sheffield secures top safety award

June 17, 2018 Hannah Miller Leave a comment

The University of Sheffield has had its security management recognised after gaining the prestigious Secured Environments accreditation. The award, which recognises that the University is following six key principles to maximise the safety of staff, students and visitors, was presented to President and Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Sir Keith Burnett by the Chief Constable for South Yorkshire Police […]

Maximising Public Benefits of Automated Alarms

May 17, 2018 Hannah Miller Leave a comment

The National Security Inspectorate (NSI) has published findings of new industry research undertaken by Perpetuity Research into the benefits and challenges of automating confirmed alarm signalling from Alarm Receiving Centres (ARCs) to police control rooms. The research – conducted via an online survey and extensive one-to-one interviews with a wide range of industry professionals including representatives from Alarm Receiving Centres […]

IFSEC International

February 1, 2018 Louise Stockley Leave a comment

Perpetuity Research are attending IFSEC International On 19-21 June Perpetuity Research will be at the Excel arena in London attending the IFSEC International show. Our stand number is H502, come and visit us! IFSEC International is Europe’s leading security event and the only place that brings together stakeholders from every role within security across every industry. IFSEC is the […]

The University of Bath gains Secured Environments certification for 4th time

January 4, 2018 Charlotte Howell Leave a comment

The University of Bath is the first organisation to be accredited with the police award – Secured Environments for the fourth time. This shows a considerable commitment to prioritising security in the long term and illustrates a key facet of the thinking behind the award – that good security management is not about fads or about reacting to issues when […]

NSI Commissions New Perpetuity Research Study into “Maximising the Public Benefits of Automated Alarms”

September 27, 2017 Charlotte Howell Leave a comment

National Security Inspectorate (NSI) announces research into “Maximising the public benefits of automated alarms”, having commissioned Perpetuity Research to lead a far reaching industry-wide initiative commencing in October 2017. NSI’s Chief Executive Richard Jenkins explained, “The well proven URN1 police response process has long been a great unsung mainstay in private-public sector collaboration, and over the last 10-15 years has […]

Improving the local response to Fraud

April 12, 2017 Ashley Bennett Leave a comment

Background Perpetuity and the Police foundation are working together on a two-year project investigating the UK response to fraud. This work is founded on previous research carried out by the teams which found that a disproportionate amount of fraud is organised and that it is highly prevalent, for example, between a third and nearly half of all frauds occurring locally in our sample of two police […]

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