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ACA Preview: Experience Matters – See you in Maryland

As we get ready to welcome customers and partners to the ACA Winter Conference, January 4-7, at National Harbor, Maryland, I want to brief you on the contactless detection solutions you will see in our booth and our plan for helping you stop the introduction of...

Maximizing Budgets

Maximizing Budgets for Enhanced Security Closing out the year is the ideal time to review your contraband detection program, remaining and future budget, and growth projections to achieve both maximum ROI with taxpayer money and that you are making strategic...

EOY Checklist – Software Customization

Whether you are updating your personal smartphone or maintaining a vital piece of security infrastructure, regular software updates are an important part of routine maintenance.  It stands to reason …  contraband smugglers never stop innovating, so regular...

EOY Checklist – Planning Ahead

It’s something we hear frequently this time of year – “We will have the funding to get started next year” or “Let’s wait until Q1 and then get going.”  The fact is from the first meeting to procurement, installation, and training – you are looking at up to 18...

EOY Checklist – Installation, Training, Warranty, Upgrades  

At the start of Q4, we hear from customers and facilities we have met with throughout the year. Either for budget, planning, or due to recent challenges, we are always asked about ROI and how our body and package screening systems can fit into long-term operations and...

ACA Preview – See you in New Orleans

ACA Preview – See you in New Orleans In two weeks, the industry will gather in New Orleans for ACA’s 152nd Congress of Correction – August 5-7 in New Orleans.  Last year at this time, when we gathered in Nashville, the pandemic was waning and lives began...

Screening Visitors & Employees: Multilayered for minimum contact

With inmates entering in a controlled and isolated environment, smugglers and those seeking to do harm are increasing their focus on coercing non inmates – including employees and visitors – into illegal activities.  Screening these groups and their belongings,...

AJA Roundup – Highlights & Priorities

News: AJA Roundup – Highlights & Priorities By Barry Johnson, President, STVS The full spirit and comradery of our industry was on display last week at the American Jail Association Conference & Expo in California. The pandemic may have changed the way some...