by Liz Karson | Feb 25, 2021 | Automatic Barrier Gates
I have written several times before about Parking Deck A at Loyola’s Medical Center in Maywood, Il. In December I wrote “Barrier Gates for Public Access Deck A at Loyola Med Center.” And prior to that I wrote in November “Parking Access Control At Loyola Parking...
by Liz Karson | Feb 23, 2021 | Automatic Swing Gates
I found an interesting little blurb on the internet on the Warrington Guardian website entitled: “Winwick Primary School plan to improve road safety with gate”. Officials at a primary school in town are proposing to install swing vehicle barrier gates....
by Liz Karson | Feb 18, 2021 | Crash and Grab
I realize the above video has nothing to do with vehicle access control systems and security or entry control. But I often like to learn more about an area I write about. And today I am writing about Bristol, England and a series of recent crash and grabs. The Bristol...
by Liz Karson | Feb 16, 2021 | Security Bollards
The Age reported a follow-up story on an incident I wrote about earlier this month: “Speeding Vehicle Rams Bollard In Australia Shopping Area”. This had to do with an auto speeding down a Melbourne shopping area and coming dangerously close to hitting pedestrians....
by Liz Karson | Feb 12, 2021 | Automated Slide Gates
Last year ECI was called out to O’Hare Airport’s impound lot #1 in Chicago. We installed a Nice/HySecurity SlideDriver™ sliding gate operator at the location. The operator automatically opens and closes the security gate shown in the image above. The green...
by Liz Karson | Feb 9, 2021 | Automatic Barrier Gates
Alert: I am about to go off the beaten path once more… While doing a recent search for updates on barrier gates I ran across an interesting article on, of all places, FreightWaves. On January 25th they ran an article called “America’s scariest bridges for truckers:...
by Liz Karson | Feb 4, 2021 | Counter Terrorism
If you’ve been following along on my narrative on anti-terrorist security measures for King’s Parade in Cambridge, England here’s my latest update. Cambridge Independent reported on Wednesday “Disabled people and cyclists oppose King’s Parade...
by Liz Karson | Feb 2, 2021 | Security Bollards
Daily Mail Australia reported recently: “Security to be beefed up on Melbourne’s Bourke Street Mall after a terrifying police chase through the shopping strip evoked memories of car rampage that killed six people”. Police and the city council in Melbourne,...
by Liz Karson | Jan 28, 2021 | Parking Access and Revenue Control Systems
I want to continue my narrative of the work we completed for Loyola Medical Center in Maywood, IL. I share the picture above from Lot 11. It’s part of the extensive WPS Parking Access and Revenue Control System (PARCS) ECI installed on the campus in 2019. It...
by Liz Karson | Jan 26, 2021 | Crash and Grab
I read about a series of ram raids that occurred just a few days ago in New Zealand. It began with the initial article on January 21st posted on Stuff, the Waikato Times News website. They wrote “Spate of ram raids in Waikato with five shops hit, multiple cars...
