by Liz Karson | Feb 13, 2020 | Residential Gated Community
As you must know by now, ECI provides security equipment for many residential gated communities in the greater Chicago area. I have written several times about the equipment which includes barrier gates, guard booths and shelters, access control, automatic vehicle and...
by Liz Karson | Feb 11, 2020 | Counter Terrorism
I have been writing about some counter-terrorist steps the town of Cambridge, England has been taking for almost one year now. These steps are an effort to protect crowds in Kings Parade from terrorists using vehicles as attack weapons. Located in central Cambridge,...
by Liz Karson | Feb 6, 2020 | Slide Gate Operators
Earlier this year ECI installed two commercial slide gate operators as part of a project securing the access and egress lanes for a business (truck) parking lot in DeKalb, Illinois. Both sliding gates are shown in the picture above. The Slide Smart DC™ slide gate...
by Liz Karson | Feb 4, 2020 | Security Bollards
I certainly wasn’t looking for this but I did find a humorous short video to share with you. It again shows what types of stunts people continue to pull in their vehicles. A woman in Hyde, Manchester is trying to maneuver her Opel Corsa into a lane on a...
by Liz Karson | Jan 30, 2020 | Crash and Grab
I came across this image which shows the extensive damage from a ram raid which took place last year in Hampshire County in the central southern edge of England. The picture is courtesy of the Southern Daily Echo, which is located in Southampton; it covers news in the...
by Liz Karson | Jan 28, 2020 | Automatic Barrier Gates
Last month I shared “Video of Bollards and Barrier Gates Versus People and Cars” with you. This month we have some more battles between people, cars and trucks versus automated barrier gates. Some are hysterical. In the end, the drivers and their cars are even...
by Liz Karson | Jan 23, 2020 | Parking Access and Revenue Control Systems
Pictured to the left is the Pay on Foot terminal (or kiosk) we installed for the Rockford Mass Transit District. We first discussed this installation at: “Parking Access and Revenue Control | Rockford Bus Terminal” earlier this month. This is an example of...
by Liz Karson | Jan 21, 2020 | Security Bollards
It has been several of months since I last reported about loss of control vehicular crashes or low speed crashes. Late last year I wrote about a crash at the Antioch Chamber of Commerce office as well as the incident where a vehicle crashed through an entrance at...
by Liz Karson | Jan 16, 2020 | Counter Terrorism
Not everyone is happy with the newly erected anti-terrorist barriers installed in Cambridge at an entrance to King’s Parade. We last wrote about this 18 month trial in December in “Anti Terrorist Swing Gate Barriers To Be Active In Cambridge”. At that time we...
by Liz Karson | Jan 14, 2020 | Automatic Barrier Gates
I have written about barrier gate equipment safety and inspections many times on this site. Safety concerns apply equally to individual residences and gated residential communities as well as business, public and governmental agencies. I found this video by...
