Core crime-prevention strategies have gotten lost in the myriad of services law enforcement agencies have been pulled into that may be better provided by other trained professionals outside of law enforcement.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The same is true for protecting your property.

Guest blog by Thomas Raulen, law enforcement professional.* When you hear the term, security system, what comes to mind? For many, it is what used to simply be called a burglar alarm. Through the use of door and window sensors or motion detection, unauthorized entry...

All crime-prevention strategies are 3-way partnerships between law-abiding citizens, law enforcement professionals and some sort of intermediary. Whether it's 9-1-1, neighborhood associations, Neighborhood Watch, Operation Identification or National Night Out, there...

FAR 52.245-1(f)(v)(B), Subcontractor Plans and Systems, requires that there be adequate controls of government-purchased equipment for even the tiniest subcontractors. The problem is that there is very little technology available that offers any kind of traceability....

There is a missing link in home and small business security systems when it comes to property crimes. Video doorbells, alarm systems and security cameras are great deterrents against violent crimes, and an important tool for the police, but these technologies rarely...

2 CFR Part 200.313(d)(3) is a Federal regulation. CFR stands for the  Code of Federal Regulations which is contained in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Uniform Guidance manual. It is nicknamed the Green Book and contains the rules for Federal grants. For the...

The DCMA stands for the Defense Contract Management Agency. The DCMA is very particular about how government furnished property (GFP) with serial numbers is tagged, labeled or marked as being under the control of a particular contractor or subcontractor. Think of a...

Any printing company that prints a random organization's name, and a series of numbers, on an asset tag is not a competitor of MyPropertyID. ...not even close!!! We've left those companies in the dust Let's say you had a piece of sheet metal the shape of a license...

If your asset tag number isn't part of a state-of-the-art, uniform equipment marking system (UEMS), consisting of a globally unique identification number (UIN), tied to a uniform identification system (UIS), you are out of compliance with FAR 52.245-1(f )(1)(ii),...