Some emergency departments installing AI weapons detection amid rising violence
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New weapons detection systems are rolling out across Canadian health-care facilities as security professionals consider available technology options to make hospitals safer. Check out this week's feature story for several recent examples.
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Some emergency departments installing AI weapons detection amid rising violence

London Health Sciences Centre is the latest Canadian hospital to install a weapons detection system in its emergency department as health-care workers across the country continue to grapple with increasing violence. » Read full article
 
 
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Focus On Guarding: Josh Fortier, President, OACUSA

Josh Fortier, president of the Ontario Association of College and University Security Administrators (OACUSA), and a featured speaker at Focus On Guarding, outlines some of the major takeaways from his upcoming panel discussion. » Watch the video

ASIS events rolling out across Canada this spring and summer

Several chapters have started the year off strong with some great events hosted in Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver. » Read full article

Neskantaga First Nation asks governments to respond to state of emergency after flood

A First Nation in northern Ontario that has been under a boil-water advisory for over 30 years is calling on all levels of government to respond to a state of emergency in the area, days after announcing it would evacuate community members hundreds of kilometres south to Thunder Bay. » Read full article

 
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