March Meeting
Because
of the impending Noreaster, the March meeting has been cancelled.
See you at
the April Meeting!
Chapter News
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DHS
TOPOFF 3 Exercise Scheduled for April 2005. Private Sector
Participation Encouraged.
For
more info
New York State
Publishes Household
Emergency Preparedness Brochure.
Download a copy here
2005
CPP Review Course
Sponsored by the NYC Chapter
May 26-27
For
more info
2005 CPP Review
Course
Sponsored by ASIS
International NYC Chapter
Thu. May 26th & Fri. May
27th, 2005 (2 day course)
Meeting Schedule
Meeting
Minutes
Treasurer's Report
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KEEP
A LOOKOUT FOR . . .
Electronic
and hard copies of this year’s Golf Outing Registration being sent
out in March. Now is the time to secure your sponsorship.
Remember proceeds from this event contribute directly to the
Scholarship Award(s) provided by this chapter. Your generosity
is at the footprint of continuing the development of security
professionals and the advancement of the industry. Please
contact Greg Kalafus at (203) 708-5080, email at gkalafus@securitasinc.com.
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RETURN
TO THE ASIS OF YESTERYEAR!!
While
the snowflakes are still falling it’s a good time to start planning
. . . for the return of the ASIS Snowflake Ball in February of 2006.
We are currently searching for a Committee Chairperson and
volunteers to assist in all aspects of hosting on this, truly,
enjoyable event. Join your industry colleagues and their guests
for a night of fun and festivity, while letting go of the weekly
grind!! If you are interested in volunteering to assist with the
ball, please contact Greg Kalafus at (203) 708-5080, email at gkalafus@securitasinc.com.
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February's Speaker
Stamford Police
Department’s Detective Sgt. Pete Dispagna was our speaker at
the last meeting. Sgt.
Dispagna heads the Property Crime Division and works closely with the
security departments of a number of Stamford corporations to prevent
and to solve various crimes.
Problems
businesses face, according to the detective, include imposters gaining
access to business facilities for the purpose of stealing items by
mimicking uniforms of delivery and service people, including copying
security guard uniforms. Those
who use this technique are also quite good at spoofing their way past
receptionists and are good fakers. They
tend to be street-smart effective scam artists who may cover a
surprisingly large geographic area with crimes committed by the same
individuals in Fairfield County and the New Jersey suburbs.
As you can imagine, these crimes are not typical of addicts.
Other ways
badguys gain access is by tagging along with authorized employees who
are entering a facility, especially if the badguys are dressed to
blend in with the workers. Detective Dispagna cautioned about the risks posed by
ex-employees whose keys or access cards had not been returned when
they are terminated.
Other
threats that businesses must deal with concern theft of and re-direction of
corporate credit cards to mailbox drops where the cards are picked up
and used until the fraud is detected. Detective Dispagna also told us that the use of counterfeit
checks is on the increase. Any
business that uses checks that do not have some form of document
authentication are at risk. These
checks are easily copied using high quality color scanners and
re-created on color printers whose quality has increased so much in
recent years. Check
counterfeiting does not require nearly the investment in equipment
that it did five years ago.
To
facilitate apprehension and conviction of these sorts of crimes,
Detective Dispagna suggested that businesses institute a form of
neighborhood crime watch where they keep each other informed of
possible threats. He also
thinks it would be quite beneficial for security departments to work
with their local PD to standardize the security department incident
reports so they provide all of the info that the local responding
officer needs for their reports.
Thanks go to the
Detective for some valuable insights!
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