Banner Solutions, a national wholesaler of security opening hardware products has announced its acquisition of the wholesale division of Builders’ Hardware & Supply Company based in Seattle.
Expanding on its existing presence in the Northwest, systems integration and project management company G4S Technology, headquartered in Omaha, Neb., has opened a new regional office in Seattle.
The Seattle Times reported this week that The King County Library System is removing security cameras from its libraries, citing patron privacy concerns in handing over video surveillance to police departments. The usual paranoia over government-sanctioned surveillance is present in reader comments on the news article, but so are a majority of disapproving comments from area readers. Combined with displeasure from the Des Moines Police department quoted in the article, the decision seems to be getting little support from the King County community.
