The Eastern Courier recently ran a security-oriented news piece that caught my eye. Entitled “Eastern thieves turn to disguises” it warns of burglars disguising themselves as tradesmen in Adelaide’s eastern suburbs. BURGLARS are disguising themselves as tradesmen as house breakins spike across inner-eastern suburbs. Thefts have doubled since the start of the year in Dulwich, [...]

An article in Adelaide’s Advertiser newspaper caught my eye recently. It was entitled Police: Beware of crime rise as recession bites. The article contained some disturbing information: SA Police and criminologists are on alert for a possible rise in street and white-collar crime, triggered by the global economic meltdown. Commissioner Mal Hyde says economic uncertainty [...]