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Violence in the Workplace – Document and Mitigate

The U.S. Department of Labor defines workplace violence as “any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation or other threatening disruptive behavior”. This means that every business and worksite is a potential location of workplace violence. Do you have

How Security Robots & AI Are Deterring Extended Loitering and Criminal Vagrancy So Effectively?

Extended loitering and criminal vagrancy are accelerating across the United States, and it is causing major concerns, increasing crimes of varying severity and disruption to normal operations for American businesses and local communities. Some of this epidemic can be at

Can Security Robots & AI Enhance Workplace Violence Prevention (WVP)?

As a follow up to last week’s webinar on the subject (click here for news on upcoming webinars), a significant majority of physical security leaders in the U.S. would place Workplace Violence Prevention (WVP) at the top of the list as the most critical aspect of their

The Bat Belt – Equipping Security Officers with Technology

On any given day you will encounter a police officer. We see them in grocery stores, while we are pumping gas or charging up our vehicles, when we go to eat dinner or when they have someone stopped on the side of the road. Have you ever noticed their leather gear, or

Security Robots Go Viral

Companies pay to advertise on everything from buildings to bus stops. So then, why not on a robot? Admittedly, this is not the core purpose and function of our services. In fact, it has nothing to do with our mission of making America the safest country in the world

Samsung and Knightscope’s All-New Fourth Generation K5

Building More Than a Stronger Security Program Knightscope is proud that Samsung is among the many clients using security robots for over two years now. And what’s even more exciting is that we consider each of these long-term relationships to be “partnerships” in the

Autonomous Robots Enhance the Visitor and Patient Experience in Healthcare

A common question asked when looking into adopting autonomous security robots is “What can it do other than security?” Adding people or devices to a security program is viewed by many as spending more money and getting nothing in return but hoping that it will reduce

Robots – The New Standard in Security

The security guarding industry is quite an old industry. For as long as there have been people gatherings or valuables to keep safe, humans have been doing the job. Due to a significant lack of both innovation and new groundbreaking technologies, the guarding industry

Top 10 Reasons Proud Ventures Invested in Knightscope

Proud.Ventures has been a major shareholder in Knightscope for more than 18 months. Over this time, we have visited Knightscope Headquarters (KHQ) on numerous occasions, had staff assisting at the Knightscope pop-up store in New York City, witnessed hundreds of people

Knightscope is Available on GSA Schedule – So What?!

Government Agencies, US Military, Public Sector, Educational Institutions and Defense Contractors should be familiar with the General Services Administration, aka the GSA. The GSA primarily provides office space for government entities by constructing, managing and

Knightscope’s “Stealth” Clients: Household Names for Sure

The physical security industry is somewhat unique in nature with its own way of approaching the particulars of day-to-day operations. For some of our customers, the security team takes a guarded approach (pardon the pun!) to sharing information and prefers to keep their

Artificial Intelligence: Myths or Facts?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere and if people are not working on it, they are at least reading, using or talking about it. So, before we go into this topic, it is important to define AI. Our friends at Google show the following definition for AI:

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