London riots a reminder of the need for security

LAST week, as London went up in flames, few people watching the scenes on television could not but have been reminded of the ever growing need for more effective security systems in today’s often dangerous world.

For Patrick O’Connor, MD of ADA Security Systems, the devastation was a further reminder of how fragile the fabric of society is and the speed with which checks and balances break down.

“Having lived in London myself some years ago, I could relate very much to what was happening there and remembered very well many of those areas that were last week reduced to rubble,” he says. “It was an unfortunate reminder of how quickly events can spiral out of control in urban areas.”