Jamie Turco

Learning from Experience

Learning from Experience – Starting as a Corrections Officer more than 35 years ago, Jim Eckard’s career has placed him in various security leadership positions at four Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) state institutions and one county prison. Growing up...

ACA Preview: Experience Matters – See you in Maryland

As we get ready to welcome customers and partners to the ACA Winter Conference, January 4-7, at National Harbor, Maryland, I want to brief you on the contactless detection solutions you will see in our booth and our plan for helping you stop the introduction of...

Maximizing Budgets

Maximizing Budgets for Enhanced Security Closing out the year is the ideal time to review your contraband detection program, remaining and future budget, and growth projections to achieve both maximum ROI with taxpayer money and that you are making strategic...

EOY Checklist – Software Customization

Whether you are updating your personal smartphone or maintaining a vital piece of security infrastructure, regular software updates are an important part of routine maintenance.  It stands to reason …  contraband smugglers never stop innovating, so regular...

EOY Checklist – Planning Ahead

It’s something we hear frequently this time of year – “We will have the funding to get started next year” or “Let’s wait until Q1 and then get going.”  The fact is from the first meeting to procurement, installation, and training – you are looking at up to 18...

EOY Checklist – Installation, Training, Warranty, Upgrades  

At the start of Q4, we hear from customers and facilities we have met with throughout the year. Either for budget, planning, or due to recent challenges, we are always asked about ROI and how our body and package screening systems can fit into long-term operations and...

ACA Roundup – Non-Rad, Liability, Policy, & Service 

In addition to recovering from the food and good times that accompany any ACA event, the conversations and meetings held at the Congress of Corrections this week in New Orleans have given us new insights on how the term “vendor” or “supplier” continues to...

ACA Preview – See you in New Orleans

ACA Preview – See you in New Orleans In two weeks, the industry will gather in New Orleans for ACA’s 152nd Congress of Correction – August 5-7 in New Orleans.  Last year at this time, when we gathered in Nashville, the pandemic was waning and lives began...