Fog Cannons chase off robbers
Jewellers, opticians and other retailers at risk
increasingly take the offensive and use the shops' fog cannons
against criminals trying to rob their shops. While this is a new
trend in some countries, fog has been used successfully during
robberies in other countries for several years - for example in the
UK. The proactive use thus also forms part of the adopted EU
standard for security fog protection.

Criminals always look for the weakest link of the chain. When
banks are made cash-less, massive security measures are put in
place for money transports and service stations get payment
machines, burglars target more easily accessible valuables in
companies and private residences.
This trend is evident in private residences and in the retail
industry where heavily secured homes and shops are not often
burglarised, but where robberies are committed instead while the
residents are at home or the shops are open - and it is easier to
get hold of the valuables.
The trend is new in Denmark, but is well-known in the UK, for
example, where jewellers and the Bank of England itself has chosen
to use security fog protection. The fog cannons are triggered
manually by the staff at the moment they perceive a threat from
intruding gangs.
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