by Alice Bowerman | Thursday, 5, October, 2023 | News, Press
Pick Protection customer Arnold Clark steps in with sponsorship to help keep people safe Pick Protection customer Arnold Clark is supporting hundreds of people around the country after donating £20,000 to sponsor 300 personal alarms. Pick Protection released a...
by Alice Bowerman | Wednesday, 7, June, 2023 | Press
Stupid reasons people call 999 (plus a way to skip the queue) The 999 switchboard gets a call in the UK once every 3 seconds. If that sounds like a lot, it is. But are these all life-and-death situations? No, and the police frequently release audio of some of...
by Alice Bowerman | Wednesday, 7, June, 2023 | Press
New personal safety alarm by-passes 999 queue The Pick Guardian is the latest device from tech company Pick Protection, which is expanding its lone-worker protection technology to individuals, giving them the highest priority police response if needed. There has...
by Alice Bowerman | Tuesday, 16, May, 2023 | Press
With emergency SOS via satellite now available on iPhones 14 and up, technology is now combatting the no-signal challenge head on. Things have come a long way since a time when the quickest route to emergency assistance was on foot. Here, we chart the progress of...
by Alice Bowerman | Friday, 12, May, 2023 | Press
Pick Protection is launching a first of its kind personal safety alarm, a combination of an app and wearable trigger button which can prompt a category 1 police response to an exact GPS location. This innovation in personal safety offers the highest level of response...
by Alice Bowerman | Friday, 12, May, 2023 | Press
In a bid to make raising an SOS as simple as possible, there’s an increased risk of false alarms from SOS features in smartphones and smartwatches diverting resources away from genuine emergencies. It’s a difficult balancing act in the complex issue of personal...
