Sentry Technology Installs Traveling CCTV System In DC Center

Ronkonkoma, New York, August 22, 2005 -- Sentry Technology Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SKVY) announced today the installation of its SentryVision® SmartTrack traveling CCTV systems in a U.S. distribution center of one of the world’s largest logistics companies providing products and services to the information technology industry. The SmartTrack system uses patented technology to transmit video images from two pan, tilt and zoom cameras traveling along an aluminum rail mounted on the ceiling. The camera carriage travels at speeds of up to 13 feet per second and provides unobstructed views of people and goods moving throughout the facility. The operator is able to monitor both security threats and operational issues occurring in this 600,000 square foot building.

“We are pleased to add another large multinational SmartTrack customer,” said Peter L. Murdoch, President and CEO of Sentry Technology Corporation. “SmartTrack has been effectively integrated into the user’s video security system and we anticipate that this first successful installation will lead to many more.”

Sentry Technology Corporation designs, manufactures, sells and installs a complete line of Radio Frequency (RF) and Electro-Magnetic (EM) EAS systems and Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) solutions. The CCTV product line features SentryVisionâ, SmartTrack, a proprietary, patented traveling Surveillance System. The Company’s products are used by retailers to deter shoplifting and internal theft and by industrial and institutional customers to protect assets and people. The Company’s acquisition of ID Systems expands the Company’s product offering to include proximity Access Control and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) solutions. For further information, please visit our website at www.sentrytechnology.com.

This press release may include information that could constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such forward-looking statements may involve risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any future results encompassed within the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include those matters disclosed in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.