Sentry Technology Sells Traveling CCTV System To Major Retailer

Ronkonkoma, New York, October 10, 2005 -- Sentry Technology Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SKVY) announced today the sale of its SentryVision® SmartTrack traveling CCTV systems for installation in a distribution center of one America’s largest department store retailers. 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 building. The installation will include SentryVision® Mobile hand held controls to view and manage SmartTrack from any point within the facility using a PDA connected via a wireless LAN.

“More and more major retailers are experiencing the benefits of SmartTrack,” said Peter L. Murdoch, President and CEO of Sentry Technology Corporation. “Our newest retail customer expects to install SmartTrack in its many distribution facilities. We are pleased that SentryVision® Mobile is a part of the solution and believe that this important added value component will broaden the market for our flagship product.”

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.