Agreement For Divesture Of Interest In Consolidated Subsidiaries

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Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations, Operating Income (Loss)

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Disposal Of Business, Countries Of Operations

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Amount before tax of gain (loss) recognized on the sale or disposal of a disposal group. Excludes discontinued operations.

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Amount of gain (loss) from sale and disposal of integrated set of activities and assets capable of being conducted and managed for purpose of providing return in form of dividend, lower cost, or other economic benefit to investor, owner, member and participant.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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DIVESTITURES - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 02, 2020 USD ($) country	May 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jul. 03, 2021 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 02, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 28, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2020 country
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of countries \| country								5
(Loss) gain on sales of businesses				$ (0.6)	$ (13.5)	$ 17.0
Commercial Electronic Security
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
(Loss) gain on sales of businesses					4.2
Convergent Security Solutions \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Agreement for divesture of interest in consolidated subsidiaries							$ 3,200.0
Small Business in Security Segment
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of countries \| country	5
Proceeds from sales of businesses, net of cash sold	$ 60.9
(Loss) gain on sales of businesses					(13.5)
Small Business in Security Segment \| Oil & Gas Product Line
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
(Loss) gain on sales of businesses					(17.7)
Small Business in Security Segment \| Commercial Electronic Security
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
(Loss) gain on sales of businesses			$ (1.0)
Other Divestures
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
(Loss) gain on sales of businesses					$ 4.1	3.0
Sargent & Greenleaf
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sales of businesses, net of cash sold		$ 79.0
Pre-tax gain on divestiture		$ 17.0
Pretax income						$ 4.6