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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 (Detail) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
DIVESTITURES (Detail) $ in Millions	Nov. 02, 2020 USD ($) country	Apr. 03, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 28, 2020 USD ($)	Jan. 02, 2021 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on sale of business		$ (1.0)	$ 0.0
Small Business in Security Segment
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Disposal of business, countries of operations \| country	5
Proceeds from sale of business	$ 60.9
Gain (loss) on sale of business			$ (0.4)	$ (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]
Gain (loss) on sale of business				(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]
Gain (loss) on sale of business		$ (1.0)		$ 4.2