Law Enforcement
Familiar Weapon Gets Unexpected Features
Stun grenades are a non-lethal weapon used by law enforcement, SWAT teams and military servicemen in order to temporarily disorient a suspect’s or an...
New Tool to Improve Police Video Redaction
Law enforcement agencies spend up to eight hours manually redacting each hour of body camera video footage. When redacting video footage, users are manually...
Next Evolution in Law Enforcement Work
Law enforcement organizations face a complex landscape of threats, while coping with huge amounts of crime data, from a lot of sensors, information from...
Wanted: Larger Datasets for Computer Vision Training
Computer vision is a type of artificial intelligence that allows computers to interpret images and videos. Many law enforcement and public safety organizations already...
New Algorithm will Predict Police Violence
Thanks to new machine-learning tools, researchers and police departments can use behavioral data to find the earliest signs an officer may be flouting policy...
Challenges and Solutions in Big Data-Based World
Big data is now the basis for any activity in the business, government, and security sectors. However, in many cases the information streamed to...
New Fingerprint ID Technology Applied
A new fingerprint identification system to increase security and reliability in the collection and verification of fingerprint records will be implemented by Canada’s security...
Now You Can Bypass Camera Surveillance
AI is increasingly found in everyday surveillance cameras and software. AI-powered video technology has been playing a growing role in tracking faces and bodies...
How to Authenticate Digital Evidence?
Given the proliferation of digital media, the question of what types of evidence are admissible in court, and how they should be handled, is...
New Integrated Software Helps Police Prevent Crimes
A new technology is helping law enforcement agencies fight crime and ensure public safety while saving manpower and keeping costs low.
The technology in question...
Internet Giant Joins Forces with Law Enforcement
Law enforcement in the US has been using Google’s location history, designed primarily to send you targeted ads, as a tool to solve crimes...
New Gun-Mounted Cameras to be Used by Police Officers
With advancements in technology allowing for cameras to be smaller, law enforcement agencies from around the world have started to equip their police officers...
Major Shifts Expected in Global HLS Market
Almost 18 years have passed since 9/11, and the global public safety and homeland security market is forecast to go through major shifts. New...
Algorithm Requires Access to Face Datasets
For computer vision and facial recognition systems to work reliably, they need training datasets that approximate real-world conditions. Advances in computer vision approaches facilitate...
New Robot Diffuses Situation in Crime Scenes
The presence of robotic systems alongside law enforcement teams in crime scenes can decrease stress and mitigate violence.
In a recent engagement with a domestic...
Making Video Anonymous by Default
The growth in the capture of video in public places from CCTV, body-worn police cameras and infrastructure surveying (roads, streets, buildings) has created a...
Better Drive Safe: Police Use AI to Identify License plates
License plate recognition (LPR) technology has come a long way since its introduction in the late 70s. Increasing in its efficiency and reliability as...
New AI Technology Helps Police Catch Criminals
A new pattern detecting computer software has been developed by the New York Police Department to help catch criminals.
The NYPD has been using...
Genetic Databases and Law Enforcement Dilemma
It is already obvious that 2019 is the year of privacy - from security technologies designed to thwart personal information hacking to public critic,...
Unique Design Allows Extended Flight for Tactical Drone
The new US-1 drone by Impossible Aerospace claims to be the highest performance aircraft with electric propulsion. By designing the drone’s power source to...
Police Hybrid Drone Takes Off
Manned helicopters cannot operate after sunset, provoking critical delays on a number of emergencies, which sometimes mean more casualties. A new technology will help...
