New: Israel’s National Violence Report
Israel's first “National Violence Report” will be presented at a national civil security conference taking place in Jerusalem, May 2014.
Officials at Israel's Internal Security...
New Room Scanning System for First Responders
What's in that room? Students from Arizona University assist fire fighters, police officers or soldiers and help them find out * All using a...
Singapore 2015 – Making the World Safer
How to make the world safer? Answers will be given next year in Singapore.
Interpol has announced the Interpol World convention, taking place next year...
Drone Danger – Accidents Waiting to Happen
Drones have been expanding into the civilian world for a while now, and many private operators enjoy piloting them – but there are dangers....
NY Police to Stop Spying on Muslims
The New York police unit in charge of collecting intelligence among local Muslims was shut down.
The New York Police Department shut down a special unit operating...
Border Security Protects Us, Harms Animals
Borders and fences make it difficult for people to infiltrate areas – but they can't entirely prevent it. The same borders, however, severely disrupt...
Experts Call for Strict Control on Sniper Rifles
Efforts are intensifying to keep the most deadly and powerful sniper rifles on the market out of the hands of terrorists to protect Illinois...
Report: Countries Neglect Passport Theft
Countries do not report stolen or lost passports to Interpol * “This is a threat to civilian aviation security”, according to U.S. DHS experts.
Many...
New App Makes Tipping Police Easier
Ohio Homeland Security announced Friday the launch of an app designed to make it easier to send tips to law enforcement.
The free Safer Ohio...
Expert: Ports Should Bolster Waterside Security
Port security solutions, including software and cameras, have improved significantly in the past decade or so. Many large ports, for instance, have high-tech command...
Online Sexual Abuse of Minors – A Plague
The scale of online sexual abuse of minors is extremely worrying * A special project by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to combat...
U.S. Government Keeps Death Ray Under Wraps?
The technical details of a "Death Ray" machine may be kept secret by a court order
A criminal case in Albany, New York may soon...
U.S-Israeli Home Front Defense Cooperation
A delegation of senior officers of Israel’s Home Front Command, led by Major General Eyal Eizenberg, visited Chicago last week as guests of the...
New Report: U.S. Homeland Security Achievements
Tens of thousands of agents, hundreds of drones, all guarding the U.S. borders
Over the last few years the law enforcement agencies of the Department...
Big Brother in Britain: Police UAVs
The trend is clear- Police forces want UASs for performing their mission. Recently the Sussex police in England began to use a small UAS to...
U.S: Police Hid Spy-Tool Use from Judges
A non-disclosure agreement that police departments around the country have been signing for years with the maker of a cell-phone spy tool explicitly prohibits...
iHLS TV – Rogue Snipers, Downed UAVs and WiFi Viruses
Articles and issues discussed in this report:
New system for launching and retrieving ship-based UAVs
Iranian hackers infiltrate U.S. Navy networks
German Army UAV attrition rates revealed
New...
DARPA Launches Improved Web Search Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has asked for proposals to help improve Web searches for defense and other agencies and eventually the public. Initially,...
U.S. Drug Tunnels: A Rising Terror Threat
Drugs are flowing into the U.S. through tunnels on the Mexican border. Experts say that these may be used for terror acts and they...
Nigerian Police Order South African Protected Vehicles
South African DCD Protected Mobility has been training Nigerian Police Force personnel on the Springbuck VI armoured personnel carrier at its facilities at Isando...
LAPD IT Chief: “Israel Has Some Amazing Tech”
Horace Frank, Commander of the LAPD's IT Bureau, told iHLS that during the tour he has seen some unique Israeli tech. "Among the impressive...
Big Data Conference: LAPD Deputy Chief on Israeli Tech
An iHLS exclusive: LAPD Deputy Chief - “Israel has tech that can be useful for us.”
Jose Perez, Deputy Chief of the Los Angeles Police...
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Modern military and civilian communications environments are becoming increasingly crowded. Drones, radios, sensors, satellites, electronic warfare systems, and wireless networks all compete for space...
