Drug-Smuggling Super Tunnel Beneath U.S.-Mexico border
Law enforcement officials in San Diego recently discovered a “super tunnel” used to smuggle drugs from Tijuana, Mexico to an industrial park in San...
Israeli Company Plasan Opens New HLS Division
Plasan, Israeli developer of protective systems for vehicles, established a new division – the Security Division for HLS. The new division will offer integration...
Guatemalan Police to Sign Deals with Beretta, Glock and IWI
National Police of Guatemala will sign contracts with Pietro Beretta SPA, Israel Weapon Industries Ltd. (IWI) and Glock America SA, to buy more than...
Portable Scanner to Detect Concealed Weapons
Prototype radar scanners that can detect weapons concealed on people in public spaces is set to undergo real-world testing next year. According to the...
Advanced Police Surveillance Tech Poses Significant Privacy Concerns
The steady growth of the use of digital surveillance technologies by local police departments may dramatically improve the efficiency of criminal investigations, but it...
U.S. Company Offers New Hand-held Chemical Identifier
A new hand-held chemical identifier for analyzing suspected explosives, toxic industrial chemicals and narcotics was introduced Tuesday by Smiths Detection.
According to the New Scientist,...
Israeli Company Helps East Asian Cops Look Through Walls
Camero, the developer of radar-based Through Wall systems - was selected to supply dozens of its Tactical Through Wall Imaging Systems to an East...
The Thin Line Between Army and Police in the U.S.
The adoption of military gear by local police departments across America – some call it the “militarization” of American police – has been going...
Local Police Use Advanced Surveillance Technology
Once reserved for Federal agencies like the National Security Agency, local police departments are now using high-end surveillance technology. The police have recently incorporated...
Tanzania Wants to Use UAS in Anti-Poaching Ops
The Tanzanian government says it is considering proposals from private American conservationists who are offering to help the country fight endemic rhino and elephant...
How Can Peace Operations Deal with Organized Crime?
All over the world , organized crime threatens peace and security. And yet, of the current 28 UN peacekeeping, peace building or special political...
U.S. Homeland Security launches smartphone app to catch predators
Homeland Security Investigations developed app, so citizens can report child sexual abuse with a swipe and a tap. Federal investigators want to enlist every American...
Survey: Medical identity theft – a growing problem
Medical identity theft is a growing problem, but many of the victims know the thief and do not want to report him or her,...
Flexible vehicle-arrest system stops cars involved in crime, terrorism
An Inderscience Publishers release reports that Pak Kin Wong and colleagues in the Department of Electromechanical Engineering at the University of Macau, in Taipa,...
The Pennsylvania State Capitol Police Choose IWI TAVOR assault rifle
The Pennsylvania State Capitol Police have chosen to carry the IWI TAVOR assault rifle. The Pennsylvania Capitol Police are a section of the Pennsylvania...
American law enforcement agencies prefer European pistols
The Atlanta Police Department (APD) ordered and started receiving 2,300 GLOCK 22 Generation 4 pistols. The APD is transitioning away from a pistol manufacturer...
The U.S. DHS evaluates new micro UAVs
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will soon be taking new applications for its unmanned aircraft assessment program — a project that gives potential...
The FBI to use hacker methods to fight crime
The U.S. government is planning to expand its suspect surveillance programs to include tactics which are commonly used by computer hackers.
Fox News reports that...
A call to Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovich
To Yitzhak Aharonovich, Minister of Internal Security
Over the past few weeks, television channels broadcast recordings of citizens calling the police’ 100 hotline and...
NYCPD backed by Bloomberg
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg vetoed two bills aiming to limit the NYPD’s controversial stop and frisk policy.
The New York Daily News reports that Bloomberg...
Using fingerprints more efficiently
Researchers in the United Kingdom and France have developed a new and extremely sensitive method for visualizing fingerprints left on metal surfaces such as...
Big brother is watching your car in the U.S.
Automatic license plate readers are the most widespread location tracking technology available to law enforcement. Mounted on patrol cars or stationary objects like bridges,...
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