First Responders

“We are the main police force that keeps law and order in the rural areas but we also have a major role in supporting...

Over the last several years, the number of ambushes on police officers in the US has increased dramatically. One of the vulnerabilities threatening officers’...

Insurance provider Direct Line’s new Fleetlights service intends to bring peace of mind to anyone walking, running, or driving at night by illuminating their...

Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) are probably the most common mass surveillance technology in use by law enforcement agencies. But they're not always used...

2014 will be seen as the “Year of the Breach,” or at the least, the “Year of Raised Awareness of Breaches,” according to observers...

Gad Elkin, EMEA Security Information Director, F5 DDoS and ransomware are two well-established methods for cyber attacks, but a newly appeared tactic combines elements of...

A new technology searches the Twitter firehose for emergency situations throughout New York City, and channels news alerts to first responders. The system introduced...

Law enforcement officers’ work is becoming easier with the help of emerging technologies. Forensic laser systems are powerful lighting tools to help visualize forensic...

Disaster recovery teams would be upgraded with cellular drones. AT&T, the communications giant, expect it’s Flying COW (Cell on Wings) to achieve life-saving capabilities...

The shooting in Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore. at the beginning of October ended with nine dead. Two more shootings about a week...

A rapid DNA identification technology developed by the US Department of Homeland (DHS) Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has recently been used to...

Due to recent tragic cases of drowning – at sea or in swimming pools - the Israeli MDA (Magen David Adom, an Israeli emergency...

The rise of robotics is bringing with it many apprehensions regarding security. A book that has come out recently “Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected,...

New earplugs for soldiers and law enforcement teams supply active hearing protection and better situational awareness. OTTO Engineering, specializing in the design and manufacture...

In this day and age of highly advanced crimes on the one hand, and intensifying terrorism on the other, the sense among intelligence service,...

Anti-jamming solutions have become more and more essential for military and law enforcement agencies. Now, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and...

Weaponized drones represent a future for policing — and could be a necessary option in moments when lives are at stake, as some lawmakers...

An original technology allows the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and insect cyborgs, or biobots, to map large and unsafe zones, like cities...

Police departments in the world have been experimenting the use of facial recognition technologies during events with massive crowds in an attempt to prevent...

Following the recent New York Times report about what may be the largest leak of C.I.A documents in history on WikiLeaks, Michael Hill, a...

  Exoskeleton technologies are fulfilling new roles in the military, industrial, commercial and first-responder applications. Lockheed Martin has licensed the bionic augmentation technology Dermoskeleton from...

Point Blank Enterprises (PBE), a leader in the production of soft body armor and related protective solutions, has been recently awarded a five-year contract...