First Responders

The proposed wall along the US-Mexico border has been causing budget cuts in other crucial areas. Three airport security programs put in place after...

Facial recognition technologies are not new. However, what about identifying the actual identity of people under disguise? Researchers from the University of Cambridge are...

On Dec. 20-21, research teams from around the world will be competing in the trials of the DARPA Robotics Challenge—a mock-up of a disaster...

Small unmanned air system (UAS) could soon be used to help find people missing in remote parts of the country Search and Rescue members from...

Articles and issues discussed in this episode: New video covers the first flight test of the Black Knight Transformer, a flying, unmanned truck. New York hosts...

Passengers in the U.S are trying to fly well armed. In 2014, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it seized 2,212 firearms in carry-on bags...

Following its official announcement last Friday, admitting its database was hacked, Uber has been taking legal action. The transport solutions app is pursuing legal...

The United States and India may be close to reaching an agreement to share databases regarding terror. The information shared between the two countries...

The European Union is increasing efforts to understand and combat terrorism and extremism. To this end, the EU has sent intelligence and security experts...

Some 3,000 to 5,000 jihadi fighters trained by ISIS are already living in Europe, according to EUROPOL director Rob Wainwright. He went on to...

Tape measures and photos used to be the standard equipment for documenting any type of crime scene by law enforcement. But uneven ground and...

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...

A new study regarding how human brains react to multiple stimuli and stress resulted in some surprising discoveries with application during deadly police force...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced that MQ-1 Predator and Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper UAVs successfully supported local law enforcement officials in their efforts to find...

The use of UAVs for mapping disaster areas, evaluating the damage, monitoring wide range fires or earthquakes, especially in areas that cannot be accessed...

Dubai has sealed a deal with Martin Jetpack in order to have its firefighters armed with technology that could allow them to fly up...

It seems this is the age of government transparency in the United States as lately more and more government authorities are opening their emergency...

by Konstantin Bodragin Satellite surveillance is commonly thought of as belonging to the realm of spies, spooks, and secretive military intelligence types. Command, Control, Communications,...

An Israeli company has developed what it claims is the ultimate deception sensor. The system is already in use by many organizations in Israel...

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...

Articles discussed in this episode: Israeli SkyStar-180 aerostat helps secure world cup Israeli company Plasan to supply APCs for Brazillian police UK Hackers face life in prison Romanian...

Responding to disasters around the world requires communicating in foreign languages, the US Army’s Science, Technology and Experimentation division has teamed up with government...