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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Group selected Elbit Systems of America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd.,...

Shortly after 9/11, reports began to emerge that one of the reasons many firefighters died in the attack was that police helicopters circling above...

On the night of October 1 2017, the Las Vegas shooting occurred. A lone sniper was shooting at the crowd of the Route 91...

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...

A new type of robot can grow across long distances without moving its whole body. Imagine rescuers searching for people in the rubble of...

US police departments’ vehicles have been getting gradually older and less effective. The solution found is a new truck that Ford has recently unveiled,...

Ten of the ideas submitted to the Rebuild by Design competition, launched by the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force were selected as the most...

A humanoid firefighting robot was live tested in the U.S. This was the first live test for SAFFiR – the Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot –...

Recent years have seen the role of drones in criminal activity increasing significantly. In the area of cyber forensics, law enforcement faces a significant...

Yesterday saw the resignation of the director general of the Home Front Defense Ministry, Gabi Ophir. The resignation is only a symptom of total chaos....

  Video surveillance is big business but now it is expected to get even bigger... After law enforcement used closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras to help...

This trend started in Israel and now is being implemented in many countries mainly in the u.s where it is causing a heated debate. Affiliates...

The Israeli National Fire Fighting and Rescue Authority is focusing more and more on fire fighting at sea, developing new procedures and training programs...

Our judiciary system is going through some ugly processes right now. There are many examples, but a new low was reached yesterday. Two Border Patrol...

The Israeli Fire Fighting and Rescue Authority is now in charge of toxic materials monitoring and threat assessment, responsibilities previously held by the Environmental...

The annual Fire Fighting and Rescue Authority Report: Less casualties in fires, more fires in open areas due to arson and terrorist activities Less casualties...

Finally, a public figure is saying what others, myself included, have been saying all along. A clash between Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and Internal...

Unmanned technology plays a major role not only during disasters but also in the aftermath. The Red Cross unmanned aircraft team was supplied with...

The steady growth of the use of digital surveillance technologies by local police departments may dramatically improve the efficiency of criminal investigations, but it...

The new technique needs to be extensively tested on real crimes scenes, before it can be used in prosecutions. Dutch forensic experts claimed to have...

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,...