Robot firefighter puts out its first blaze
A humanoid firefighting robot was live tested in the U.S.
This was the first live test for SAFFiR – the Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot –...
The New Weapon Might Rat Out on Its Owner
Recent years have seen the role of drones in criminal activity increasing significantly. In the area of cyber forensics, law enforcement faces a significant...
Israeli Owned Firm to Supply Secure Mobile Solutions to U.S. DHS
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Group selected Elbit Systems of America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd.,...
New Tool for First Responders
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...
Robot with Unprecedented Structure for Search and Rescue Missions
A new type of robot can grow across long distances without moving its whole body. Imagine rescuers searching for people in the rubble of...
The Five Steps Of Response Tactics Progression
On the night of October 1 2017, the Las Vegas shooting occurred. A lone sniper was shooting at the crowd of the Route 91...
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...
Winners of NY Hurricane Protection Ideas Competition Announced
Ten of the ideas submitted to the Rebuild by Design competition, launched by the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force were selected as the most...
Game Changer for American Police Officers?
US police departments’ vehicles have been getting gradually older and less effective. The solution found is a new truck that Ford has recently unveiled,...
The Home Front – no policy, no equipment
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....
Big Brother will get bigger in the wake of the Boston...
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...
Fighting Fire Over Water
The Israeli National Fire Fighting and Rescue Authority is focusing more and more on fire fighting at sea, developing new procedures and training programs...
The technology shift – from defense to homeland security
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.
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Fast Draw – Court Lenient Towards Abusing Policemen
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...
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...
Annual Fire Fighting Report: Less Casualties, More Arson
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...
Toxic Materials Disposal in Israel – New Developments
The Israeli Fire Fighting and Rescue Authority is now in charge of toxic materials monitoring and threat assessment, responsibilities previously held by the Environmental...
Avoiding UAV Collision During Rescue Mission
Unmanned technology plays a major role not only during disasters but also in the aftermath. The Red Cross unmanned aircraft team was supplied with...
Egozi’s Fury – Jerusalem and terror
Finally, a public figure is saying what others, myself included, have been saying all along. A clash between Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and Internal...
U.S. Court Against Warrantless Tracking of Cellphones
The war on keeping the privacy of cell phone users won another battle. A U.S federal appeals court has ruled that tracking Americans’ movements...
Breakthrough in Fingerprints Use
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...
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