First Responders

First Responders

Supply Energy

Powering remote military structures and installations in hostile areas far away from reliable diesel fuel convoys is a critical capability and one that is...
anti-terror

The Australian police have been trying to target would-be ­extremists before they conduct a terrorist attack, with the formation of the Fixated Persons Investigations...
fingerprint

A new approach for a secure storage of fingerprint data is under development. Today it is becoming more and more common to use biometric...
forensic

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

A report on "Big Data & Data Analytics Market in Homeland Security and Public Safety: 2017-2022" forecasts that this industry's revenues will grow at...
commercialization

The commercialization of new technologies or products requires experience and expertise. The US Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) is now...
situational awareness

  A new security system which brings together up-to-the-minute information on key security developments in Iraq and the implications for companies operating in the region...
counter-terror

Two specialist UAVs designed specifically for counter-terror operations were showcased by the French company CM Drones at a recent international exhibition. The company promoted...
security

Partial similarities between fingerprints are common enough to make fingerprint-based security systems in mobile phones and other electronic devices unreliable. This was discovered by...
communication security

Securing telephone communication is on the agenda of the US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T). The organization is “working to...
first responders

  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...
thermal monocular

The recently unveiled Pulsar Helion Thermal Monoculars have been getting attention in the thermal industry by setting the bar for feature-packed technologically advanced optics. According...
cell phone surveillance

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for the first time is publicly confirming it uses cell phone surveillance devices in investigations across Canada. RCMP...
License Plate Readers

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...
first responders

A new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will serve as a cell tower for the benefit of users such as first responders. Fenix Group has...
law enforcement teams

Artificial intelligence technology will help law enforcement teams in dealing with data. The Safariland Group, global provider of safety and survivability products and the...
first responders

A nationwide broadband network for public safety communication between first responders will be built across the USA. Communications giant, AT&T, has been hired by...
rtls

One way today's enterprise organizations, cities, and campuses tackle the pressures of being prepared at any moment is by implementing solutions that utilize real-time...
body camera

A new program will equip every police officer in the USA with a body camera. TASER International has launched the new program that will...
law enforcement

Drones fitted with facial recognition cameras and software programmed to recognise an individual’s voice in Arabic are some of the technologies that law enforcement...
cross-border threat screening

  The US has been promoting cross-border threat screening for biological agents. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced $35...
extremism

A specialist team of counter-terrorism experts will be established in the UK  as the government steps up efforts to tackle extremism in prisons in...