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First Responders

swat robot

Students in Southwestern Community College’s mechatronics engineering program have created a SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) robot for the Macon County Sheriff’s Office. The...
threat modeling

Augmented reality and virtual reality have the potential to serve as threat modeling tools that could enhance security professionals’ understanding of the threat landscape...
semi-autonomous

A national trial of semi-autonomous vehicles for law enforcement teams has been taking place in Australia. The new car, capable of steering itself and...
cell phone

A technology that extracts data from a cell phone can make criminal investigations more efficient. The forensic flash device reader allows officers to acquire data...
military training

As virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have grown in popularity within the gaming and entertainment industries over the past few years, the...
rescue

Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) has designed and engineered a special version of the new Land Rover Discovery SUV for use by...
airport security

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...
remote identification

The US regulation regarding UAVs will have to overcome an important technical hurdle  - remote identification - before the unmanned aerial vehicle industry can...
CIA

New apps enable law enforcement, first responders and security teams to communicate with other team members in a reliable and secure network using a...
training

Praetorian Digital, a digital media company in the public safety and local government market, recently announced that TASER International has selected the company’s PoliceOne...
infrared camera

Infrared camera technology will help law enforcement and other agencies with search and rescue missions. Infrared cameras track heat. For example, if someone is...
surveillance

The new privacy policy announced by Facebook and Instagram bans developers from using their data for surveillance. Following revelations last year that police departments...
police

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...
pilot

By Arie Egozi The need is obvious and therefore the development effort continues in a slow pace, but it may pick up speed any minute....
video analytics

Man Overboard incidents continue to be a safety concern for cruise lines and passengers, as well as for other marine incidents, including in the...
Cybersecurity

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...
UAV

Having a powerful light on a UAV can serve several purposes in enhancing the unmanned aerial vehicle’s efficiency at nighttime. Draganfly Innovations has recently...
law enforcement

  A tiny earpiece was developed especially for law enforcement teams. In fact, many of the secret Service agents seen at Trump’s presidential inauguration were...

A radiation threat detection system was successfully tested recently by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). DARPA’s SIGMA program—whose goal is to prevent...
augmented reality

In recent years, virtual and augmented reality (VAR) technologies have begun making a mark in the resource sector, bringing with it the potential to...
app

A newly-developed app aims to allow both police officer and driver to stay in their vehicles for routine traffic stops, injecting a level of...
stolen

A new software product designed to help law enforcement agencies recover stolen Wi-Fi devices was recently launched by L8NT. Some common examples are laptops,...

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