First Responders

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...

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...

  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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

  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...

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...

Innovative technologies in the intriguing video analytics field have been constantly improving the ability to understand and identify video content for various applications, in...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...