Social Media Ban on Using Their Data for 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...
New Devices Will Enhance Police Operational Abilities
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 – No Pilot: The Effort Continues
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....
New Video Analytics Solution for Man Overboard Incidents
Man Overboard incidents continue to be a safety concern for cruise lines and passengers, as well as for other marine incidents, including in the...
State-Sponsored Hackers – The Real Cybersecurity Threat
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...
Optical Lighting Platform – New UAV Payload
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...
Innovative Audio Tech for Law Enforcement Teams
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...
Emergency Vehicles to Help Map Radiation Threat in City
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...
Virtual & Augmented Reality – Also Under the Ground
In recent years, virtual and augmented reality (VAR) technologies have begun making a mark in the resource sector, bringing with it the potential to...
New App Intends on Minimizing Police Violence
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...
Say Hello to Your Stolen Laptop
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,...
Major Communications Firm to Implement Cell Tech on Drones
Disaster recovery teams would be upgraded with cellular drones. AT&T, the communications giant, expect it’s Flying COW (Cell on Wings) to achieve life-saving capabilities...
New Anti-Bullet Shield Enhances Responders Safety
A new shield offers multi-hit protection from armor-piercing rifle bullets and is easily carried by a single armed shield operator. The shield is constructed...
Flying Drones Beyond Line of Sight?
A new network will allow pilots of drones to fly farther distances, even outside their line of sight, which is currently against FAA rules....
Emerging Wearable Technologies for First Responders
The US Federal government will have to play a role in regulating the use of new technologies, said Consumer Technology Association President Gary Shapiro,...
Eiffel Tower Gets Bulletproof Protection
The Eiffel Tower, Paris’ eternal symbol, will soon be flanked by two 8-ft. walls of bulletproof glass, Parisian officials have announced. As a potential...
How to Connect Teachers and Police During Emergency
Statistics show it's in the first couple of minutes of an attack scenario or threat that people get hurt or injured. In recent years,...
Eye-in-The-Sky: UASs Provided Hazardous Materials Drill View
A fleet of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) consisting of aerial drones and miniature aerostats were used to provide live situational awareness at a joint...
Body Camera is About to Get Smarter
Body camera technology developers for law enforcement have been starting to use artificial intelligence (AI) in order to enhance the devices capabilities and efficiency.
Roughly...
More Aggressive Policy Towards Illegal Immigrants
The US Homeland Security Department (DHS) has drafted sweeping new guidelines aimed at aggressively detaining and deporting immigrants living in the United States illegally,...
New System Will Improve Injured Officer Safety
First police agency in the US is to use a new technology which many say could be the difference between life and death. The...
Disaster-Warning Drone Tested Over Busy Urban District
Japan has been experimenting to see if drones can be useful in gathering information and using undisrupted communications during major disasters. Officials from Shinjuku...
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The Next Frontier for Laser Weapons Might Be Orbit
As more military and civilian infrastructure depends on satellites, space is becoming an increasingly important operational domain. Communications, navigation, intelligence gathering, missile warning, and...
