First Responders

The Optical Society (OPA) reports that scientists from The Langevin Institute, Paris, France, have constructed a new fingerprint imaging system that peers inside the...

Officials in Oklahoma claim to have thwarted the first attempt in the state to smuggle contraband into a prison with an unmanned aerial vehicle. A...

The Turkish police ordered six drones and four ground control stations, with deliveries scheduled for 2016, procurement sources said. The tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)...

Olga Grosman-Ezrahi Will crime be abolished in 20 years? Is there a way we can know in advance about the next murder or crime? In...

For over a century fingerprints were used as a main method to identify people by law enforcement agencies, but even after so long, the...

Intrusion detection can be done with a variety of systems, from cameras to radar to human guards. Each approach has its advantages and limitations....

Sometimes all you need to decrease the various security gaps countries of the world are facing is just a little more technology and artificial intelligence....

We’ve heard numerous times how unmanned aerial vehicles were interfering with firefighters’ work when they were hovering around their helicopters. Different laws have been...

Governments all around the world have had to put up with the dark side of the ever-growing extensive use of social media. Although the...

How can first responders be sure they’ve taken care of everyone in the scene? And what if one of the injured, unconscious behind the...

Can math help keep our streets safer? A new study by a UCLA-led team of scholars and law enforcement officials suggests the answer is...

Arik Davidi We are currently facing a terror attack that could be referred to as a wave of terror, lone-wolf terror, unorganized terror, terror without...

Last month President Barack Obama said that the U.S. would be “watching closely” to see if “words are followed by actions” after he and...

The shooting in Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore. at the beginning of October ended with nine dead. Two more shootings about a week...

As part of the U.S. aviation authorities’ effort to tackle the growing safety and security problems posed by drones, U.S. drone will soon be...

Most airports in the world are packed with security services, among them undercover security guards who look like any other passenger. On top of...

The U.S. Justice Department said this week that it has created a new office which would focus on homegrown extremists. Assistant Attorney General John P....

Anyone who has gotten to spend hours in traffic around the city must have often daydream about a vehicle that could fly above the...

The problem once again arises - how can the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) manage the danger of drones flying too close to commercial flights...

Thought only celebrities have problems with invasion of privacy? Police stations around the UK reported that for the past two years, increasing amounts of...

Olga Grosman In recent years, technology has been focusing on better equipping first responders in different conditions and scenarios. A conference held on Thursday at the...

The modern age us flooding us with information on everything, which can cause great confusion among political and intelligence bodies. The important, relevant information...